Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro (born 7 May 1980) is a Portuguese football manager who is in charge of the French Ligue 2 club Dunkerque.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Moreira de Cónegos, Portugal | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dunkerque (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2019 | Panetolikos | ||
| 2022–2023 | Benfica B | ||
| 2023– | Dunkerque | ||
Career
editCastro was born in Moreira de Cónegos, Braga District, and began his managerial career with the under-10 squad at Vizela. In 2005, he was invited by Moreirense to be their youth coordinator and manager of the under-19 squad.[1]
In 2009, after a year in charge of the under-14s of the Braga Football Association, Castro returned to Vizela. In 2011, he moved abroad and took over the under-15 team of Saudi club Al Nassr FC.
Castro returned to his home country in 2012, after being named manager of Vitória de Guimarães' under-15 squad. He then took over the under-19s and worked as a youth coordinator before moving to Hungary in July 2016, with Debreceni VSC.[2]
In 2017, Castro returned to Vitória de Guimarães under the same role, and was also in charge of the under-23s in the 2018–19 season. On 30 May 2019, he was named manager of Super League Greece side Panetolikos.[3][4]
On 11 October 2019, Castro was sacked by Panetolikos,[5] and joined Benfica on 27 November, after being named manager of the under-23s.[6] On 2 June 2022, after leading the under-19s to the UEFA Youth League title, he took over the B-team, before winning the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup with under-20s.[7][8] In 2022–23, he led Benfica B to a 15th place in Liga Portugal 2, close to relegation.
On 26 September 2023 he was named new manager of Ligue 2 club USL Dunkerque.[9]
Honours
editBenfica[10]
References
edit- ^ ""Dei aulas de natação, trabalhei com idosos... tenho um orgulho tremendo no meu percurso"" ["I gave swimming classes, worked with the elders... I have a big pride of my path"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Portugáliából kapott erősítést a Debreceni Labdarúgó Akadémia – videóval" [Debreceni Football Academy received reinforcements from Portugal - with video] (in Hungarian). Dehir. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Luís Castro deixa sub-23 do V. Guimarães para assumir Panetolikos" [Luís Castro leaves the under-23s of V. Guimarães to take over Panetolikos] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Νέος προπονητής ο Λουίς Κάστρο" [Luís Castro is the new coach] (in Greek). Panetolikos FC. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Λύθηκε η συνεργασία με τον Λουίς Κάστρο" [The collaboration with Luís Castro has ended] (in Greek). Panetolikos FC. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Luís Castro é o novo treinador dos Sub-23" [Luís Castro is the new manager of the under-23s] (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Sub-20: a Taça Intercontinental é nossa!" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Oficial: Luís Castro é o novo treinador da equipa B do Benfica" [Official: Luís Castro is the new manager of the B-team of Benfica] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Football (Ligue 2) : Dunkerque se tourne vers le Portugais Luis castro". La Voix du Nord. 26 September 2023.
- ^ Luís Castro at Soccerway
External links
edit- Luís Castro coach profile at Soccerway