José Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim (; born 1 August 1974) is a Portuguese

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, currently in charge of Emirati club

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. He started working at the professional level at the age of 35, initially with Camacha and Chaves, before winning promotion to the

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with Beira-Mar in 2009–10. He later managed

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Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

and

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. Jardim joined

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in 2014, and led the club to its eighth Ligue 1 championship in 2016–17. After being dismissed in October 2018, he was replaced by

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and reappointed in January 2019, before being sacked once again in December.

Club career

Early years

Born in Barcelona, Venezuela to Portuguese parents who had settled in the country, Jardim returned to Portugal at a very young age, relocating to the island of

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. In 2001, aged only 27, he began working as assistant at local club A.D. Camacha, and remained three years in that role. Subsequently, Jardim was promoted to head coach at the third division side, before moving to

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in the same division midway through the 2007–08 campaign. He led the northerners to promotion to the Segunda Liga in 2008-09, his only full season. On 2 June 2009, Jardim was hired by

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, and achieved another promotion in 2009–10, this time to the

. He stepped down midway through the 2010–11 season, even though the Aveiro team was performing above most expectations.

Braga

In May 2011, Jardim replaced

-bound Domingos Paciência at the helm of S.C. Braga. He led the Minho club to third place in his only season – posting a record of 15 consecutive league wins in the process– but left after a disagreement with the president.

Olympiacos

On 5 June 2012, Jardim agreed to join Olympiacos F.C. of

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on a two-year contract, replacing

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. He was controversially relieved of his duties on 19 January 2013, even though the team led the league by ten points.

Sporting CP

Jardim agreed to return to the country of his parents on 20 May 2013, signing a two-year deal with Sporting. Leading a team full of young players developed in the club's youth academy, he coached the

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team to second place in 2013–14, with 25 points and 18 goals more than the previous season.

Monaco

On 10 June 2014, Jardim joined

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, signing a contract for two years with the option for another. He led the team to third place in

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in his first year, and repeated the feat in 2015–16; in between, on 12 May 2015, he agreed to an extension until 2019. In the 2016–17 campaign, displaying attacking football, particularly by several young players, Monaco won its first national championship in 17 years. The side also reached the semi-finals in both the

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and the

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, and lost

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of the

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. In early June 2017, Jardim agreed a new deal until 2020. On 11 October 2018, following a poor start to the season which included two losses in as many Champions League group stage matches, Jardim was sacked. On 25 January 2019, following the dismissal of

, he was reappointed. Jardim was again relieved of his duties in late December 2019.

Al Hilal

On 2 June 2021, Jardim was appointed at

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of the

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, on a one-year deal with an option for a second. On 14 February 2022, in spite of winning both the

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and the

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, he left by mutual consent.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

Camacha * AF Madeira Cup: 2003–04 Beira-Mar * Segunda Liga: 2009–10 Olympiacos *

: 2012–13 *

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: 2012–13 Monaco *

: 2016–17 Al Hilal *

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Individual

*Ligue 1

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: 2016–17

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jardim, Leonardo 1974 births Living people Portuguese people of Venezuelan descent Venezuelan emigrants to Portugal Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers G.D. Chaves managers S.C. Beira-Mar managers S.C. Braga managers Sporting CP managers Super League Greece managers Olympiacos F.C. managers Ligue 1 managers AS Monaco FC managers Saudi Professional League managers Al Hilal SFC managers UAE Pro League managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Monaco Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Golden Globes (Portugal) winners