Nilton dos Santos Terroso (born 13 September 1979) is a former

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who played as a

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, and is a

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Early life

Terroso was born in France and grew up in

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, Canada. He represented the latter nation at three age-group levels.

Playing career

Having moved to Portugal still in his formative years, Terroso never competed in higher than the Portuguese Second Division as a senior. He had two spells at

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( Sporting CP's farm team, where he played alongside

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), and also represented Clube Atlético Riachense.

Coaching career

In 2007, Terroso joined

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as youth team fitness coach. Two years later, he was appointed assistant manager of their under-18 side, and worked with them for two years. Starting in 2010, Terroso acted as fitness coach to the Welsh under-17s during one year. Subsequently, he joined Malky Mackay's staff at Cardiff City's first team in the English Championship, still being his assistant when the club promoted to the

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at the end of the 2012–13 season. In June 2014, Terroso was named head coach of Cardiff's under-21 team. At the end of the campaign, he left. On 1 March 2016, 11 years after he last set foot in the country, Terroso returned to Portugal and was appointed at

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club

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. After not being able to prevent relegation, he left. Terroso signed as manager of

S.C. 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 ...

from the Campeonato de Portugal on 17 November 2017, succeeding

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Personal life

Terroso is a qualified

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B licence coach, having completed a degree in football coaching and performance plus

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terroso, Nilton 1979 births Living people Atlético Clube de Portugal managers Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent Cardiff City F.C. non-playing staff Expatriate football managers in Wales French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate football managers Portuguese football managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Men's association football midfielders S.C. Olhanense managers Segunda Divisão players