Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vasco César Freire de Seabra [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 September 1983||
Place of birth | Paços de Ferreira, Portugal | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Estoril (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1991–2002 | Paços Ferreira | ||
Managerial career | |||
2010–2011 | Leça (assistant) | ||
2011–2012 | Lixa (assistant) | ||
2013 | Lixa | ||
2013–2016 | Paços Ferreira (U19) | ||
2016 | Paços Ferreira (assistant) | ||
2016–2017 | Paços Ferreira | ||
2018 | Famalicão | ||
2019 | Estoril (U23) | ||
2019–2020 | Mafra | ||
2020 | Boavista | ||
2021 | Moreirense | ||
2021–2022 | Marítimo | ||
2023– | Estoril |
Vasco César Freire de Seabra (born 15 September 1983) is a Portuguese professional football manager, currently in charge of Primeira Liga club G.D. Estoril Praia.
Born in Paços de Ferreira, Seabra played youth football for F.C. Paços de Ferreira as a forward and a central midfielder, retiring at the age of 18. [2] After assistant spells, he started working as a manager in his own right in early 2013, with amateurs F.C. Lixa in the Porto Football Association. [2]
Seabra was appointed at Paços de Ferreira in late November 2016, replacing Carlos Pinto. [3] He won his first Primeira Liga game 2–1 against Boavista F.C. on 5 December, [4] and ended the season in 13th. [5] He was dismissed on 23 October 2017 after a 6–1 away loss to FC Porto, with the team in that same position and eliminated from the Taça de Portugal. [6]
On 24 January 2018, Seabra returned to management with F.C. Famalicão in LigaPro, on a deal until the end of the following campaign. [7] However, in June that year, he was replaced by Sérgio Vieira with a year left on his contract. [8]
Seabra was hired on a year-long contract at C.D. Mafra on 31 May 2019, tasked with keeping them in the second division. [9] 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. [10]
In July 2020, Seabra returned to the top flight at Boavista F.C. on a two-year deal. [11] He left on 8 December, having won once and drawn five of his nine matches. [12] A month later, he signed for Moreirense until June 2022. [13] His contract was terminated a year early following an eighth-place finish, and he was replaced by João Henriques. [14]
On 13 November 2021, Seabra became C.S. Marítimo's second manager of the season after taking over from Julio Velázquez, with the side being placed second-bottom. [15] He was himself relieved of his duties the following 5 September, after five losses in as many games to kickstart 2022–23. [16]
Seabra was appointed at top-tier G.D. Estoril Praia on 25 September 2023, [17] replacing Álvaro Pacheco who had been sacked the day before. [18] On 3 November, he took the last-placed team to a 1–0 league win at Porto, [19] repeating the feat the following month to oust the same opposition from the group stage of the Taça da Liga with a 3–1 home victory; [20] he finished runner-up in the latter competition, beating S.L. Benfica on penalties in the semi-finals but losing the decisive match against S.C. Braga in the same fashion. [21]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Lixa | 12 February 2013 | 20 May 2013 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 46.15 |
Paços de Ferreira | 29 November 2016 | 23 October 2017 | 39 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 23.08 |
Famalicão | 24 January 2018 | 15 June 2018 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 29.41 |
Mafra | 31 May 2019 | 6 May 2020 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 44.83 |
Boavista | 30 July 2020 | 8 December 2020 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 20.00 |
Moreirense | 6 January 2021 | 4 June 2021 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 30.43 |
Marítimo | 13 November 2021 | 5 September 2022 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 28.57 |
Estoril | 25 September 2023 | Present | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 34.29 |
Career totals | 194 | 62 | 58 | 74 | 238 | 263 | −25 | 31.96 |