Manuel Ferreira Abreu Freitas (8 January 1959 – 10 May 2022) was a Portuguese

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coach and player. He played as a defender for

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Poissy Poissy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Inhabitan ...

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, Nancy,

Sporting Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional association football, football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top fl ...

Quimper Quimper (, ; ; or ) is a Communes of France, commune and Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. Administration Quimper is the ...

, Charleville and

US Lusitanos Saint-Maur Union Sportive Lusitanos Saint-Maur or US Lusitanos Saint-Maur is a French football club based in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, the southeastern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1966 by Portuguese immigrants who worked in a fa ...

. He coached several French teams, including Sénart-Moissy,

and

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a French port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Calais is the largest city in Pas-de-Calais. The population of the city proper is 67,544; that of the urban area is 144,6 ...

. He holds both French and Portuguese nationalities.

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1959 births 2022 deaths People from Fafe Men's association football defenders French men's footballers Portuguese men's footballers 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Red Star FC players AS Poissy players Stade de Reims players Paris Saint-Germain FC players AS Nancy Lorraine players S.C. Braga players Quimper Kerfeunteun FC players OFC Charleville players US Lusitanos Saint-Maur players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French football managers French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Naturalized citizens of France Portuguese football managers Stade de Reims managers Calais RUFC managers US Sénart-Moissy players AS Saint-Priest players FC Chartres players FC Rouen players Footballers from Braga District 20th-century French sportsmen {{france-footy-defender-1950s-stub