Luís Castro (manager)

Luís Castro
Personal information
Full nameLuís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro
Date of birth3 September 1961
Place of birthVila Real, Portugal
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Porto B (coach)
Youth career
1976–1977Vieirense
1977–1980União Leiria
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1980–1981União Leiria
1981–1982Vieirense
1982–1985União Leiria
1985–1987Vitória Guimarães
1987–1989Elvas
1989–1990Fafe
1990–1997Águeda
Teams managed
1998–2000Águeda
2000–2001Mealhada
2001–2003Estarreja
2003–2004Sanjoanense
2004–2006Penafiel
2013–2014Porto B
2014Porto
2014-Porto B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro (Mondrões, 3 September 1961) is a former Portuguese football player and current manager of the Segunda Liga football club Porto B.

For much of his childhood and youth, Castro suffered from a debilitating disease.[1] Castro is a graduate from the University of Coimbra, where he majored in Physics.[2]

One year after retiring from professional football, Castro began his career as football manager with former club R.D. Águeda, where he would remain for two seasons. Following his spell with Águeda, Castro went on to manage G.D. Mealhada, C.D. Estarreja and A.D. Sanjoanense, before getting his big break in 2004, where he was appointed manager of F.C. Penafiel.[3]

His first season with the newly promoted Rubro-Negros saw him guide his side to an 11th place in the national championship.[4] Castro's most notable victory, which helped his side claim an 11th place finish, came on the 7 May 2005, when Penafiel defeated S.L. Benfica.[5]

His second season with the Penafidelenses proved to be disastrous, as his side was relegated back to the Liga de Honra, with a record number of 15 points and only managed to win two league matches during the season.[6] Penafiel's season was further dampened by its humiliating 4–0 defeat in the Taça de Portugal at the hands of F.C. Lixa.[7]

Following Penafiel's relegation, Castro left the club. In the 2006–07 season Castro became manager at FC Porto's youth academy, where he would remain until 2013, before managing Porto's reserve side. [8] On March 5, 2014, following the resignation of Paulo Fonseca, Luís Castro was named interim as the new coach of the first team until the end of season.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of 28 October 2014.
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Sanjoanense Portugal June 2003 September 2004 42 21 9 12 62 44 +18 50.00
Penafiel Portugal 17 September 2004 June 2006 70 17 13 40 71 114 -43 24.29
Porto B Portugal July 2013 4 March 2014 32 18 6 8 39 26 +13 56.25
Porto Portugal 5 March 2014 10 May 2014 16 9 2 5 25 18 +7 56.25
Porto B Portugal 11 May 2014 Present 12 6 1 5 20 11 +9 50.00
Total 172 71 31 70 217 213 +4 41.28

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References

  1. ↑ Luís Castro: um homem da casa, mas não só MaisFutebol, 5 March 2014
  2. ↑ "Luís Castro: o que podem esperar dele" [Luís Castro: what's expecting him] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Luís Castro sucede a Manuel Fernandes" [Luís Castro succeeds Manuel Fernandes] (in Portuguese). Record. 17 September 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "SuperLiga 2004/2005". ZeroZero. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Penafiel 1-0 Benfica". ZeroZero. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Liga betandwin.com 2005/2006". ZeroZero. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lixa 4-0 Penafiel". ZeroZero. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Luís Castro vai treinar equipa" [Luís Castro is going to manage team] (in Portuguese). Record. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Porto sack coach Paulo Fonseca after nine months in charge". BBC Sport. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.zerozero.pt/treinador.php?id=318

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