Augusto Soares Inácio (born 30 January 1955) is a Portuguese retired
footballer
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who played as a
left back
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, and a
manager
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.
Having represented both
Sporting and
Porto
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as a professional player, he went on to have a lengthy managerial career that would last more than 30 years in eight countries including his own (in this capacity, he also worked with both clubs).
A
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for one full decade, Inácio represented the country at the
1986 World Cup.
Playing career
Born in
Lisbon
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, Inácio started playing for
Sporting CP
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, signing at the age of 27 for
FC Porto
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and winning several
Primeira Liga
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championships and
domestic cups with both clubs. With the latter, he started in both
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finals played in the 80s, the 1–2 against
Juventus F.C.
)''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback)
, founded = as Sport-Club Juventus
, ground = Juventus Stadium
, capacity = 41,507
, owner = Agnell ...
in the
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup
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Universitatea Craiova, winners of the ...
and the
1986–87 European Cup, won at the expense of
FC Bayern Munich
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.
Inácio earned 25
caps
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for
Portugal
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, mainly for Porto. His debut came on 5 December 1976 in a 2–1 win over
Cyprus
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in the
1978 FIFA World Cup
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The Cup was won by t ...
qualifiers, and he represented the nation at
UEFA Euro 1984
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At the time, only eight countries ...
and the
1986 World Cup, playing his last international in the latter, a 1–3 group stage loss to
Morocco
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on 11 July.
Coaching career
After ending his career, Inácio became a manager. One of his first stops was at former side Porto as part of the
Bobby Robson
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-led coaching staff, helping the
northerners to back-to-back league conquests; his first head coach assignment arrived with another former club, as he led Sporting to its first title in 18 years, in
1999–2000; subsequently, he managed
G.D. Chaves
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,
C.S. Marítimo
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,
Vitória S.C.
Vitória Sport Clube, commonly known as Vitória de Guimarães, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top-flight of football in Portugal.
Vitória de Guimarães have finished t ...
and
S.C. Beira-Mar
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.
In the
2005–06 season, the
Aveiro team won the
second level, thus achieving promotion. However, Inácio would be sacked just nine matches into
the following campaign, leaving them with only six points; he then went on to manage
Ionikos F.C.
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in the
Superleague Greece
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, but resigned on 15 January 2007 after a heavy defeat against
Panathinaikos FC
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.
Inácio moved to
Iran
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just ten days later with
Foolad FC, signing until June. Despite suffering relegation to the
second division
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he signed a contract extension for the next season; in May 2008, he took the reins of
G.D. Interclube
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in
Luanda
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, Angola.
Inácio was sacked in the summer of 2009 and, on 13 September, he reached an agreement with
Associação Naval 1º de Maio
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for a return to Portugal, in a one year-deal. At this time in
the season, Naval had just one point from four games and dismissed
Ulisses Morais
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Playing career
Born in t ...
, but ultimately easily retained their top division status, finishing in eighth position.
In late January 2012, Inácio signed a contract with
Romania
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n
Liga I
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team
FC Vaslui
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. After three months at the helm of
Moreirense F.C.
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late into the
2012–13 campaign (four wins in 14 matches, team relegation), he returned to Sporting as
director of football
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; in June 2015, still with the latter club, he was appointed director of international relations.
Inácio returned to head coaching duties in late November 2016, when he replaced fired
Pepa
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at the helm of former side Moreirense. The following month he
led the team to their first ever major trophy, conquering the
Taça da Liga
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after the
1–0 win over
S.C. Braga
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at the ''
Estádio Algarve
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''; previously, they disposed of Porto in the group stage of the competition and
S.L. Benfica
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in the semi-finals.
Inácio was however fired on 20 March 2017, due to a poor string of league results. On 7 April, he succeeded
Mohamed Helmy
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Career
Helmy was a former striker, and most recently coach of El Zamalek, a post from which he resigned in 2016 following ...
at the helm of
Egyptian Premier League side
Zamalek SC
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an ...
; he terminated his one-and-a-half-year contract in late July, being subsequently held in the club's facilities and requesting help from the Portuguese embassy in the African country until the situation was eventually solved.
On 16 January 2019, Inácio was appointed at
C.D. Aves
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. He was relieved of his duties seven months later, after only collecting one league win in eight matches and being
ousted from the
Taça de Portugal
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by
S.C. Farense
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(5–2 loss).
Inácio became manager of
Avaí FC
Avaí Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 1923. Their home stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800. They play in b ...
at the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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on 18 December 2019. The following February, after four losses in seven games, he was dismissed.
Honours
Player
Sporting
*
Primeira Liga
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: 1979–80, 1981–82
*
Taça de Portugal
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: 1977–78, 1981–82
Porto
*
Primeira Liga
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: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88
*
Taça de Portugal
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: 1983–84, 1987–88
*
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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: 1984, 1985, 1987
*
UEFA Champions League
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: 1986–87
*
UEFA Super Cup
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: 1987
*
Intercontinental Cup: 1987
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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runner-up: 1983–84
Manager
Sporting
*
Primeira Liga
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: 1999–2000
Beira-Mar
*
Segunda Liga: 2005–06
Moreirense
*
Taça da Liga
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: 2016–17
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1955 births
Living people
Footballers from Lisbon
Portuguese footballers
Association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
Sporting CP footballers
FC Porto players
Portugal under-21 international footballers
Portugal international footballers
1986 FIFA World Cup players
Portuguese football managers
Primeira Liga managers
Liga Portugal 2 managers
Rio Ave F.C. managers
C.S. Marítimo managers
G.D. Chaves managers
Sporting CP managers
Vitória S.C. managers
C.F. Os Belenenses managers
S.C. Beira-Mar managers
Associação Naval 1º de Maio managers
Leixões S.C. managers
Moreirense F.C. managers
C.D. Aves managers
Super League Greece managers
Ionikos F.C. managers
FC Vaslui managers
Zamalek SC managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers
Avaí FC managers
Foolad F.C. managers
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Expatriate football managers in Iran
Expatriate football managers in Angola
Expatriate football managers in Romania
Expatriate football managers in Egypt
Expatriate football managers in Brazil
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil