Nelo Vingada

Nelo Vingada

300px Vingada as head coach of Persepolis
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Manuel Martinho Braganza de Vingada
Date of birth	(1953-03-30) 30 March 1953
Place of birth	Serpa, Portugal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1974	Atlético CP
1974–1975	Sintrense
1975–1979	Belenenses
Managerial career
1981–1982	Belenenses
1982–1983	Académica de Coimbra
1983–1984	Sintrense
1984–1986	Vilafranquense
1988–1991	Portugal U-20 (assistant)
1993–1994	Portugal
1994–1995	Portugal U-20
1995–1996	Portugal Olympic
1996–1997	Saudi Arabia
1997–1998	Benfica (assistant)
1999–2003	Marítimo
2003–2004	El Zamalek
2004–2005	Egypt Olympic
2005–2006	Académica de Coimbra
2007	Wydad Casablanca
2007–2009	Jordan
2009	Persepolis
2009	Vitoria
2010	FC Seoul
2011–2012	Dalian Shide
2013–2014	Iran (assistant)
2014	Iran Olympic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Manuel Martinho Braganza de Vingada, known as Nelo Vingada (born 30 March 1953 in Serpa) is a Portuguese football coach who most recently managed Iran national under-23 football team.

Managerial career

Early years

His first steps as a professional football coach were in Belenenses, and then in Académica de Coimbra in the 1982–83 season, when he was assistant manager for Mário Wilson at Académica. Sintrense and Vilafranquense were his following teams as a manager.

In the 1986–87 season, Vingada was appointed as an assistant manager for Portugal U-20 along with Carlos Queiroz. He was the assistant coach for the Portuguese squad in the World Youth Championships of 1989 in Riyadh and 1991 in Lisbon with Carlos Queiroz as head coach, both won by Portugal.

Portugal U-20

Vingada was appointed as a head coach for Portugal U-20 and his team participated in 1995 World Youth Championship. In this tournament, Portugal U-20 ended in the third place

The Portugal Olympic football team under his management participated in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and after a win over Tunisia (2–0) and 1–1 draws against Argentina and the United States, they ended in second place in Group A with the same points and goal difference as the first-placed Argentinians (but with lesser goals scored). Then in the quarter-finals, a win over France (2–1) after extra-time assured them a place in the semi-finals. Once again they played against Argentina, but this time the South Americans won 2–0. For the bronze medal match, they faced Brazil. Portugal was heavily defeated by 5–0.

Saudi Arabia

In the 1996–97 season, Vingada became the manager of the Saudi Arabian national team, winning the Asian Cup in 1996, and qualifying for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, before being sacked from his position prior to the World Cup. In the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons, Vingada worked as an assistant manager for Portuguese club Benfica, along with Graeme Souness as principal manager.

Return to Portugal

Between 1999 and 2003, Vingada was the manager of Marítimo, a Portuguese team from Madeira, and helped the team stay in the Portuguese Liga and qualify once to the Portuguese cup final. In 2003, new Portuguese Real Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz proposed Vingada as assistant coach on 27 June but Carlos Queiroz's proposition was not accepted.

Zamalek

In the 2003–04 season, Vingada became the manager of Egyptian club El Zamalek. He helped the team win the Egyptian premier league, the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup, and the African Super Cup against Wydad Casablanca, all in one season. He was later dismissed from his position at the club due to disagreements from the club board with his controversial managing policies and his continuous conflicts with top players at the Egyptian club.

In the 2004–05 season, he became the manager of Académica de Coimbra.

Egypt and Jordan

In 2005 he became the head coach of the Egyptian national U-23 football team. The team failed to reach the Olympic Games which were being held in Beijing in 2008. Although the Egyptian Football Association wanted Vingada to continue coaching the team, he resigned.

In summer 2007, Vingada signed for Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca. Only six weeks after he had assumed the new position, he resigned.

Vingada accepted the offer to coach Jordan national football team and signed a 16-month contract with the Jordan Football Association. Vingada later took on the mission to prepare the Jordanian team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. After failing to pass the first round of the qualifiers, Vingada resigned.

Persepolis

On 9 February 2009 Vingada was officially appointed as head coach of Iranian football side Persepolis. On 17 June 2009, just after five days of signing with Al-Ahly he resigned due to family problems.

Vitoria S.C.

On 24 June 2009 he was named as head coach Vitoria S.C. in his homeland Portugal and on 7 October 2009 he after four months due to poor results.

FC Seoul

He officially became a manager of FC Seoul of South Korea in January 2010. On 5 December 2010, after winning a game for 2–1, he became the Champion of South Korea, it was the first time in ten years for FC Seoul. Vingada won the K-League Cup, K-League with FC Seoul. His K-League record was 20 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses in the 2010 season. His winning percentage 71% is a record high in the K-League. On 13 December 2010 FC Seoul offered a oneyear contract extension but FC Seoul and Vingada did not agree on the salary conditions. So Vingada went back to Portugal.

Vingada became head coach of Chinese Super League side Dalian Shide on 28 August 2011.

Iran U-23

After assisting Carlos Queiroz and the Iran national football team during the qualifiers of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he became the manager of the Iran Olympic team, signing a two-year contract until the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea, Iran was defeated 4–1 by Vietnam in their first match which was Iran's worst defeat in the tournament. They drew 1–1 with Kyrgyzstan in the next match, resulting in an early exit from the competition which was Iran's worst result in the Asian Games since its establishment. As a consequence Vingada was sacked as manager of Iran under-23 team on 9 November 2014.

Managerial statistics

As of 18 September 2014.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Win %
Portugal		December 1993	April 1994	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	00.00
Portugal U-20		April 1994	May 1995	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6	83.33
Portugal (Olympic)		May 1995	August 1996	14	8	4	2	20	12	+8	57.14
Saudi Arabia		October 1996	September 1997	24	17	5	2	55	17	+38	70.83
Marítimo		June 1999	July 2003	136	55	28	53	160	156	+4	40.44
Zamalek		July 2003	July 2004	27	21	6	0	59	16	+43	77.78
Egypt (Olympic)		July 2004	January 2005	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50.00
Académica de Coimbra		January 2005	May 2006	34	10	9	15	37	48	−11	29.41
Wydad Casablanca		April 2007	July 2007	8	3	4	1	11	4	+7	37.50
Jordan		May 2007	February 2009	31	11	7	13	39	33	+6	35.48
Persepolis		February 2009	June 2009	9	3	3	3	9	9	+0	33.33
Vitória de Guimarães		June 2009	October 2009	7	1	2	4	6	8	−2	14.29
FC Seoul		December 2009	December 2010	37	25	6	6	79	35	+44	67.57
Dalian Shide		July 2011	November 2012	30	8	10	12	39	49	−10	26.67
Iran (Olympic)		March 2014	November 2014	6	0	5	1	5	8	−3	00.00
Total				373	168	91	114	540	397	+143	45.04

Honours

Assistant Manager

Portugal U-20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989, 1991

Manager

Portugal U-20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third-place 1995

Saudi Arabia

• AFC Asian Cup: 1996

Zamalek SC

• Egyptian Premier League: 2002–03
• CAF Super Cup: Winners 2003
• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2003
• Arab Champions League: 2003

Jordan

• West Asian Football Federation Championship: Runners-up 2008

FC Seoul

• K League: 2010
• League Cup: 2010

References

Preceded by Hans Ooft

1996 AFC Asian Cup Winning Coach 1996

Succeeded by Philippe Troussier