Nandinho (footballer, born 1973)

Nandinho
Personal information
Full name Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos
Date of birth (1973-03-17) 17 March 1973
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Gil Vicente (coach)
Youth career
1984–1985 Vitória Porto
1985–1986 Lapa
1987–1991 Candal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Candal
1992–1994 Ataense
1994–1995 Castêlo Maia
1995–1998 Salgueiros 89 (21)
1998–1999 Benfica 4 (1)
1999 → Alverca (loan) 17 (5)
1999–2002 Vitória Guimarães 43 (0)
2002–2006 Gil Vicente 114 (13)
2007 Leixões 8 (0)
Total 275 (40)
National team
1994 Portugal U21 3 (0)
Teams managed
2012–2015 Gil Vicente (youth)
2015– Gil Vicente

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos (born 17 March 1973), known as Nandinho, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger, and the current manager of Gil Vicente FC.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 257 games and 41 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing mainly in the competition Gil Vicente (four years).

Club career

Born in Porto, Nandinho played amateur football until the age of 22, signing with Primeira Liga club S.C. Salgueiros in 1995 from Sport Clube Castêlo da Maia. He scored a career-best 13 goals in 30 games in his third season, helping his team to the eighth position.

Subsequently Nandinho signed for S.L. Benfica – against which he had previously scored – as Graeme Souness was the manager. As several British players were brought in, he was eventually deemed surplus to requirements, finishing his debut campaign with farm team F.C. Alverca, where he netted a hat-trick in a 3–2 home win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on 17 April 1999.[1]

Nandinho joined Vitória S.C. in the 1999 summer, being rarely played by Paulo Autuori but featuring more under new coach Álvaro Magalhães.[2] He retired in June 2007 at 34, after spells with Gil Vicente F.C. in the top flight[3] and Leixões S.C. in the second level.[4][5]

On 28 May 2015, after several years at the helm of the youth sides, Nandinho was chosen as José Mota's successor at the helm of Gil's first team, recently relegated from the main category.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gil Vicente: Nandinho e as memórias de um hat-trick embaraçoso para o Sporting" [Gil Vicente: Nandinho and memories of embarrassing hat-trick for Sporting] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "A nova vida de Nandinho em Guimarães" [The new life of Nandinho in Guimarães] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 November 2000. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gil Vicente-Benfica, 1–3: Vitória do fato-macaco" [Gil Vicente-Benfica, 1–3: Tracksuit win] (in Portuguese). Record. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Flops Benfiquistas 1998/99 – Nandinho – 4J 1G" [Benfica flops 1998/99 – Nandinho – 4G 1G] (in Portuguese). Flops do Benfica. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nº72 – Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos" (in Portuguese). Vedeta ou Marreta?. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nandinho é o novo técnico" [Nandinho is the new manager] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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