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| birth_place = Serpa, Portugal195303300001}}{{WorldFootball.net|nelo-vingada}}Forward (association football)>Forward| currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1964–1974| years2 = 1974–1975| years3 = 1975–1979Atlético Clube de Portugal>Atlético CPS.U. Sintrense>SintrenseC.F. Os Belenenses>Belenenses| caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | manageryears1 = 1981–1982| manageryears2 = 1982–1983| manageryears3 = 1983–1984| manageryears4 = 1984–1986| manageryears5 = 1988–1991| manageryears6 = 1993–1994| manageryears7 = 1994–1995| manageryears8 = 1995–1996| manageryears9 = 1996–1997| manageryears10 = 1997–1998| manageryears11 = 1999–2003| manageryears12 = 2003–2004| manageryears13 = 2004–2005| manageryears14 = 2005–2006| manageryears15 = 2007| manageryears16 = 2007–2009| manageryears17 = 2009| manageryears18 = 2009| manageryears19 = 2009| manageryears20 = 2010| manageryears21 = 2011–2012| manageryears22 = 2014| manageryears23 = 2014| manageryears24 = 2016| manageryears25 = 2016–2017| manageryears26 = 2017| manageryears27 = 2019C.F. Os Belenenses>BelenensesAssociação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.>AcadémicaS.U. Sintrense>SintrenseU.D. Vilafranquense>VilafranquensePortugal national under-20 football team>Portugal U-20 (assistant)Portugal national football team>PortugalPortugal national under-20 football team>Portugal U-20Portugal Olympic football team>Portugal OlympicSaudi Arabia national football team>Saudi ArabiaS.L. Benfica>Benfica (assistant)C.S. Marítimo>MarítimoZamalek SC>ZamalekEgypt national under-23 football team>Egypt OlympicAssociação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F.>Académica| managerclubs15 = Wydad CasablancaJordan national football team>JordanPersepolis F.C.>PersepolisAl Ahly SC>Al Ahly| managerclubs19 = Vitória S.C.| managerclubs20 = FC SeoulDalian Shide F.C.>Dalian ShideIran national football team>Iran (assistant)Iran national under-23 football team>Iran OlympicCS Marítimo>MarítimoNorthEast United FC>NorthEast UnitedMalaysia national football team>MalaysiaKerala Blasters FC>Kerala BlastersSportAssociation football>football}}{{medalCountry|{{fb|POR}} (as manager)}}{{MedalComp|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}{{Medal|RU|1994|}}{{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}{{Medal|3rd|1995|}}{{medalCountry|{{fb|KSA}} (as manager)}}{{MedalCompetition|AFC Asian Cup}}{{Medal|W|1996|}}}}Eduardo Manuel "Nelo" Martinho Bragança de Vingada (born 30 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager and former footballer.

Managerial career

Early years

Vingada was born in Serpa. His first steps as a professional football manager were in Belenenses, and then in Académica de Coimbra in the 1982–83 season, when he was assistant manager for Mário Wilson at Académica. Sintrense and Vilafranquense were his following teams as a manager.{{fact|date=June 2021}}In the 1986–87 season, Vingada was appointed as an assistant manager for Portugal U-20 along with Carlos Queiroz. He was the assistant manager for the Portugal national squad in the World Youth Championships of 1989 in Riyadh and 1991 in Lisbon with Carlos Queiroz as head manager, both won by Portugal.{{fact|date=June 2021}}

Portugal U-20

Vingada was appointed as a head manager for Portugal U-20 and his team participated in 1995 World Youth Championship. In this tournament, Portugal U-20 ended in the third place.{{fact|date=June 2021}}The Portugal Olympic football team under his management participated in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and after a win over Tunisia (2–0) and 1–1 draws against Argentina and the United States, they ended in second place in Group A with the same points and goal difference as the first-placed Argentinians (but with lesser goals scored). Then in the quarter-finals, a win over France (2–1) after extra-time assured them a place in the semi-finals. Once again they played against Argentina, but this time the South Americans won 2–0. For the bronze medal match, they faced Brazil. Portugal was heavily defeated by 5–0.{{fact|date=June 2021}}

Saudi Arabia

In the 1996–97 season, Vingada became the manager of the Saudi Arabia national team, winning the Asian Cup in 1996, and qualifying for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, before being sacked from his position prior to the World Cup.WEB, 2018-06-07, Jorge Jesus will do well as Al-Hilal's new coach, says ex-Saudi Arabia boss Nelo Vingada,weblink 2020-06-13, Arab News, en, In the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons, Vingada worked as an assistant manager for Portuguese club Benfica, along with Graeme Souness as principal manager.{{fact|date=June 2021}}

Return to Portugal

Between 1999 and 2003, Vingada was the manager of Marítimo, a Portuguese team from Madeira, and helped the team stay in the Portuguese Liga and qualify once to the Portuguese cup final. In 2003, new Portuguese Real Madrid manager Carlos Queiroz proposed Vingada as assistant manager on 27 June but Carlos Queiroz's proposition was not accepted.NEWS,weblink Pictured dated 12 February 2002 of Portuguese soccer manager Nelo Vingada, gettyimages.com, 29 June 2003,

