Armando Miguel Correia de Sá (born 16 September 1975) is a Mozambican
football
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manager and former player who serves as assistant coach of Canadian club
Pacific FC
Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford.
History
On May 5, 20 ...
. As a player, he played mainly as a
right back
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.
He also held a
Portuguese passport
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, and played professionally in four countries in a 16-year professional career: Portugal (six teams, including a two-and-a-half-year spell with
Benfica), Spain, England (five months with
Leeds United
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Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...
) and Iran.
Club career
Sá was born in
Maputo
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. After playing for most of his early career with modest Portuguese clubs he joined
Rio Ave F.C. for the
1998–99 season, and his performances there attracted attention from
S.C. Braga.
In December 2001, after having played with the
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side for only four months he, alongside teammates
Ricardo Rocha and
Tiago, left for the
Primeira Liga
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with
S.L. Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
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. Though not an undisputed starter at the latter team, he still managed to appear in a good number of games.
Sá subsequently moved to
La Liga
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with
Villarreal CF
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in
2004–05, helping to a third-place finish after which he signed with fellow Spaniards
RCD Espanyol
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. He finished
2006–07 on loan at
Football League Championship
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's
Leeds United
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Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...
, which eventually ranked last. He made his debut for the
Yorkshire
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-based team as a
substitute in a 1–3 away loss against
West Bromwich Albion
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for
the campaign's
FA Cup
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, and ended up playing in several positions: right back, left back and also in
midfield
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.
In July 2007, Sá signed for
Foolad FC, who competed in Iran's
second level and were led by Portuguese coach
Augusto Inácio
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Having represented both Sporting and Porto as a professional player, he went on to have a lengthy managerial career that ...
, his father-in-law. After achieving promotion in his first season he switched to another club in the country,
Sepahan FC.
International career
Sá was
capped
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six times for the
Mozambique national team.
Mambas prepare for Cosafa Cup
BBC Sport, 25 May 2004
Managerial career
As of 2022, Sá holds UEFA
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A and Canada Soccer
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A coaching licenses. In 2019, he became the owner and technical director of PRO11 Soccer Academy in Ontario
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.
On 10 March 2022, Sá signed with Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...
side Pacific FC
Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford.
History
On May 5, 20 ...
as an assistant coach.
Honours
Benfica
*Taça de Portugal
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: 2003–04
Villarreal
*UEFA Intertoto Cup
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: 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
Espanyol
*Copa del Rey
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: 2005–06
Sepahan
*Iran Pro League
The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...
: 2009–10
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1975 births
Living people
Footballers from Maputo
Mozambican men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
U.D. Vilafranquense players
GD Bragança players
Rio Ave F.C. players
S.C. Braga players
S.L. Benfica footballers
La Liga players
Villarreal CF players
RCD Espanyol footballers
English Football League players
Leeds United F.C. players
Persian Gulf Pro League players
Foolad F.C. players
Sepahan S.C. footballers
Mozambique men's international footballers
Mozambican expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
mozambican expatriate sportspeople in England
Mozambican expatriate sportspeople in Iran
Mozambican football managers
Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada
Pacific FC non-playing staff