João Alexandre Oliveira Nunes Henriques (born 31 October 1972) is a Portuguese professional

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who is currently in charge of

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club

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. Without having played football competitively, he started coaching in the Portuguese lower leagues before joining second-tier

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in 2017. He has managed five clubs in the

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, most successfully at Santa Clara.

Managerial career

Early career

Born in

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, Henriques spent his earlier career in the amateur leagues of Portugal. He then worked as assistant manager and in youth academies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He returned home in July 2015 to take the job at Fátima, and won the

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's district league in his first season for promotion to the national third tier. He was dismissed on 1 November 2016 with the club fourth after four wins and a draw from seven games. Henriques was assistant manager to

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, and succeeded him on 22 August 2017 after only three games of the season. The next day on his professional debut, the club from

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won by a single goal at home to neighbours Porto B; he dedicated the win to Kenedy.

Five Primeira Liga teams in five years

On 12 January 2018, Henriques moved to

club

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on an 18-month deal to replace

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. His first top-flight game was a 2–0 win at

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on 21 January. He left on 21 May by mutual accord, after relegation. On 31 May 2018, Henriques was named the head coach of newly promoted Santa Clara. He led the

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club to two consecutive best-ever 10th-place finishes, as well as a record points tally of 43; he left in July 2020 having ensured a third consecutive Primeira Liga season for the first time in their history. Henriques returned to the Primeira Liga on 13 October 2020 at

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, as

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had left after three matches. On 5 April 2021, after a run of four consecutive defeats for the sixth-placed club, he was dismissed. On 5 June 2021, Henriques signed with

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for the upcoming campaign. He left by mutual accord on 1 December, with the team in 16th place. Henriques became Marítimo's head coach on 8 September 2022 after Vasco Seabra was dismissed with the team sitting bottom after losing all five opening games. With only one win from ten games, he was sacked on 14 December, with the team in penultimate place and out of both domestic cups.

Olimpija Ljubljana

On 22 May 2023,

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champions Olimpija Ljubljana announced that Henriques would become their new head coach, replacing

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, in his first job outside of Portugal. He was officially announced on 1 June, signing a two-year contract. He won 2–1 at home in his first game on 11 July, against

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in the

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, and by the same score in the second leg in Latvia eight days later. Henriques, who had four compatriots in his squad, left by mutual accord on 13 October 2023, with the club in 3rd place after 11 games.

Radomiak Radom

On 8 January 2025, Henriques was unveiled as the new manager of Polish

club

. He signed a six-month contract with a one-year extension option, replacing his compatriot Bruno Baltazar who had signed with

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ten days prior.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henriques, Joao 1972 births Living people People from Tomar Sportspeople from Santarém District Portuguese football managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Primeira Liga managers Slovenian PrvaLiga managers Ekstraklasa managers C.D. Fátima managers Leixões S.C. managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira managers C.D. Santa Clara managers Vitória S.C. managers Moreirense F.C. managers C.S. Marítimo managers NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) managers Radomiak Radom managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate football managers in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland