Carlos Carvalhal

Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaɾ.luʃ kɐɾ.vɐ.ˈʎaɫ]; born 4 December 1965) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back, and is the current manager of S.C. Braga.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Soares da Costa and the second or paternal family name is Faria Carvalhal.
Carlos Carvalhal
Carvalhal as head coach of Beşiktaş
Personal information
Full name Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal[1]
Date of birth (1965-12-04) 4 December 1965[1]
Place of birth Braga, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Braga (manager)
Youth career
1978–1983 Braga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Braga 7 (0)
1985–1986 Chaves 28 (0)
1986–1988 Braga 60 (1)
1988–1989 Porto 1 (0)
1989–1990 Beira-Mar 23 (0)
1990–1992 Braga 33 (0)
1992–1993 Tirsense 14 (0)
1993–1995 Chaves 44 (3)
1995–1999 Espinho 49 (0)
Total 259 (4)
National team
1985–1987 Portugal U21 9 (0)
Teams managed
1998–1999 Espinho
1999–2000 Freamunde
2000 Vizela
2000–2001 Aves
2001–2002 Leixões
2003–2004 Vitória Setúbal
2004–2005 Belenenses
2006 Braga
2006–2007 Beira-Mar
2007–2008 Vitória Setúbal
2008 Asteras Tripolis
2009 Marítimo
2009–2010 Sporting CP
2011–2012 Beşiktaş
2012 İstanbul Başakşehir
2015–2017 Sheffield Wednesday
2017–2018 Swansea City
2019–2020 Rio Ave
2020– Braga
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player, he totalled 197 Primeira Liga appearances in service of six clubs, including two spells each at Braga and Chaves, as well as a single game for Porto.[3]

In a managerial career of over two decades, Carvalhal led eight teams in Portugal's top flight, including Braga twice. He reached a Taça de Portugal final with Leixões in 2002 and won the Taça da Liga with Vitória de Setúbal in 2008. Abroad, he had spells in Greece, Turkey, England and Wales.

Playing career

Born in Braga,[1] Carvalhal represented mainly hometown's S.C. Braga during his career. In the 1987–88 campaign, in one of his three spells at the club, he had one of his best years in the Primeira Liga, appearing in 34 games and only being booked seven times, even though the Minho team could only finish in 11th position.[4]

Immediately afterwards, Carvalhal joined FC Porto,[5] but was released after only one year,[6] going on to represent in the following nine seasons – until his retirement at the age of 32 – S.C. Beira-Mar,[7] Braga, F.C. Tirsense, G.D. Chaves and S.C. Espinho.

Coaching career

Early career

Carvalhal began managing at his last club Espinho, in the Segunda Liga, being dismissed early into his second year. In 2002, he became the first coach in the country to take a team in the third division to the UEFA Cup, after leading Leixões S.C. to the final of the Taça de Portugal;[8] two years later he helped Vitória F.C. back to the top flight, which prompted his move to a side in that tier, C.F. Os Belenenses.[9]

Carvalhal was sacked by Belenenses early into 2005–06, after five defeats in eight games. He met the same fate with the two teams he coached the following season, Braga and S.C. Beira-Mar. With the latter, he was dismissed in December 2006 after the Aveiro club signed a cooperation deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company, in a relegation-ending campaign.[10]

Returning to Setúbal for 2007–08, Carvalhal enjoyed his best year as a manager. He led the Sadinos to the sixth position in the league – with the subsequent UEFA Cup qualification and with the team posting one of the best defensive records in Europe that year – and victory in the inaugural edition of the Taça da Liga, against Sporting CP.[11]

Marítimo and Sporting

In May 2008, Carvalhal accepted the first foreign job of his career at Asteras Tripolis F.C. of Super League Greece, signing a two-year contract worth an annual salary of €500,000.[12] He left by mutual consent in November with the club in 12th, having been warned by compatriot José Peseiro about the precarious nature of management in the Mediterranean country.[13]

Carvalhal returned to Portugal and joined C.S. Marítimo, only winning one match in 11 but with the Madeira side finishing comfortably in mid-table. He was relieved of his duties late into the year 2009, moving to Sporting in mid-November to replace the fired Paulo Bento.[8][14]

As originally intended, Carvalhal left his post at the end of the season, with Sporting finishing in fourth position, 28 points behind champions S.L. Benfica.[15]

Turkey

On 2 August 2011, Carvalhal was appointed caretaker manager in Beşiktaş J.K. of Turkey, as incumbent Tayfur Havutçu resolved his legal issues stemming from the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[16][17] At the start of the following April, with the team trailing Galatasaray S.K. by 20 points and him having fallen out with compatriot star player Ricardo Quaresma, he was relieved of his duties and replaced by his predecessor.[18]