Zamalek

In the 2003–04 season, Vingada became the manager of Egyptian club El Zamalek. He helped the team win the Egyptian premier league, the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup, and the African Super Cup against Wydad Casablanca, all in one season.{{fact|date=June 2021}}In the 2004–05 season, he became the manager of Académica de Coimbra.{{fact|date=June 2021}}

Egypt and Jordan

In 2005, he became the head manager of the Egyptian national U-23 football team. The team failed to reach the Olympic Games which were being held in Beijing in 2008. Although the Egyptian Football Association wanted Vingada to continue managing the team, he resigned.{{fact|date=June 2021}}In summer 2007, Vingada signed for Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca. Only six weeks after he had assumed the new position, he resigned.{{fact|date=June 2021}}Vingada accepted the offer to manage Jordan national football team and signed a 16-month contract with the Jordan Football Association. Vingada later took on the mission to prepare the Jordanian team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20120717032511weblink">weblink dead, 17 July 2012, Eduardo Nelo Vingada - Nationnaltrainer von Jordanien - Nationalmanns…, 17 July 2012, archive.is, 10 July 2018, After failing to pass the first round of the qualifiers, Vingada resigned.{{fact|date=June 2021}}

Persepolis

On 9 February 2009, Vingada was officially appointed as head manager of Iranian football side Persepolis.WEB,weblink Iran: Nelo Vingada Resigns As Persepolis Coach {{!, Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=10 July 2018}} On 17 June 2009, just after five days of signing with Al Ahly he resigned due to family problems.NEWS,weblink Vingada U-turn on Ahly job, 18 June 2009, 10 July 2018, en-GB,

Vitória S.C.

On 24 June 2009 he was named as head manager Vitoria S.C. in his homeland Portugal and on 7 October 2009 was sacked after four months due to poor results.Comunicado do prof. Nelo Vingada

FC Seoul

He officially became a manager of FC Seoul of South Korea in January 2010. On 5 December 2010, after winning a game for 2–1, he became the Champion of South Korea, it was the first time in ten years for FC Seoul. Vingada won the K-League Cup, K-League with FC Seoul.NEWS,weblinkpublisher=FC Seoul.comURL-STATUS=DEADTITLE=SEOUL TAKE TITLEFIFA.COM>DATE=5 DECEMBER 2010, NEWS,weblinkpublisher=FC Seoul.comK-League record was 20 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses in the 2010 season. His winning percentage 71% is a record high in the K-League. On 13 December 2010 FC Seoul offered a one-year contract extension but FC Seoul and Vingada did not agree on the salary conditions. So Vingada went back to Portugal.HTTP://SPORTS.CHOSUN.COM/NEWS/NTYPE2.HTM?ID=201012150100113540007122&SERVICEDATE=20101214PUBLISHER=SPORTCHOSUN LANGUAGE = KO, Egyptian FA chairman Samir Zaher announced on 24 August 2011 that they have reached an agreement with Nelo Vingada, on coaching the Egyptian national team, and that only a few tiny details remain to be sorted out.Vingada became head manager of Chinese Super League side Dalian Shide on 28 August 2011.

Iran U-23

After assisting Carlos Queiroz and the Iran national football team during the qualifiers of the 2014 FIFA World Cup,WEB,weblink نلو وینگادا دستیار کی‌روش شد :: ورزش سه, www.varzesh3.com, 10 July 2018, he became the manager of the Iran Olympic team, signing a two-year contract until the 2016 Summer Olympics.WEB,weblink Home - PersianLeague.Com, www.persianleague.com, en-gb, 10 July 2018, At the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea, Iran was defeated 4–1 by Vietnam in their first match which was Iran's worst defeat in the tournament. They drew 1–1 with Kyrgyzstan in the next match, resulting in an early exit from the competition which was Iran's worst result in the Asian Games since its establishment.WEB,weblink Team Omid exit Incheon at the group stage, www.persianfootball.com, en-US, 10 July 2018, As a consequence Vingada was sacked as manager of Iran under-23 team on 9 November 2014.NEWS,weblink Nelo Vingada sacked., 8 November 2014, TeamMelli, 10 July 2018, en-US,

Marítimo

In January 2016, he signed with Marítimo, this being the second term at the Madeiran club for him as he was their manager from 1999 till 2003. He ended his second tenure with Marítimo on 23 May 2016 to pursue his career elsewhere.WEB,weblink Oficial: Nelo Vingada abandona comando técnico do Marítimo, pt, 23 May 2016, Mais Futebol, 21 October 2017,

North East United FC

In July 2016, it was announced that he will be the new head coach of the North East United FC, part of the Indian Super League.NEWS,weblink ISL 2016: 'Professor' Nelo Vingada joins NorthEast United FC as head coach, He was their head coach until 15 May 2017 as he was offered a new job as Malaysia national football team head coach.

