Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto (born 22 August 1974) is a Portuguese
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
manager.
Career
Vaz Pinto started his managerial career with Angolan side
Recreativo da Caála, helping them reach the
2012 Angola Cup final, their only major final. In 2017, he was appointed manager of
St. George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...
in Ethiopia, helping them win the
2017 Ethiopian Super Cup. In 2021, Vaz Pinto was appointed manager of Kenyan club
Gor Mahia
Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly also known as ''K'Ogalo'' (), is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 19 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 times. They are the o ...
, helping them win the
2021 FKF President's Cup, but left due to family reasons.
In 2022, he was appointed manager of
Sreenidi Deccan
Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana. Established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy at Hyderabad and launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 2021, the club currently co ...
in India. After achieving success in 2022–23 league season, he guided the team earning qualification in
2023 Indian Super Cup
The 2023 Super Cup, also known as the Hero Super Cup due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is the 3rd edition of the Super Cup and the 41st season of the national knockout competition for football clubs in India.
The tournament is bein ...
. In the group stage opener on 8 April, the club drew 1–1 with
Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. His team later achieved a 2–0 victory over
Kerala Blasters
Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...
. But their journey ended after a 1–0 defeat to
RoundGlass Punjab
RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club from Mohali in Punjab that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League and I-League. Founded as ''Minerva Academy FC'', in 2005, the club name was rebranded to ''Minerva Punjab ...
in last group stage match.
References
Further reading
*
External links
Carlos Vaz Pintoat playmakerstats.com
Living people
1974 births
Portuguese football managers
Ethiopian Premier League managers
Girabola managers
I-League managers
Gor Mahia F.C. managers
Saint George S.C. managers
Sreenidi Deccan FC managers
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola
Expatriate football managers in Angola
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia
Expatriate football managers in Ethiopia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate football managers in India
{{Portugal-footy-bio-stub