Francisco Filho (football coach)

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Francisco Filho (born 1940 in São Paulo), often known simply as Francisco, is a Brazilian former football coach. He worked as a coach at the French Football Federation's academy, Clairefontaine, for 29 years. During that time, he oversaw the development of players such as Thierry Henry, Eric Cantona and Jean-Pierre Papin.^[1]

In August 2002, Filho was hired by English Premier League side, Manchester United, to help with the development of their youth players. He was appointed manager of the Manchester United Under-17s team, and later the Under-18s, following the club's reorganisation of their youth teams. He retired from football in 2005.