Baciro Candé (born 18 March 1948 in

Catió Catió is a city in south eastern Guinea-Bissau. It is the capital of Tombali Region. Population 9,217 (2008 est). Catio, along with Canjadude and other camps were besieged by the Portuguese in 1973. Notable people *Abdulai Silá (1958-) -eng ...

) is a

Bissau-Guinean Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ) ...

professional

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and

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Career

Candé played professional football in Portugal's Segunda Liga as a defender with

Estrela da Amadora Club Football Estrela da Amadora (), sometimes just Estrela, is a Portuguese sports club (predominantly football) based in Amadora, northwest of Lisbon. It's the successor of Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora, founded in 1932 and extinct in ...

and Amora. After he retired from playing, Candé became a football coach. He began managing in Guinea-Bissau with Desportivo de Farim, U.D.I.B, Bula Futebol Clube,

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and Ajuda Sport Clube, and won the 1988–89

Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau The Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau is the top knockout tournament of the Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo'') ...

with Desportivo de Farim. Next, he spent several years managing

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, winning nine league titles with the club. Since 2003 until 2010 he coached the

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. He returned as head coach of the national team in March 2016.

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