Ricardo Manuel Nunes Formosinho (born 9 September 1956) is a Portuguese retired
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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, currently
manager
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of
Egyptian Premier League
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club
Modern Future.
Playing career
Born in
Setúbal
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In the ti ...
, Formosinho spent most of his career with local
Vitória Futebol Clube, making his
Primeira Liga
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debut during
1974–75 and finishing the season with only two league appearances. In the following years he became a regular for the
Sado River
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club, scoring a career-best six goals in 26 matches in
1976–77 as it finished in sixth position.
After three years in the top flight, two with
Varzim S.C.
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and one with
Amora FC, Formosinho returned to Vitória for a further five campaigns, the last being spent in the
Segunda Liga. In the 1987 off-season, the 31-year-old returned to the latter tier and joined
S.C. Farense
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, appearing in 27 games in his
first year
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Ara ...
(one goal) and
being relegated in his second.
Formosinho retired from football in June 1991 after one season with another
Algarve
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side,
S.C. Olhanense
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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
division three
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. He appeared in 286 top-division matches over 14 seasons, netting 20 times.
Coaching career
Formosinho started working as a manager with his last team, acting as
player-coach
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in the 1990–91 season and leading them to promotion to the second tier. For the remainder of the decade he coached in the second and third divisions, attaining another promotion to the former competition in 1999 with
Imortal DC.
Formosinho continued working in the same leagues in the 2000s, his biggest achievement being leading
F.C. Penafiel
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Brief history
Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...
to the fifth position in division two
2000–01. In
2003–04 he was also part of
José Mourinho
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's coaching staff at
FC Porto
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, with the campaign ending in national championship and
UEFA Champions League
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conquest
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.
In the
2004–05 season, Formosinho was in charge of
C.D. Santa Clara
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in the second division, being appointed for the last seven rounds and helping the financially troubled
Azores
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club finally avoid relegation, winning three games, drawing one and losing three. In the following campaign, he returned to his main side Vitória and worked as both technical director and reserve team coach.
Late into the decade, Formosinho also plied his trade in
Saudi Arabia
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and
Vietnam
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;
[ he also worked with Mourinho at ]Real Madrid
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in the scouting
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department. In July 2013, he was sacked as Angola
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's C.R. Caála manager.
Formosinho was appointed as head coach of Malaysian club Kuala Lumpur FA
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for the 2015 season, being relieved of his duties after less than three months in charge due to poor results. In the summer of 2016 he again paired with Mourinho, acting as his assistant at Manchester United
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; in November 2019, they re-joined at fellow English Premier League
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team Tottenham Hotspur
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, with Formosinho leaving on 6 August 2020.
In March 2021, Formosinho became manager of Al-Hilal Club in the Sudan Premier League
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. Two years later, he joined inaugural Egyptian League Cup
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Finals
See also
* EFA League Cup
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winners Modern Future FC from The Strongest
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in the Bolivian Primera División
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. On 26 December, he led the former to the final
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of the Egyptian Super Cup
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after beating Pyramids FC
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14–13 on penalties
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.
Honours
Manager
Amora
*Segunda Divisão
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: 1993–94
Imortal
*Segunda Divisão: 1998–99[
Al Hilal
*]Sudan Premier League
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Sudan Premier League Clubs 2022-23
Championship hist ...
: 2021
The Strongest
*Bolivian Primera División
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Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs ...
: 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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References
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1956 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Setúbal
Men's association football midfielders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
Vitória F.C. players
Varzim S.C. players
Amora F.C. players
S.C. Farense players
S.C. Olhanense players
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
Portuguese football managers
Liga Portugal 2 managers
S.C. Olhanense managers
União Montemor managers
F.C. Penafiel managers
S.C. Farense managers
C.D. Santa Clara managers
G.D. Chaves managers
Saudi First Division League managers
Al-Khaleej FC managers
V.League 1 managers
Becamex Binh Duong FC managers
Girabola managers
Malaysia Super League managers
Kuala Lumpur City F.C. managers
Sudan Premier League managers
Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) managers
Botola managers
Olympique Club de Khouribga managers
Bolivian Primera División managers
The Strongest managers
Egyptian Premier League managers
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate football managers in Vietnam
Expatriate football managers in Angola
Expatriate football managers in Malaysia
Expatriate football managers in Sudan
Expatriate football managers in Morocco
Expatriate football managers in Bolivia
Expatriate football managers in Egypt
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Angola
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Portuguese expatriates in Bolivia
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
Association football coaches
Association football scouts
FC Porto non-playing staff
Real Madrid CF non-playing staff
Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff