Fernando Manuel de Jesus Santos (born 17 March 1973), known as Nandinho, is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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, currently

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of Saudi Arabian club Al-Bukiryah. He amassed

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totals of 257 matches and 41 goals over 11 seasons, representing mainly in the competition

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(four years).

Playing career

Born in

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, Nandinho played amateur football until the age of 22, signing with

club

S.C. Salgueiros Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (), commonly known as simply Salgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Its most well-known department is its football department but the multi-sport ...

in 1995 from SC Castêlo da Maia. He scored a career-best 13 goals in 30 games in his third season, helping his team to the eighth position. Subsequently, Nandinho signed for

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. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

– against which he had previously scored – as

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was the manager. As several British players were brought in, he was eventually deemed surplus to requirements, finishing his debut campaign with

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, where he netted a

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in a 3–2 home win against

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on 17 April 1999. Nandinho joined

Vitória S.C. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

in summer 1999, being rarely played by

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but featuring more under new coach

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. He retired in June 2007 at 34, after spells with Gil Vicente F.C. in the top flight and

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in the Segunda Liga.

Coaching career

On 28 May 2015, after several years in charge of the youth sides, Nandinho was chosen as José Mota's successor at the helm of Gil's first team, recently relegated from the top division. He left the post on 11 May of the following year, taking over at

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on 17 October. Nandinho resigned on 2 April 2017, with the club near the relegation places in the second tier. He returned to Gil Vicente in the 2018 off-season, achieving promotion without playing and being relieved of his duties. Nandinho first moved abroad on 16 October 2019, replacing the dismissed

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. The following 26 June, he was named assistant manager of the first team until the end of the season, with Mário Silva becoming the head coach, but returned to his previous role on 27 July as Silva was dismissed. On 24 August 2022, Nandinho was hired by

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, who had dismissed José Maria Pratas three games into the second-division campaign. He was dismissed the following 31 January, having taken 15 points in 14 games for the 16th-placed team, despite awaiting the

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of the

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. Subsequently, Nandinho worked in the

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with

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and the

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with

Al-Bukiryah FC Al-Bukiryah Football Club () is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Al Bukayriyah, Qassim. Founded in 1962, the club competes in the Saudi First Division The Saudi First Division League (), currently known as the Yelo League for sponsors ...

Managerial statistics

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