| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Machado Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | (1966-10-10)10 October 1966 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Porto | ||
| 1983–1985 | Tirsense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Tirsense | 25 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Braga | 58 | (0) |
| 1991–1994 | Vitória Guimarães | 46 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Estrela Amadora | 32 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Chaves | 56 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Varzim | 31 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Campomaiorense | 32 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Maia | 11 | (0) |
| 2000 | Aves | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Tirsense | ||
| 2001–2003 | Dudelange | 22 | (4) |
| Total | 320 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Oliveirense | ||
| 2006–2010 | Tirsense | ||
| 2010–2012 | Feirense | ||
| 2012 | Vasas | ||
| 2012–2013 | Feirense | ||
| 2013–2014 | Chaves | ||
| 2014 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
| 2014–2015 | Tondela | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| 2016 | Santa Clara | ||
| 2016–2017 | Belenenses | ||
| 2017–2018 | Al Batin | ||
| 2018 | Académica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Arouca | ||
| 2020 | Vilafranquense | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Orobah | ||
| 2023–2024 | Al Batin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joaquim Machado Gonçalves (born 10 October 1966), known asQuim Machado, is a Portuguese formerfootballer who played as aright-back, currently amanager.
In his playing days, he achievedPrimeira Liga totals of 255 games in the 1990s, in representation of six clubs. He began work as a manager in the following decade, leading three teams in the top tier.
Born inSanto Tirso,Porto District, Machado began his senior career with localF.C. Tirsense in 1985, competing in theSegunda Liga with the club. Subsequently, over one decade and always in thePrimeira Liga, he representedS.C. Braga,Vitória de Guimarães,C.F. Estrela da Amadora,G.D. Chaves,Varzim S.C. andS.C. Campomaiorense; with the second team, he appeared in four complete games in the1992–93 UEFA Cup, helping dispose ofReal Sociedad in the first round (3–2 on aggregate).[1]
Machado returned to the second division for his last seasons, playing forF.C. Maia andC.D. Aves. He also spent one year in lower league football with first team Tirsense, before retiring altogether at nearly 37 withF91 Dudelange inLuxembourg.[2]
Machado began his coaching career in 2004, with amateursAD Oliveirense. He moved to Tirsense also indivision four two years later, promoting to thethird tier at the first attempt and going on to achieve a further three top-four finishes.[2]
Machado signed with second division clubC.D. Feirense in June 2010,[3]winning promotion at the end of his first season and returning theAzuis da Feira to the top flight after 23 years.[4] He was relieved of his duties on 2 April 2012 due to poor results,[5] and the team was ultimatelyrelegated as 15th. In July, he was appointed atHungary'sVasas SC,[6] only to return to his previous job after a mere two months.[7]
In October 2013, Machado signed for Chaves in the same league.[8] On 16 June of the following year, he was appointed atEkstraklasa sideLechia Gdańsk,[9] leaving in September due to poor results.
In the2014–15 campaign, Machado ledC.D. Tondela to the second-tier championship, with the subsequent first-ever promotion to the top flight.[10][11] On 18 May 2016, after havingnarrowly avoided relegation from the latter competition withVitória de Setúbal, he resigned.[12]
On 24 September 2016, Machado was appointed at second division'sC.D. Santa Clara afterDaniel Ramos moved toC.S. Marítimo.[13] After only two games, he left for family reasons and signed forC.F. Os Belenenses of the top tier on 6 October.[14] He left theEstádio do Restelo the following 17 April, in disagreement with a proposed new contract that would limit his influence over the club's transfer business.[15]
Machado then went back abroad withAl Batin FC in theSaudi Professional League, who sacked him in February 2018 when they were in 19th place.[16] He returned to his country's second division on 2 April, taking the helm atAcadémica de Coimbra afterRicardo Soares's departure.[17] He won four of his seven matches in charge, and resumed his career on 27 September that year at last-placedF.C. Arouca.[18]
Having left Arouca after theirMay 2019 relegation, Machado was linked to South Korea'sK League 1, but nothing came of it.[19] A year later, he returned to work in his country's second division withU.D. Vilafranquense.[20] He lost his job on 26 October 2020, with the team second-bottom after seven games.[21]
On 6 June 2022, Machado returned to Saudi Arabia withFirst Division League'sAl-Orobah FC.[22] He went back to Al Batin in September 2023.[23]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| Oliveirense |  | 25 March 2004 | 29 May 2006 | 82 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 045.12 | |||
| Tirsense | | 29 May 2006 | 9 June 2010 | 135 | 69 | 37 | 29 | 051.11 | |||
| Feirense | | 9 June 2010 | 2 April 2012 | 64 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 034.38 | |||
| Vasas |  | 1 July 2012 | 1 October 2012 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 050.00 | |||
| Feirense | | 3 October 2012 | 20 May 2013 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 040.54 | |||
| Chaves | | 16 October 2013 | 16 June 2014 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 047.06 | |||
| Lechia Gdańsk |  | 16 June 2014 | 21 September 2014 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 033.33 | |||
| Tondela | | 7 October 2014 | 27 May 2015 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 047.37 | |||
| Vitória Setúbal | | 29 May 2015 | 18 May 2016 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 021.05 | |||
| Santa Clara | | 24 September 2016 | 6 October 2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 050.00 | |||
| Belenenses | | 6 October 2016 | 17 April 2017 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 025.93 | |||
| Al Batin |  | 24 May 2017 | 4 February 2018 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 031.82 | |||
| Académica | | 2 April 2018 | 13 May 2018 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 057.14 | |||
| Arouca | | 27 September 2018 | 22 May 2019 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 034.38 | |||
| Vilafranquense | | 25 May 2020 | 26 October 2020 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 025.00 | |||
| Al-Orobah | | 6 June 2022 | 1 June 2023 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 032.35 | |||
| Al Batin | | 13 September 2023 | 1 March 2024 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 035.00 | |||
| Career totals | 599 | 243 | 165 | 191 | 040.57 | ||||||
