Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer)
Santos in 2015
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| Full name | Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1954 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||
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Current team
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Portugal (coach) | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Operário Lisboa | ||||||||
| 1971–1973 | Benfica | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1973–1979 | Estoril | 91 | (2) | ||||||
| 1979–1980 | Marítimo | 26 | (0) | ||||||
| 1980–1987 | Estoril | 65 | (1) | ||||||
| Total | 182 | (3) | |||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Estoril (assistant) | ||||||||
| 1988–1994 | Estoril | ||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Estrela Amadora | ||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Porto | ||||||||
| 2001–2002 | AEK Athens | ||||||||
| 2002 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Sporting CP | ||||||||
| 2004–2006 | AEK Athens | ||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Benfica | ||||||||
| 2007–2010 | PAOK | ||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Greece | ||||||||
| 2014– | Portugal | ||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos, ComM (born 10 October 1954) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defender, and the current manager of the Portugal national team.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 161 games and two goals during eight seasons, almost always with Estoril. After retiring, he worked as a coach for several decades, starting out at his main club in 1988.
Santos managed Portugal's Big Three, winning five major titles with Porto. For the better part of the 2000s he worked in Greece, mainly with AEK Athens and PAOK.
In 2010, he was appointed at the helm of the Greek national team, coaching them in a World Cup and one European Championship. Subsequently, he led Portugal to victory in Euro 2016.
Born in Lisbon, Santos finished his formation with S.L. Benfica, having joined its youth system at the age of 16. His senior debuts were made with G.D. Estoril Praia, which he went on to represent in all three major levels of Portuguese football.
Santos made his Primeira Liga debut on 7 September 1975, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home win against S.C. Farense. He finished his first season with a further 12 appearances, helping his team to the eighth position.
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