Daúto Xaharmame Amade Faquirá (born 26 December 1965) is a Mozambican retired

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who played as a

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, currently a

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. After a playing career with Sintrense in Portugal, he began coaching at 28, leading

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and

Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

in the

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Playing career

Born in

Inhambane Inhambane, also known as Terra de Boa Gente (''Land of Good People''), is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay, 470 km northeast of Maputo. It is the capital of the Inhambane Province and according to the 2017 census ...

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, Faquirá only played organised football in

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, with

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, signing in 1983 still as a junior. His biggest achievement as a professional happened in the 1989–90 season as the team competed in the

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, eventually suffering relegation. Having always represented the same club, Faquirá retired from football in June 1992, still not aged 27.

Coaching career

Faquirá started his manager career with his last team, at only 28. In 1999 he signed for another club in the

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area,

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in the regional leagues, achieving two consecutive promotions and being relieved of his duties five games into the 2002–03 campaign (one win, four draws). Subsequently, Faquirá worked with another side in the third division, F.C. Barreirense. After a second place in his first year he led the

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team to the national championship, and

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. His first coaching experience in the second tier happened in 2005 with

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, but he found a club submerged in a deep economic crisis, eventually leaving in December of that year and being one of three managers during that season as they finished in mid-table. Faquirá made his

debut in 2006–07 with fellow Lisbon side C.F. Estrela da Amadora, finishing in ninth position and being named ''Revelation Coach of the Year''. In his second season, in spite of tremendous economic problems (up to five months delay in salaries), he managed to maintain the squad in its entirety and lead them to another safe finish (13th). Faquirá joined Vitória F.C. for 2008–09, signing a two-year contract. On 14 January 2009, after a 1–2 home loss against Académica de Coimbra in the group stage of the

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– the

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-based team had also been defeated eight times in 14 matches in the league – he was sacked. On 1 June 2010, after one year out of football, Faquirá replaced Académica-bound

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at the helm of

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. He eventually led the

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ans out of the relegation zone, but managed to rank as high as third after seven rounds, only behind eventual champions

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. Faquirá left Olhanense due to poor results on 30 December 2011, despite ranking tenth in the league. His resignation came one week after a

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in the

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against division two club

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. On 6 May 2013,

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's C.D. Primeiro de Agosto announced Faquirá as Romeu Filemón's replacement after the latter's dismissal. In April of the following year, he was fired due to poor results. After a break of over five years, Faquirá returned to managing in Portugal's second tier on 22 December 2019, taking over

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until the end of the season. Having finished tenth as the campaign was curtailed by the

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, he continued in the job. He was dismissed after losing all three of the opening games of the following campaign. Faquirá was hired by

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in the Liga 3 for the 2021–22 season. He and

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Marco Couto were removed from their posts on 23 November after five games without a win left the team in fourth, eventually finishing as champions.

Personal life

Faquirá possessed two university degrees in

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and Sports from the

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, with majors in

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and football. In addition, he also achieved the fourth-level degree in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Faquira, Dauto 1965 births Living people People from Inhambane Mozambican footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.U. Sintrense players Mozambican football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers S.U. Sintrense managers G.D. Estoril Praia managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers Vitória F.C. managers S.C. Olhanense managers S.C. Covilhã managers C.D. Primeiro de Agosto managers Mozambican expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Angola Technical University of Lisbon alumni