Baciro Candé

Baciro Candé
Personal information
Date of birth	6 April 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Catió, Guinea-Bissau
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1987	Estrela da Amadora
1987–1988	Amora
Managerial career
2001–2010	Guinea-Bissau
2016–2024	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baciro Candé (born 6 April 1967 in Catió) is a Bissau-Guinean professional football player and manager.^[1]

Career[edit]

Candé played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga as a defender with Estrela da Amadora and Amora.^[2]

After he retired from playing, Candé became a football coach. He began managing in Guinea-Bissau with Desportivo de Farim, U.D.I.B, Bula Futebol Clube, Estrela Negra de Bissau and Ajuda Sport Clube, and won the 1988–89 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau with Desportivo de Farim.^[1] Next, he spent several years managing Sporting Clube de Bissau, winning nine league titles with the club.^[3]

Since 2003 until 2010 he coached the Guinea-Bissau national football team.^[4]^[5]^[6] He returned as head coach of the national team in March 2016.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Figura da Semana: BACIRO CANDÉ, DE 'VILÃO' A HERÓI DE FUTEBOL GUINEENSE" (in Portuguese). O Democrata. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "Candé (Baciro Candé)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "Baciro Candé: "La Guinée-Bissau veut atteindre les quarts de finale de la CAN"" (in French). SeneNews. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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^ "World Cup 2010 Qualifying - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
^ "Guinea Bissau plot to shock Zambia". Lusaka Times. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.