Sérgio Agostinho de Oliveira Vieira (born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese
football
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manager
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who is in charge of
Liga Portugal 2
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club
Académico de Viseu.
After a brief amateur playing career as a
forward, he began coaching in 2005. He led
Athletico Paranaense and
América Mineiro in the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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, and
Moreirense and
Estrela da Amadora in the
Primeira Liga
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.
Career
Early career
Born in
Póvoa de Lanhoso,
Braga
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, Vieira was a
forward during his playing days. An
S.C. Braga youth graduate, he retired at the age of 21 while playing for
Amares
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, and started studying.
Vieira's first managerial experiences were at Sport Lisboa e Cartaxo and
Clube Condeixa, in the regional leagues. After being a tactical coach at
Naval 1º de Maio,
Académica de Coimbra, Braga (two stints) and
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, , he moved to Brazil.
Brazil
Vieira was appointed manager of
Atlético Paranaense's under-23 squad on 3 July 2015; he was signed by the club in January. Late in the month, however, he was named at the helm of
Guaratinguetá
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, as both clubs sealed a partnership.
Vieira took charge of ''Guará'' with the side seriously threatened with relegation in
Série C, but managed to avoid the drop after achieving four wins and one draw in nine matches. On 28 September he returned to ''Furacão'', being appointed interim manager after the dismissal of
Milton Mendes; he remained in charge for two matches, achieving one win and one loss.
On 11 November 2015, Vieira was appointed
Ferroviária manager, after another partnership with Atlético was established. During his spell at the club he impressed, after drawing with
Corinthians and defeating
Palmeiras; on 4 April, however, after the club's qualification chances were null and relegation became a serious threat, he was sacked.
On 4 June 2016 Vieira was named
América Mineiro manager in
Série A, replacing fired
Givanildo Oliveira. He was dismissed just 43 days later, having taken eight points of a possible 15.
Vieira returned to
São Paulo state to manage
São Bernardo in the
2017 Campeonato Paulista. After the team were relegated with eight losses from 12 games, a clause was activated to dismiss him at the end of March.
Return to Portugal
On 31 October 2017, Vieira was appointed at
Moreirense for the rest of the
Primeira Liga
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season with the option of two more. Four days later on his domestic debut, the team drew 1–1 at home to
Portimonense. He left by mutual consent on 13 February with the club from
Moreira de Cónegos still second from bottom.
Vieira was appointed manager of
LigaPro
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club
Famalicão on 30 June 2018, replacing
Dito at a team under new foreign ownership. He resigned the following 18 March after a run of three games without a win, despite the side from
Vila Nova de Famalicão
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still being in the promotion places.
On 22 May 2019, Vieira was appointed at
Farense for the following second-tier campaign. In his
first season on the
Algarve
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– curtailed by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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– he guided the team to promotion to the top flight for the first time in 18 years, and was rewarded with a new three-year deal. On 31 January 2021, with Farense last in the league, he left by mutual consent.
Vieira returned to work on 30 June 2022, on a two-year deal at second-tier club
Estrela da Amadora. He won promotion in his
first season on penalties in the playoffs against
Marítimo and then extended his contract to 2026.
On 7 January 2025, Vieira signed with
Académico de Viseu in the second tier until the end of the season.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Manager
Individual
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Liga Portugal 2
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Manager of the Month: December 2022/January 2023, February 2023, April 2023
References
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1983 births
Living people
People from Póvoa de Lanhoso
Sportspeople from Braga District
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Portuguese football managers
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Expatriate football managers in Brazil
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers
Club Athletico Paranaense managers
Guaratinguetá Futebol managers
Associação Ferroviária de Esportes managers
América Futebol Clube (MG) managers
São Bernardo Futebol Clube managers
Primeira Liga managers
Liga Portugal 2 managers
Moreirense F.C. managers
F.C. Famalicão managers
S.C. Farense managers
C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers
Académico de Viseu F.C. managers
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen