Jorge Miguel Costa Duarte, known in some African countries as Miguel da Costa, is a Portuguese
football manager who is last known to have managed
Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)
Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, L ...
.
Early life
Duarte started playing football at a young age. As a youth player, Duarte joined the youth academy of Portuguese side
Porto
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.
After suffering an injury, he started his managerial career.
Managerial career
In Africa, Duarte is known as Miguel da Costa.
In 2017, Duarte was appointed manager of Ugandan side
Vipers
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. He helped them win the league. However, the club's style of play under him was regarded as unattractive. In 2018, he departed the club.
After that, he was appointed manager of Botswanan side
Jwaneng Galaxy
Jwaneng Galaxy Football Club is a Botswana football club based in Jwaneng. The club currently plays in the Botswana Premier League.
History
Galaxy were founded in 2015 after two local clubs merged: the Jwaneng Comets and the Debswana Youngste ...
. He was tasked by the club to win the league. He helped the club win their first league title.
After that, he was appointed manager of Libyan side
Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)
Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football club based in Bab Ben Gashier, Tripoli, L ...
. He holds a UEFA B coaching license.
References
Expatriate football managers in Botswana
Expatriate football managers in Libya
Expatriate football managers in Uganda
Living people
Portuguese expatriate football managers
Portuguese football managers
Portuguese men's footballers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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