Miguel Cardoso: Who’s the brand new Mamelodi Sundowns coach?

Mamelodi Sundowns have introduced the appointment of Miguel Cardoso as their new head coach, with Manqoba Mngqithi sacked.

Cardoso has been roped in to try to maximise the potential of the Sundowns squad, with Mngqithi failing to. 

Mngqithi has since been changed by Cardoso and upon asserting him Sundowns put out an announcement.

Sundowns assertion on Cardoso appointment

“Mamelodi Sundowns in the present day introduced the appointment of Miguel De Azevedo Cardoso as the brand new Head Coach of the Membership with quick impact. The introduction of the brand new Teaching Technical Crew was necessitated by the current unsatisfactory outcomes regardless of the dedication of the Sundowns Board to offer Manqoba Mngqithi and his Technical Crew a chance to steer the Membership going into the longer term. Coach Miguel was the Head Coach of Espérance Sportive de Tunis and reached the finals of the 2023/24 CAF Champions League. He joins Sundowns with three of his assistants specifically, Fabio Fernandes, Pedro Azevedo and João Araújo.Coach Miguel, has coached in Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, and Ukraine at a few of the greatest Golf equipment comparable to Porto, Braga, Deportivo La Coruna, Celta Vigo, AEK Athens, Nantes and Shaktar Donetsk. Coaches Steve Komphela and Kennedy Mweene, will stay as a part of the Membership’s new Technical Crew.” Wrote the assertion. 

Academic background

Now some Sundowns followers could also be asking, who’s Cardoso. The mentor was born in Portugal and has coached each in Europe and the African continent. He holds a Bodily Training and Sports activities diploma, with a soccer specialisation. He additionally holds a Masters diploma in Sports activities Science from the College of Porto. 

Cardoso began his teaching profession way back to 1993, as an U-12 coach at S.C Espinho. He then moved on to hitch the FC Porto U12 teaching workers three years later. The he grew to become the Porto B health coach in 1999, earlier than taking cost of their U-15 aspect in 2003. He then left the Portuguese giants for Belenenses turning into the primary staff health coach. He then left with their first coach in 2006 to take up the identical function at SC Braga.

Teaching historical past

A 12 months later, Cardoso signed on to be assistant at Academica de Coimbra, Sporting CP and Deportivo la Coruna. The he would get his first alternative as a supervisor at Shakhtar Donetsk’s U-21 in 2013. Cardoso graduated to first staff assistant coach forward of the 2016/17 season. He then left to change into the pinnacle coach of Portuguese high flight aspect Rio Ave in 2017, successful Supervisor of the Month of August. He would then cause them to their greatest ever marketing campaign within the Portuguese topflight, ending fifth. Additionally they certified for the Uefa Europa League. 

After leaving Rio Ave in 2018, it will begin a nomadic interval for Cardoso. He joined Nantes within the French Ligue 1 that 12 months. The he was fired after simply 4 months after choosing up simply six factors in eight matches. He was then snapped up by Celta Virgo in La Liga. He was fired in March 2019 with the membership simply above the relegation zone.

Nomadic streak

Cardoso was then appointed as AEK Athens coach in 2019 Could. He was dismissed after simply 4 months. That led to his final job in Europe, a return to Rio Ave. After getting them relegated, his contract was informally terminated. That then noticed him barred from the membership’s coaching floor. 

Final problem earlier than changing Mngqithi

He was then appointed coach of Esperance, the Tunisian giants. He led them to the league title final season, earlier than famously knocking Sundowns out to achieve the CAF Champions League closing. Cardoso’s males misplaced out to Al Ahly within the showpiece finale. He then parted methods with the aspect earlier this season after a sluggish begin.

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