Luís Castro (footballer, born 1961)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro | ||
Date of birth | 3 September 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Mondrões, Portugal | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Porto B (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1976–1977 | Vieirense | ||
1977–1980 | União Leiria | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | União Leiria | 1 | (0) |
1981–1982 | Vieirense | ||
1982–1985 | União Leiria | ||
1985–1987 | Vitória Guimarães | 1 | (0) |
1987–1989 | Elvas | 58 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Fafe | 5 | (0) |
1990–1997 | Águeda | 147 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1998–2000 | Águeda | ||
2000–2001 | Mealhada | ||
2001–2003 | Estarreja | ||
2003–2004 | Sanjoanense | ||
2004–2006 | Penafiel | ||
2013–2014 | Porto B | ||
2014 | Porto | ||
2014– | Porto B | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro (born 3 September 1961) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back, and the current manager of FC Porto B.
Early life / Personal
Castro was born in the village of Mondrões, in Vila Real. For much of his childhood and youth he suffered from a debilitating disease,[1] going on to major in physics at the University of Coimbra.[2]
Playing career
Castro spent most of his 17-year professional career in the lower leagues, representing U.D. Leiria, O Elvas CAD, AD Fafe and R.D. Águeda in the Segunda Liga and Vitória S.C. and Elvas in the Primeira Liga.
With the latter, he appeared in 28 games in the 1987–88 season, but his team ranked in 15th place and suffered relegation.[3]
Coaching career
One year after retiring from professional football, Castro began working as a manager with his final club Águeda, where he would remain for two seasons. He went on to be in charge of lowly G.D. Mealhada, C.D. Estarreja and A.D. Sanjoanense, before being appointed at F.C. Penafiel in the top level in the 2004 summer[4] and guiding it to the 11th position in his debut campaign,[5] the highlight being a 1–0 home win against S.L. Benfica.[6]
Following Penafiel's relegation in 2006, Castro left the club, joining FC Porto's youth academy and eventually coaching the B-team.[7] On 5 March 2014, following the resignation of Paulo Fonseca at the helm of the main squad, he was named an interim until the end of the season.[8]
Managerial statistics
- As of 22 December 2015
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Sanjoanense | June 2003 | September 2004 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 50.00 | |
Penafiel | 17 September 2004 | June 2006 | 70 | 17 | 13 | 40 | 71 | 114 | −43 | 24.29 | |
Porto B | July 2013 | 4 March 2014 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 56.25 | |
Porto | 5 March 2014 | 10 May 2014 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 56.25 | |
Porto B | 11 May 2014 | Present | 76 | 36 | 15 | 25 | 128 | 99 | +29 | 47.37 | |
Total | 238 | 99 | 47 | 92 | 323 | 308 | +15 | 41.60 |
References
- ^ Luís Castro: um homem da casa, mas não só (Luís Castro: a man of the house, but not only that); Mais Futebol, 5 March 2014 Template:Pt icon
- ^ "Luís Castro: o que podem esperar dele" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Luís Castro sucede a Manuel Fernandes" (in Portuguese). Record. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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- ^ "Penafiel 1–0 Benfica". Zerozero. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ^ "Luís Castro vai treinar equipa" (in Portuguese). Record. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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- ^ Source: Zerozero
External links
- Template:Zerozero profile
- Luís Castro at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Template:Zerozero manager
- Luís Castro manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Vila Real, Portugal
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Portuguese Second Division players
- U.D. Leiria players
- Vitória S.C. players
- O Elvas C.A.D. players
- AD Fafe players
- Portuguese football managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- F.C. Penafiel managers
- FC Porto managers
- University of Coimbra alumni