Vasco César Freire de Seabra (born 15 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional

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, currently in charge of

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club Arouca.

Club career

Born in

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

, Seabra played youth football for F.C. Paços de Ferreira as a

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and a

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, retiring at the age of 18. After assistant spells, he started working as a manager in his own right in early 2013, with amateurs F.C. Lixa in the

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. Seabra was appointed at Paços de Ferreira in late November 2016, replacing Carlos Pinto. He won his first

game 2–1 against

Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the of Porto that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese football, at the Estádio do B ...

on 5 December, and ended the season in 13th. He was dismissed on 23 October 2017 after a 6–1 away loss to

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, with the team in that same position and eliminated from the

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. On 24 January 2018, Seabra returned to management with

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tie ...

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, on a deal until the end of the following campaign. However, in June that year, he was replaced by Sérgio Vieira with a year left on his contract. Seabra was hired on a year-long contract at C.D. Mafra on 31 May 2019, tasked with keeping them in the second division. Having finished in fourth, and also taken the club to the last 16 of the domestic cup by eliminating top-tier Moreirense F.C. away from home, he resigned. In July 2020, Seabra returned to the top flight at

on a two-year deal. He left on 8 December, having won once and drawn five of his nine matches. A month later, he signed for Moreirense until June 2022. His contract was terminated a year early following an eighth-place finish, and he was replaced by João Henriques. On 13 November 2021, Seabra became

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

's second manager of the season after taking over from

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, with the side being placed second-bottom. He was himself relieved of his duties the following 5 September, after five losses in as many games to kickstart

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. Seabra was appointed at top-tier

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

on 25 September 2023, replacing

Álvaro Pacheco Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) is a Portuguese former footballer and current manager. 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 i ...

who had been sacked the day before. On 3 November, he took the last-placed team to a 1–0 league win at Porto, repeating the feat the following month to oust the same opposition from the

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of the

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with a 3–1 home victory; he finished runner-up in the latter competition, beating

S.L. Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " ...

on penalties in the semi-finals but losing the decisive match against

S.C. 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 football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

in the same fashion. On 29 June 2024, Seabra left Estoril by mutual consent. Four months later, he took over

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a professional Association football, football club based in the Porto metropolitan area. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,600-seat capac ...

in the same league. He led the side to 12th place, highlights being 2–2 draws against champions

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,

and runners-up Benfica.

Managerial statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seabra, Vasco 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Paços de Ferreira 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira managers F.C. Famalicão managers Boavista F.C. managers Moreirense F.C. managers C.S. Marítimo managers G.D. Estoril Praia managers F.C. Arouca managers F.C. Paços de Ferreira non-playing staff