José Miguel Azevedo Cardoso (born 28 May 1972), known as Miguel Cardoso, is a Portuguese

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Career

Early career

Born in

Trofa Trofa () is a municipality in the north of the Porto metropolitan area in Portugal, 18 km from central Porto. The population in 2011 was 38,999, in an area of 72.02 km². Trofa has a strong industrial park, with various types of industry ...

, Cardoso graduated in

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and Sports with specialization in football in 1995 and concluded a Masters in

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in 1998 in the College of Sports Science and Physical Education at the University of Porto. He started his coaching career in 1993, taking over S.C. Espinho's under-12 squad. Cardoso joined

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

in 1996, initially as

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' assistant in the under-10 team. He later progressed through the club's youth setup, becoming a fitness coach of the B-team in 1999, and being appointed in charge of the under-15s in 2003. In April 2004, Cardoso moved to

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

and became the first team's fitness coach. On 10 May 2006, he followed former Belenenses manager

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S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese f ...

, with the same role. In September 2007, Cardoso was named

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's assistant at

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. He continued to work as Paciência's second man at Braga,

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and

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 12 June 2013, Cardoso was presented at

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, being appointed manager of the under-21 squad while also working as a coordinator for the club's youth setup. Ahead of the 2016–17 season, he became

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's assistant at the first team. Cardoso left Shakhtar on 8 June 2017.

Rio Ave

On 12 June 2017, Cardoso was appointed at the helm of

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club

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

, replacing departing Luís Castro. After achieving three wins and a draw against

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in his first four matches in charge, he was awarded the "Manager of the Month" for August. Cardoso led Rio Ave to a best-ever campaign in the top flight, finishing fifth (the club's best-ever position shared with the 1981–82 season under

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), winning 51 points (beating the 50 reached by Pedro Martins in 2015–16) and achieving qualification to the

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Nantes

On 13 June 2018, Cardoso was appointed as manager of French

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side

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

, replacing

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. He left the club on 2 October, after only obtaining six points in eight league matches.

Celta

On 12 November 2018, Cardoso took over

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side

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), ...

, in the place of sacked

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. He gained international attention for his first press conference, in which he accidentally said that he was the manager of their

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Deportivo de La Coruña. The following 3 March he too was dismissed, with the

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a place and two points above the relegation zone.

AEK Athens

On 28 May 2019, Cardoso was appointed as head coach of Greek

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side

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

, replacing Manolo Jiménez on a two-year deal. He was fired on 25 August after just four matches, his third dismissal in twelve months.

Rio Ave

After over a year out of work, Cardoso returned to Rio Ave on 29 January 2021, on an 18-month deal. His team came 16th, and had to face

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a football club based in Arouca, Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,000-seat capacity. History Founde ...

in a play-off for top-flight survival. They lost 5–0 on aggregate; between the two games the termination of his employment was informally arranged, and he was barred from the training ground.

Managerial statistics

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