Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 19 October 1954) is a Portuguese football manager, currently managing PAOK of the Super League Greece.
Santos started his career as a footballer in 1972, initially playing for Benfica at the youth level, then Marítimo and Estoril-Praia, where he ended his professional career at just 30.
Santos earned a bacharelato degree as an electrical and telecommunications technical engineer, awarded in 1977 by ...
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Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 19 October 1954) is a Portuguese football manager, currently managing PAOK of the Super League Greece.
Santos started his career as a footballer in 1972, initially playing for Benfica at the youth level, then Marítimo and Estoril-Praia, where he ended his professional career at just 30.
Santos earned a bacharelato degree as an electrical and telecommunications technical engineer, awarded in 1977 by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa. In 1987, he decided to retire from football play and become a coach. He had worked briefly as a maintenance technician at a hotel.
His first club was Estoril-Praia, where he remained until 1994. With Santos as a coach, Estoril-Praia climbed up two categories and reached Portugal's top football division.
In 1994, he took over Estrela da Amadora, and in 1998, he moved to FC Porto, winning the national championship and Portuguese Super Cup in his first season. He was the last of the coaches to win...
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