Rogério de Sousa Gonçalves (born 1 October 1959) is a Portuguese
football manager, currently in charge of Mozambican club
Clube Ferroviário da Beira.
In a career of over three decades, he had brief
Primeira Liga
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spells at
Varzim,
Naval,
Braga
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and
Académica.
Football career
Born in the village of Lanheses in
Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo () is a municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 88,725, in an area of 319.02 km². The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, ...
, Gonçalves started working as a full-time manager in 1990, with hometown club UD Lanheses. In the following nine years he worked exclusively in the lower leagues, also being in charge of
A.D. Os Limianos
Associação Desportiva Os Limianos ''(abbreviated as AD Os Limianos)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Ponte de Lima in the district of Viana do Castelo.
Background
AD Os Limianos currently plays in the Segunda Divisão Série Norte ...
and
SC Vianense
Sport Clube Vianense ''(abbreviated as SC Vianense)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Viana do Castelo in the district of Viana do Castelo. SC Vianense currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal. The club was founded in 1898 and is on ...
.
In the summer of 1999, Gonçalves was appointed at
Varzim S.C. in the
Segunda Liga. He achieved promotion to the
Primeira Liga
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at the end of
his second season, but was sacked on 25 November 2001 after only achieving two wins in the first 12 games.
Gonçalves then returned to the second division, going on to work with
G.D. Chaves
Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese football club from Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Estádio Municipal de Chaves. Their home kit is red-and-bl ...
,
Associação Naval 1º de Maio and
Leixões SC. On 4 March 2006, he re-signed at the second side who now competed in the top level, becoming their fourth coach of
the campaign and finally leading them to safety with a 14th-place finish.
In mid-November 2006, Gonçalves replaced fired
Carlos Carvalhal
Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal (; born 4 December 1965) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back, currently manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo.
As a player, he totalled 197 Primeira Liga appearances in ...
at the helm of
S.C. Braga. Three months later, despite helping the team rise three league places to 5th and leading after one leg of a
UEFA Cup
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last-32 tie with
Parma FC, he too was dismissed and replaced by his assistant
Jorge Costa. On 31 May 2007 he was appointed at division two team
S.C. Beira-Mar, being sacked the following February after a ten-game winless run across all competitions.
Gonçalves signed for
Académica de Coimbra in August 2009, becoming the fourth casualty of the
top tier season on 2 October after failing to win once in seven league contests. On 6 October 2010 he returned to Naval, being fired due to exactly the same circumstances in December.
In January 2013, Gonçalves was appointed to his first job abroad, at Mozambique's
Clube Ferroviário de Nampula. Two years later, having taken the club to runners-up in the
Moçambola
Moçambola (or Campeonato Moçambicano de Futebol, Portuguese for Mozambican Football Championship) is the top division of Mozambican football. It is organized by the Liga Moçambicana de Futebol.
History
In 1976, shortly after the country's ...
, he signed a new contract. He left at the end of his deal in November 2015, rejecting another club in the African country due to his desire to manage back home again.
Gonçalves headed back to Mozambique in June 2017, taking the helm at reigning champions
Clube Ferroviário da Beira. That year, they became the first club from their nation to reach the quarter-finals of the
CAF Champions League
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, losing on the
away goals rule
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to
USM Alger
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its ...
. In December 2018, the board decided to keep him for another season, after losing the
cup
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final to
CD Costa do Sol.
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
People from Viana do Castelo
Portuguese football managers
Primeira Liga managers
SC Vianense managers
Varzim S.C. managers
G.D. Chaves managers
Associação Naval 1º de Maio managers
Leixões S.C. managers
S.C. Braga managers
S.C. Beira-Mar managers
Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. managers
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Mozambique
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Mozambique
Sportspeople from Viana do Castelo District