Luís Manuel Magalhães (; born 1958) is a Portuguese-Angolan basketball coach. He is a former head coach of the

Angola national basketball team The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the '' Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regula ...

. He succeeded Portuguese-Angolan native Alberto Carvalho in 2009, and coached Angola at the

FIBA Africa Championship 2009 AfroBasket 2009 was the 25th FIBA Africa Championship, played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. At stake were the three berths allocated to Afr ...

, where the team won its seventh consecutive African championship. Prior to moving to

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

, Magalhães was one of the best coaches in Portuguese basketball. He led three teams to the Portuguese Basketball Premier League title - Portugal Telecom (2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03),

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

(2003–04), and Ovarense (2006–07). He moved to Angolan side

Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...

, where he was the head coach from January 2008 to June 2011, winning 12 titles, amidst national and international competitions. From 2012 to 2013, he has been the head coach of

n side Recreativo do Libolo. Since 2019, is the head coach of

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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1958 births Living people Portuguese basketball coaches FC Porto basketball coaches Portuguese expatriates in Angola {{portugal-basketball-bio-stub

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