Malaysia

On 15 May 2017, Vingada was officially announced as the new head coach of Malaysia national football team with a difficult task to revive Malaysian football.WEB,weblink Vingada Appointed National Team Head Coach, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), 15 May 2017, 15 May 2017, 19 May 2017, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170519123804weblink">weblink He also took his trusted partner Francisco Jose Bruto da Costa as his deputy.WEB, Indian Football BREAKING - Francisco Bruto Da Costa gets Malaysian National team's assistant coach job {{!, Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-breaking-francisco-bruto-da-costa-gets-malaysian-/eu3w7w7wfcww1ldl6c9tq83zp|access-date=2020-09-10|website=www.goal.com}} His first match was in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers against Lebanon, which ended in a 1–2 defeat. His second match was in the friendly match against Syria national football team, which ended in a 1–2 defeat at Hang Jebat Stadium Melaka.Vingada stepped down as head coach of Malaysia on 6 December 2017 by mutual consent with Football Association of Malaysia, after not winning any of his seven games in charge, and failure to qualify to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.NEWS,weblink Nelo Vingada steps down as Malaysia FA head coach, Goal.com, 10 July 2018, en, NEWS,weblink Nelo Vingada, One-on-One: I have no regrets – and Malaysian players are better than they think, FouFourTwo.com, 13 January 2019, 8 February 2018,

Return to Iran

On 11 January 2019, Vingada rejoined the coaching staff of Iran national football team, who are participating in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, and reunite with Queiroz.NEWS,weblink Asian Cup: Nelo Vingada joins Iran's coaching staff, TehranTimes.com, 13 January 2019, 11 January 2019,

Kerala Blasters FC

On 18 January 2019, it was announced that Vingada would be the new head coach of Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League after the club sacked David James due to poor performances.WEB, Kerala Blasters appoint Portuguese Nelo Vingada as head coach,weblink 2020-06-13, OnManorama, With a win percent of less than 15, he too was sacked by the club at the end of the 2018–19 Indian Super League season.

Managerial statistics

{{updated|23 May 2019}}{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"!rowspan=2|Team!rowspan=2|Nat!rowspan=2|From!rowspan=2|To!colspan=8|Record!G!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!+/-!!Win %PortugalPortugal}}December 1993April 1994{{WDL|2|0|2|0|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}Portugal U-20Portugal}}April 1994May 1995{{WDL|6|5|0|1|for=12|against=6|diff=yes}}Portugal (Olympic)Portugal}}May 1995August 1996{{WDL|14|8|4|2|for=20|against=12|diff=yes}}Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia}}October 1996September 1997{{WDL|24|17|5|2|for=55|against=17|diff=yes}}MarítimoPortugal}}June 1999July 2003{{WDL|136|55|28|53|for=160|against=156|diff=yes}}ZamalekEgypt}}July 2003July 2004{{WDL|27|21|6|0|for=59|against=16|diff=yes}}Egypt (Olympic)Egypt}}July 2004January 2005{{WDL|2|1|0|1|for=4|against=2|diff=yes}}Académica de CoimbraPortugal}}January 2005May 2006{{WDL|34|10|9|15|for=37|against=48|diff=yes}}Wydad CasablancaMorocco}}April 2007July 2007{{WDL|8|3|4|1|for=11|against=4|diff=yes}}JordanJordan}}May 2007February 2009{{WDL|31|11|7|13|for=39|against=33|diff=yes}}PersepolisIran}}February 2009June 2009{{WDL|9|3|3|3|for=9|against=9|diff=yes}}Vitória de GuimarãesPortugal}} June 2009 October 2009{{WDL|7|1|2|4|for=6|against=8|diff=yes}}FC SeoulSouth Korea}}December 2009December 2010{{WDL|37|25|6|6|for=79|against=35|diff=yes}}Dalian ShideChina}}July 2011November 2012{{WDL|30|8|10|12|for=39|against=49|diff=yes}}Iran (Olympic)IRN}}March 2014November 2014{{WDL|6|0|5|1|for=5|against=8|diff=yes}}MarítimoPortugal}}January 2016June 2016{{WDL|14|5|3|6|for=19|against=20|diff=yes}}NorthEast UnitedIndia}}23 July 201615 May 2017{{WDL|14|5|3|6|for=14|against=14|diff=yes}}MalaysiaMAS}}15 May 20176 December 2017{{WDL|7|0|1|6|for=6|against=16|diff=yes}}Kerala BlastersIndia}}18 January 201917 March 2019{{WDL|7|1|3|3|for=6|against=9|diff=yes}}!colspan="4"|Total{{WDLtot|390|173|94|123|for=561|against=425|diff=yes}}

Honours

Assistant Manager

Portugal U-20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989, 1991

Manager

Portugal U-20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third-place 1995NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070704042316weblink">weblink dead, 4 July 2007, Portugal Team Squad, FIFA, FIFA.com,

Saudi Arabia

• AFC Asian Cup: 1996

Zamalek SC

• Egyptian Premier League: 2002–03
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003
• Arab Champions League: 2003

Jordan

• West Asian Football Federation Championship: Runners-up 2008

FC Seoul

• K League: 2010
• League Cup: 2010

Marítimo

• Taça da Liga Runners-up: 2015–16

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Nelo Vingada}}

• {{ForaDeJogo|195303300001}}
• {{WorldFootball.net|nelo-vingada}}

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