David de Sousa Nascimento (born 16 March 1966), or simply Nascimento, is a Portuguese

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of Cape Verdean origin and former player who played as a defender. He is the current head coach of the

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. Born in

São Vicente, Cape Verde São Vicente (Portuguese language, Portuguese for "Vincent of Saragossa, Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West Africa, West African coast. It is ...

, he is the first Cape Verdean that has a

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Pro License. He has had a long career as a professional player in both Portugal and the Netherlands, having played over 500 matches. Afterwards, he also worked in various managerial positions in the Netherlands, Mexico and South Africa.

Playing career

Nascimento started his career in Portugal. He turned professional at the age of 17 representing

Vitória de Setúbal Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

and

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to: People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Sofia Vitória (bor ...

a few years later. In the 1991–92 season, he decided to join Dutch

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

club RKC. He stayed there one season, before moving on to

Roda JC Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; ), shortly as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or simply Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. The c ...

, during which period he was called up for the Portugal national team. In 1994, he moved to

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, where he played four seasons and grew into a key player. In the 1998–99 season – after Nascimento lost his place in the Utrecht starting line-up under head coach

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– manager

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facilitated his return to RKC, where he was made

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. Three seasons later, he signed with

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where he would stay for one season before joining

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

. There, he decided to retire from professional football player at the age of 38 having played over 500 official matches.

Managerial career

Having ended his career as professional player, Nascimento started in season 2004–05 as coach of Sparta Rotterdam U15 team. With this team he won the Nike Tournament and therefore qualified to compete against other European Tournament winners such as

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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and

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. At the end of this season, Nascimento and

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took over from Sparta first-team coach

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and were asked to lead Sparta to promotion to the

. Sparta won all their play-off matches resulting in a promotion to the highest level. The next season, Nascimento was an understudy to coach

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at AZ. In the 2006–07 season, Nascimento became coach of the

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U18 team, which finished in second place in the national competition for under-18 teams. Also he was appointed first-team assistant by manager

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, a position in which he stayed until the end of 2008. In 2009, Nascimento received the highest coaching diploma, the

Pro License. On 22 October 2010, Nascimento was appointed new head coach of fourth-tier

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club

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, succeeding the dismissed Raymond Schuurman. In the 2011–12 season, he became head of youth development for South African club

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. From June 2012 to February 2013, Nascimento was assistant to

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at Mexican club

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. He shortly coached the Malta national under-19 team during the

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. On 22 January 2018, Nascimento was appointed head coach of

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as successor to Wilfred van Leeuwen. He signed a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season with an option to extend. He was succeeded by

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in July 2019. In October 2021, Nascimento was appointed head coach of the Jordan women's national team. On 30 April 2024, Nascimento was appointed as new head coach of

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

, starting on 1 July 2024.

Executive career

On 7 May 2014, Cypriot side

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

appointed Nascimento as the club's new technical director. On 27 August 2014, his contract with APOEL was terminated by mutual consent.

References

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