João Pedro Ramos Borges Sousa (born 4 August 1971) is a Portuguese

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. He is the current manager of Portuguese

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club Famalicão. After working as an assistant to

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, he managed in his own right in the

at Famalicão and Boavista.

Coaching career

Assistant

Sousa was the long-term assistant manager of

from 2012 to 2019, who was his former teammate at

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. He was the assistant manager to Silva at

clubs

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and Sporting, as well as

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and English

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trio

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, and Everton.

Famalicão

Sousa became the coach of Famalicão on 31 May 2019, signing a two-year deal at a team who had just achieved promotion to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 25 years. In the first month of the season, he was voted Manager of the Month for winning three and drawing one of the four fixtures. He retained the honour for September with the team from

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still unbeaten; he earned 56.16% of the votes. Sousa's team spent much of 2019–20 in contention for European qualification, but missed out to

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on the last day. In the

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campaign, they reached the semi-finals for the first time but were eliminated 4–3 on aggregate by Benfica. He was dismissed on 31 January 2021, with Famalicão one place above relegation.

Boavista

On 28 June 2021, Sousa replaced

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as manager of Boavista on a two-year contract. He left on 30 November with the club in 11th, saying that he had received a superior offer from

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in the

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Al-Raed

Sousa was hired by Al-Raed on 26 January 2022, replacing Spanish manager

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. Having won once in eight games, he was suspended and dismissed in late May with two games remaining, for having criticised his players for missing training; he then complained to

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Return to Famalicão

On 22 September 2022, Sousa returned to 16th-placed Famalicão.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

ZeroZero Profile

ForaDeJogo manager profile

FDB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sousa, João Pedro 1971 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Portuguese footballers Portuguese football managers Angolan footballers Angolan football managers Angolan people of Portuguese descent Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Saudi Professional League managers S.C. Braga players G.D. Chaves players Rio Ave F.C. players C.D. Trofense players Watford F.C. non-playing staff Primeira Liga managers F.C. Famalicão managers Boavista F.C. managers Al Raed FC managers Portuguese expatriates in England Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia