Henrique Calisto

Henrique Calisto

Personal information
Full name	Henrique Manuel da Silva Calisto
Date of birth	(1953-10-16) 16 October 1953
Place of birth	Matosinhos, Portugal
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Leixões
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1975	Leixões	22	(1)
1978–1979	Fafe
Managerial career
1980–1981	Boavista
1981–1983	Salgueiros
1983–1984	Boavista
1984–1985	Salgueiros
1985	Braga
1986–1988	Varzim
1988–1990	Académica
1990	Varzim
1991	Leixões
1992	Penafiel
1992–1993	Chaves
1994	Leixões
1995–1996	Rio Ave
1997	Paços Ferreira
1997–1998	Académica
1998–2000	Paços Ferreira
2001	Đồng Tâm Long An
2002	Vietnam
2003–2008	Đồng Tâm Long An
2008–2011	Vietnam
2011	Muangthong United
2011–2012	Paços Ferreira
2013	Libolo
2013–2014	Paços Ferreira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henrique Manuel da Silva Calisto (born 16 October 1953) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back, and a current manager.

After his playing career ended he became a manager, taking charge of numerous clubs, mainly in Portugal, and also managed the Vietnamese national team.

Playing career

Born in Matosinhos, Calisto played three seasons in the top division with local Leixões SC, his best output being 17 games (one goal) in the 1973–74 season, with the team finishing in 14th position.

Calisto retired from professional football in June 1979 at only 25, after one season with A.D. Fafe in the second level.

Coaching career

Portugal

Calisto begun coaching at the age of only 26, leading Boavista F.C. to the fourth position in 1980–81's top flight, recording nine wins, four draws and two losses in his 15 games in charge. He spent the following four years between that team and its Porto neighbours S.C. Salgueiros, winning the second division in 1982.

After only a few months in charge of S.C. Braga, Calisto joined fellow league side Varzim S.C. in the 1986 summer, being sacked with two games left in the 1987–88 campaign and replaced with club player Baltemar Brito as the season ended in relegation. He then had short spells with various clubs, his 1994 one with former club Leixões ending in level two relegation (only one win in ten matches).

Calisto joined Rio Ave F.C. in January 1995, leading the Vila do Conde side to the second division championship in his first full season, but was sacked after the 13th round in 1996–97 after failing to record one win in 13 games. He completed the campaign at the helm of F.C. Paços de Ferreira, in one of several spells he had with the club.

In the 2011–12 season, Calisto returned to Paços for his third stint: when he took the reins of the team it ranked in last position, and he eventually left it well outside of the relegation zone, as tenth, leaving at the end of the campaign.

Asia

Calisto spent eight seasons at the helm of Đồng Tâm Long An F.C. in Vietnam, leading the club to two V.League 1 titles, and five other top-three finishes. In March 2008, he was hired as head coach of the Vietnamese football team, leading it to its first ASEAN Football Championship title.

Calisto quit his job as national side coach on 2 March 2011. He had been criticized over the poor performance of the team at the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, and was appointed at Thai outfit Muangthong United F.C. the following week.

Africa / Return to Portugal

In mid-February 2013, Calisto was appointed at C.R.D. Libolo in Angola. He returned to his country on 30 October of that year, however, replacing fired Costinha at the helm of former team Paços which ranked last in the league with only one win and one draw from eight games.

Honours

Club

Rio Ave

• Liga de Honra: 1995–96

Đồng Tâm Long An

• V.League 1: 2005, 2006
• V.League 2: 2001–02
• Vietnamese National Cup: 2005
• Vietnamese Super Cup: 2006

Country

Vietnam

• ASEAN Football Championship: 2008; Third-place 2002, 2010
• Southeast Asian Games: Silver medal 2009

External links

• Template:Zerozero manager
• Henrique Calisto at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Henrique Calisto manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Worldfootball profile