Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) is a Portuguese professional football

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and former player. After achieving a total of 70 games in the second tier as a player, he worked as an assistant manager to Miguel Leal before managing in his own right at Fafe. Hired at Vizela in 2019, he achieved consecutive promotions to the

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in his first two seasons.

Playing career

Born in Vila Cova da Lixa,

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, Pacheco is a product of the football academies of his local clubs Lixa and

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, while working as a locksmith with his father as a teenager. He started playing professional football with Felgueiras, having played 70 games in the second tier, and had spent most of his career in semi-pro leagues in Portugal. His first job as a manager was in 2005 with the youth ranks of his club Paredes, and he retired from playing in 2007, at the age of 34.

Coaching career

Early years

Pacheco began his senior coaching career with Lixa in 2011. Afterwards, he was the assistant manager for Miguel Leal at Penafiel, Moreirense and Boavista, and with Filipe Ribeiro at Jonava in Lithuania. On 24 September 2018, Pacheco returned to work as a head coach at Fafe, ranked 7th in the third tier. In his one season there, he took the team to the playoffs, where they were eliminated by Praiense in the quarter-finals.

Vizela

In June 2019, Pacheco signed for Vizela, another team eliminated from the same stage of the play-offs. His first season was aborted because of the

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, and the

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promoted leaders Vizela and Arouca to the second tier. On his debut as a professional manager on 12 September 2020, Pacheco won 2–1 at home to U.D. Oliveirense. His team sealed a second successive promotion the following 22 May, beating Arouca to second place with a 5–2 home win over Vilafranquense on the final day; Vizela's only previous season in the

was 1984–85. In July 2021, he was named Manager of the Year at the LPFP Awards and signed a contract for two more years. In his first top-flight game on 6 August 2021, Pacheco's Vizela lost 3–0 at reigning champions

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. On 23 December, his side won 1–0 at home in the fifth round of the

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against district neighbours and cup holders

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. The team were eliminated 3–1 at home by

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in the quarter-finals on 12 January 2022. On 30 November 2022, with Vizela in a safe 13th place and the

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paused due to the

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, Pacheco was nonetheless dismissed and replaced by under-23 manager Tulipa. Days later, he was honoured by Vizela City Hall, and said that he wanted to return to the club.

Managerial statistics

Honours

* Liga Portugal 2 Coach of the Season:

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References

External links

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