Remaining in the same city, Carvalhal was appointed at İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. also of the Süper Lig in May 2012.[19] He resigned on 12 November, as they were in 14th place.[20]

Sheffield Wednesday

On 30 June 2015, after nearly three years of inactivity, Carvalhal was appointed head coach of English Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.[21] He led the team to sixth position in his debut campaign and, subsequently, qualified them for the play-offs, ultimately losing in the play-off final at Wembley.[22] Another notable achievement in his first season in England was ousting Arsenal in the fourth round of the Football League Cup, with a 3–0 victory.[23]

In May 2017, after leading Wednesday to a fourth-place league finish, Carvalhal became the first Portuguese to win the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award.[24] He subsequently coached them to the play-offs, where they were defeated by Huddersfield Town on penalties.[25] On 24 December 2017, as Wednesday ranked in the lower half of the table, Carvalhal left by mutual consent.[26]

Swansea City

On 28 December 2017, four days after leaving Sheffield Wednesday, he moved to the Premier League with Swansea City following the sacking of Paul Clement the previous week.[27][28] His first game in charge took place late in the month, and he led his team to a 2–1 away win over Watford, led by compatriot Marco Silva;[29] after two consecutive league home wins against Liverpool (1–0)[30] and Arsenal (3–1),[31] he was nominated for his first Premier League Manager of the Month award for the month of January.[32]

On 18 May 2018, after the club's relegation, Carvalhal left Swansea.[33]

Return to Portugal

Carvalhal returned to Portugal one year later, being named Rio Ave FC's coach,[34] In his only season, he led the team from Vila do Conde to Europa League qualification in fifth place, along with a best-ever points tally of 55.[35]

On 28 July 2020, two days after leaving Rio Ave, Carvalhal signed a two-year contract at Braga in a return to the Estádio Municipal de Braga 14 years later.[36] The following 23 January, his side lost the league cup final 1–0 to Sporting; both he and opposing manager Rúben Amorim were sent off for arguing with each other.[37]

Personal life

Carvalhal attended university alongside fellow coach Rui Faria, and studied for his UEFA Pro Licence alongside José Mourinho.[38][39] He also authored the book Soccer: Developing a Know-How (2014), in which he discussed his own coaching philosophy.[40]

In July 2020, Carvalhal suffered light injuries in an attempted mugging when returning home to Braga after a match.[41]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 7 February 2021[42][43]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Espinho 20 May 1998 8 November 1999 47 17 13 17 58 55 +3 036.17 [44]
Freamunde 15 November 1999 30 May 2000 24 9 7 8 30 27 +3 037.50 [45]
Vizela 30 June 2000 4 December 2000 14 8 3 3 25 14 +11 057.14 [46]
Aves 4 December 2000 8 June 2001 22 2 8 12 17 46 −29 009.09 [47]
Leixões 8 June 2001 9 December 2002 64 42 13 9 118 56 +62 065.63 [48]
Vitória Setúbal 5 June 2003 19 May 2004 38 20 11 7 69 43 +26 052.63 [49]
Belenenses 19 May 2004 27 October 2005 46 18 8 20 55 48 +7 039.13 [50]
Braga 10 May 2006 8 November 2006 13 6 2 5 17 16 +1 046.15 [51]
Beira-Mar 10 November 2006 8 January 2007 6 1 2 3 10 10 +0 016.67 [52]
Vitória Setúbal 23 May 2007 15 May 2008 43 19 16 8 55 41 +14 044.19 [53]
Asteras Tripolis 15 May 2008 11 November 2008 10 2 5 3 7 8 −1 020.00 [54]
Marítimo 24 February 2009 28 September 2009 18 2 8 8 20 25 −5 011.11 [55]
Sporting CP 16 November 2009 9 May 2010 33 16 7 10 53 37 +16 048.48 [56]
Beşiktaş 2 August 2011 2 April 2012 47 22 9 16 70 56 +14 046.81 [57]
İstanbul Başakşehir 16 May 2012 12 November 2012 12 3 2 7 11 16 −5 025.00 [58]
Sheffield Wednesday 30 June 2015 24 December 2017 131 56 38 37 177 138 +39 042.75 [59]
Swansea City 28 December 2017 18 May 2018 25 8 8 9 30 31 −1 032.00 [59]
Rio Ave 28 May 2019 25 July 2020 42 20 11 11 63 43 +20 047.62 [60]
Braga 28 July 2020 Present 31 22 2 7 67 33 +34 070.97
Total 666 293 173 200 951 743 +208 043.99 —

Honours

Manager

Leixões

Setúbal

Braga

Individual

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