| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rogério de Sousa Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-10-01)1 October 1959 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Lanheses, Portugal | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ferroviário Beira | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1990–1992 | Lanheses | ||
| 1992–1995 | Limianos | ||
| 1995–1999 | Vianense | ||
| 1999–2001 | Varzim | ||
| 2002–2003 | Chaves | ||
| 2003–2004 | Varzim | ||
| 2004–2005 | Naval | ||
| 2005–2006 | Leixões | ||
| 2006 | Naval | ||
| 2006–2007 | Braga | ||
| 2007–2008 | Beira Mar | ||
| 2009 | Académica | ||
| 2010 | Naval | ||
| 2013–2015 | Ferroviário Nampula | ||
| 2017– | Ferroviário Beira | ||
Rogério de Sousa Gonçalves (European Portuguese pronunciation:[ʁuˈʒɛɾjuðɨˈso(w)zɐɣõˈsalvɨʃ]; born 1 October 1959) is a Portuguesefootball manager, currently in charge of Mozambican clubClube Ferroviário da Beira.
In a career of over three decades, he had briefPrimeira Liga spells atVarzim,Naval,Braga andAcadémica.
Born in the village of Lanheses inViana do Castelo, Gonçalves started working as a full-time manager in 1990, with hometown club UD Lanheses. In the following nine years he worked exclusively in the lower leagues, also being in charge ofA.D. Os Limianos andSC Vianense.
In the summer of 1999, Gonçalves was appointed atVarzim S.C. in theSegunda Liga. He achieved promotion to thePrimeira Liga at the end ofhis second season,[1] but was sacked on 25 November 2001 after only achieving two wins in the first 12 games.
Gonçalves then returned to the second division, going on to work withG.D. Chaves,Associação Naval 1º de Maio andLeixões SC. On 4 March 2006, he re-signed at the second side who now competed in the top level, becoming their fourth coach ofthe campaign and finally leading them to safety with a 14th-place finish.
In mid-November 2006, Gonçalves replaced firedCarlos Carvalhal at the helm ofS.C. Braga.[2] Three months later, despite helping the team rise three league places to 5th and leading after one leg of aUEFA Cup last-32 tie withParma FC, he too was dismissed and replaced by his assistantJorge Costa.[3] On 31 May 2007 he was appointed at division two teamS.C. Beira-Mar,[4] being sacked the following February after a ten-game winless run across all competitions.[5]
Gonçalves signed forAcadémica de Coimbra in August 2009, becoming the fourth casualty of thetop tier season on 2 October after failing to win once in seven league contests.[6] On 6 October 2010 he returned to Naval,[7] being fired due to exactly the same circumstances in December.[8]
In January 2013, Gonçalves was appointed to his first job abroad, at Mozambique'sClube Ferroviário de Nampula.[9] Two years later, having taken the club to runners-up in theMoçambola, he signed a new contract.[10] He left at the end of his deal in November 2015, rejecting another club in the African country due to his desire to manage back home again.[11]
Gonçalves headed back to Mozambique in June 2017, taking the helm at reigning championsClube Ferroviário da Beira.[12] That year, they became the first club from their nation to reach the quarter-finals of theCAF Champions League, losing on theaway goals rule toUSM Alger.[13] In December 2018, the board decided to keep him for another season, after losing thecup final toCD Costa do Sol.[14]