Nuno Miguel Manta Ribeiro Santos, known as Nuno Manta or Nuno Manta Santos (born 25 July 1978) is a Portuguese

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manager and a former player.

Playing career

Born in

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. He represented G.C.D. Sanfins as a youth, and hometown club Juventude Atlética “os Amigos do Cavaco” as a senior, never any higher than the second regional level.

Managerial career

Manta worked in the ranks of his hometown's primary team

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, and he was the caretaker manager for one Segunda Liga game on 30 September 2012. He was assistant to José Mota at the now

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club, before taking the reins when the latter was sacked in December 2016. Feirense's fortunes improved under Manta, finishing in the top half in 8th place, and in his second season they just avoided relegation in 16th. On 4 February 2019, he was dismissed from Feirense with the club in last place after a 2–0 loss at

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, in a season that ended with relegation. On 4 June 2019, Manta returned to the top flight, succeeding

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. In his first game on 11 August, his team held

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to a 1–1 draw in

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. He resigned three months later, with the team in 14th and a record of three wins in 15 competitive games. Two days after leaving Marítimo, Manta was back in the top flight with bottom-placed

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

, on a deal until 2021. His team were relegated at the end of June 2020, with five games left to play; he was internally disciplined for using profanity to publicly describe the situation at the cash-strapped club. He and his entire coaching staff resigned in August. In November 2021 he became the new coach of

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, and at the same time achieved the club's unprecedented rise to the Portuguese second tier.

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