 Lázaro coaching theMacau in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-08-27)27 August 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Angola | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1987 | Oeiras | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Os Marialvas | 33 | (4) |
| 1988–1989 | Usseira | ||
| 1989–1994 | Estoril | 96 | (8) |
| 1994–1995 | Louletano | 31 | (9) |
| 1995–1997 | Penafiel | 64 | (10) |
| 1997–2003 | Estrela Amadora | 166 | (8) |
| Total | 390 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Angola | 6 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2008 | Estrela Amadora (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Estrela Amadora | ||
| 2009–2010 | Penafiel | ||
| 2012–2014 | Portimonense | ||
| 2015 | Atlético | ||
| 2016–2017 | Farense | ||
| 2020–2023 | Macau U23 | ||
| 2020–2024 | Macau | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lázaro Fonseca Costa Oliveira (born 27 August 1967), known simply asLázaro in his playing days, is an Angolan retiredfootballer who played as acentral midfielder, and the previous head coach for theMacau national football team.
Lázaro spent his entire career inPortugal. He started professionally atG.D. Estoril Praia in thesecond division, scoring a combined eight goals in his first two seasons,the latter finishing in promotion to thePrimeira Liga.
In the top level, however, Lázaro was only a backup player during three years, his best input being 17 matches in the1991–92 campaign – 11 starts – as theLisbon team finished in tenth position. He subsequently competed in divisionsthree and two, withLouletano D.C. andF.C. Penafiel respectively.
Aged 30, Lázaro returned to the top flight withC.F. Estrela da Amadora, also in the Portuguese capital. He would be regularly played during five of his seven years with the club, retiring in December 2003 with competition totals of 148 games and seven goals (plus 211 appearances and 23 goals in the second tier).
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 February 1998 | Omnisports,Bobo-Dioulasso,Burkina Faso |  Namibia | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1998 Africa Cup of Nations |
Lázaro took up coaching immediately after retiring, spending four years as an assistant at Estrela always in the top tier.[2] Early into the2008–09 season he replaced countrymanLito Vidigal as head coach atEstrela Amadora,[3] leading the team into safety only to suffer relegation due to financial irregularities.
In summer 2009, Lázaro joined another former club, Penafiel in the second division. He was sacked midway throughhis second year,[4] joining another side in that level,Portimonense, on 18 January 2012.[5] He was dismissed on 21 April with the team in seventh place with two games remaining ofthe campaign, after a run of poor results made qualifying for the play-offs difficult.[6]
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Lázaro became manager ofAtlético, struggling in the second level, on 9 January 2015.[7] He quit theLisbon-based side on 28 March, with them second from last.[8]
On 22 July 2016, Lázaro returned to theAlgarve, taking over atFarense of thethird tier.[9] He was sacked the following 3 April, after a 2–2 draw with neighboursLouletano left the team in fifth, six points away from leadersC.D. Fátima.[10]
On 23 January 2020, Lázaro was appointed asMacau national team head coach and also their under-23 side.
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