Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro (; born 14 August 1973) is a former professional

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. He is currently the assistant coach of

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club

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. Born in Brazil, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Cordeiro started his career at

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playing at

Sport Club Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional Association football, football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A, the first divisio ...

since he was 14. Before he moved to Hong Kong, he played for

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and

Fortaleza EC Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a Brazilian Football League Teams, football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, team handball, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortal ...

. Cordeiro joined

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in 1998. In the 2003–2004 season, due to All-Chinese policy induced by the club, he transferred to another First Division club

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. Cordeiro was twice the

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(2000–01 and 2004–05) and he gained many awards since then.

International career

In September 2006, he became a Hong Kong permanent resident, applied for the Hong Kong SAR passport and has been playing for the Hong Kong national team. He gained his first cap on the 2007 AFC Cup Qualifying round against

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on 11 October 2006.

Coaching career

Cordeiro joined

in the 2013–14 season as an assistant coach. On 9 October 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of

until June 2015. In 2016, Cordeiro joined

Kitchee Kitchee Sports Club (; ; ) is a Hong Kong professional Association football, football club based in Kowloon. It was founded in 1931 and currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. The club has won championships in Hong Kong 11 times, in ...

as an assistant coach. On 25 June 2019, Cordeiro's resigned from Kitchee in order to join

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as an assistant under his former teammate

Cheng Siu Chung Cheng Siu Chung (; born 29 September 1972 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He served as a commentator for the 2010 FIFA ...

. On 16 March 2020, following the departure of Cheng, Cordeiro became the co-head coach at Southern along with Pui Ho Wang. On 29 June 2020, Cordeiro left Southern.

Career statistics

International

:''Updated 9 October 2009''

Honour

Individual

(2): 2001, 2005

References

External links

Profile on HKFA website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordeiro, Cristiano 1973 births Living people Brazilian emigrants to Hong Kong Footballers from Porto Alegre Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong South China AA players Sun Hei SC players People with acquired permanent residency of Hong Kong Hong Kong football managers Hong Kong men's international footballers Resources Capital FC players Men's association football defenders Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong Hong Kong League XI representative players