Vasco César Freire de Seabra (born 15 September 1983) is a Portuguese football

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Club career

Born in

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

, Seabra played youth football for

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

as a forward and a

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, retiring at the age of 18. After assistant spells, he started working as a manager in his own right in early 2013, with amateurs F.C. Lixa in the

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. Seabra was appointed at Paços de Ferreira in late November 2016, replacing Carlos Pinto. He won his first Primeira Liga game 2–1 against

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on 5 December, and ended the season in 13th. He was dismissed on 23 October 2017 after a 6–1 away loss to FC Porto, with the team in that same position and eliminated from the

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. On 24 January 2018, Seabra returned to management with F.C. Famalicão in LigaPro, on a deal until the end of the following campaign. However, in June that year, he was replaced by Sérgio Vieira with a year left on his contract. Seabra was hired on a year-long contract at C.D. Mafra on 31 May 2019, tasked with keeping them in the second division. Having finished in fourth, and also taken the club to the last 16 of the domestic cup by eliminating top-tier Moreirense F.C. away from home, he resigned. In July 2020, Seabra returned to the top flight at

on a two-year deal. He left on 8 December, having won once and drawn five of his nine matches. A month later, he signed for Moreirense until June 2022. His contract was terminated a year early following an eighth-place finish, and he was replaced by João Henriques. On 13 November 2021, Seabra became

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's second manager of the season after taking over from

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, with the side being placed second-bottom. He was himself relieved of his duties the following 5 September, after five losses in as many games to kickstart 2022–23.

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