Eduardo Manuel "Nelo" Martinho Bragança de Vingada (born 30 March 1953) is a Portuguese

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manager.

Managerial career

Early years

Vingada was born in

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. 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

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at Académica. Sintrense and Vilafranquense were his following teams as a manager. In the 1986–87 season, Vingada was appointed as an assistant manager for Portugal U-20 along with

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. He was the assistant manager for the Portuguese squad in the World Youth Championships of

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and

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with

as head manager, both won by Portugal.

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. The

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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.

Saudi Arabia

In the 1996–97 season, Vingada became the manager of the Saudi Arabian national team, winning the

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in 1996, and qualifying for the

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, before being sacked from his position prior to the World Cup. 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.

Return to Portugal

Between 1999 and 2003, Vingada was the manager of Marítimo, a Portuguese team from

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, and helped the team stay in the

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and qualify once to the

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final. In 2003, new Portuguese

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manager

proposed Vingada as assistant manager on 27 June but

's proposition was not accepted.

Zamalek

In the 2003–04 season, Vingada became the manager of Egyptian club

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. He helped the team win the

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, the

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, and the

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against Wydad Casablanca, all in one season. In the 2004–05 season, he became the manager of Académica de Coimbra.

Egypt and Jordan

In 2005, he became the head manager of the Egyptian national U-23 football team. The team failed to reach the

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which were being held in Beijing in 2008. Although the

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wanted Vingada to continue managing the team, he resigned. In summer 2007, Vingada signed for Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca. Only six weeks after he had assumed the new position, he resigned. Vingada accepted the offer to manage

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and signed a 16-month contract with the

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. Vingada later took on the mission to prepare the Jordanian team for the

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. After failing to pass the first round of the qualifiers, Vingada resigned.

Persepolis

On 9 February 2009, Vingada was officially appointed as head manager of Iranian football side

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. On 17 June 2009, just after five days of signing with

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he resigned due to family problems.

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.

FC Seoul

He officially became a manager of

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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

. Vingada won the

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with FC Seoul. His

record was 20 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses in the 2010 season. His winning percentage 71% is a record high in the

. On 13 December 2010

offered a oneyear contract extension but

and Vingada did not agree on the salary conditions. So Vingada went back to Portugal. Vingada became head manager of

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side

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on 28 August 2011.

Iran U-23

After assisting

and the

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during the qualifiers of the

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, he became the manager of the Iran Olympic team, signing a two-year contract until the

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. At the

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held in

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, Iran was defeated 4–1 by

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in their first match which was Iran's worst defeat in the tournament. They drew 1–1 with

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in the next match, resulting in an early exit from the competition which was Iran's worst result in the

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since its establishment. As a consequence Vingada was sacked as manager of Iran under-23 team on 9 November 2014.

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.

North East United FC

In July 2016, it was announced that he will be the new head coach of the

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, part of the

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. 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

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with a difficult task to revive Malaysian football. He also took his trusted partner Francisco Jose Bruto da Costa as his deputy. His first match was in the 2019 Asian Cup qualifiers against

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, 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

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, after not winning any of his seven games in charge, and failure to qualify to the

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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.

Kerala Blasters FC

On 18 January 2019, it was announced that Vingada would be the new head coach of

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in the

after the club sacked

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due to poor performances. With a win percent of less than 15, he too was sacked by the club at the end of the

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Managerial statistics

Honours

Assistant Manager

Portugal U-20 *

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Manager

Portugal U-20 *

: Third-place

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Saudi Arabia *

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Zamalek SC *

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: 2002–03 *

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Jordan *

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: Runners-up

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FC Seoul *

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Marítimo *

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Runners-up: 2015–16

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