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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rogério Paulo Cesar de Sá | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-10-01)1 October 1964 (age 60) | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques,Portuguese Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| União Desportiva Joanesburgo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1985 | Kwikot Benoni | ||
| 1985–1987 | Defence Forces | ||
| 1987–1989 | Jeppe | ||
| 1989–1995 | Moroka Swallows | ||
| 1995–1997 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 1997–2001 | Wits University | ||
| International career | |||
| 1993 | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Wits University | ||
| 2005–2007 | Santos | ||
| 2007–2012 | Wits University | ||
| 2012–2014 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2014–2016 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| 2017–2018 | Platinum Stars F.C. | ||
| 2018–2021 | Cape Umoya | ||
| 2021 | Cape Town All Stars | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rogério Paulo Cesar de Sá (born 1 October 1964) is a South Africansoccer coach and former player who played as agoalkeeper. He has been a coach for theQatari national team since 2023.
De Sá is also one of the handful of South Africans who have represented their country in three different sports – soccer,basketball andindoor soccer.
De Sá started his professional career after Kwikot Benoni coachJingles Pereira, who knew De Sá's father, knew that the goalkeeper was not playing professional football, promptly signing the player.[2]
During his career, De Sá played for major South African clubsMoroka Swallows andMamelodi Sundowns, both of which he captained as well.
De Sá was capped only once in his career during a1994 African Cup of Nations qualification match againstZambia.[3] He was part of the1996 African Nations Cup-winning squad.
De Sá began his coaching career in 2001 atBidvest Wits, and would remain in charge for four years.
De Sá rejoinedThe Students in June 2007 after an absence of two years which he spent coachingEngen Santos.
In September 2012, De Sá was appointed as the coach forOrlando Pirates.[4] He was chosen asPSL Coach of the Season after the 2002–03 season.
On 31 January 2014, De Sá resigned as coach ofOrlando Pirates.[5]
Da Sá was appointedAjax Cape Town coach in 2014, but stepped down from the position after a winless start to the 2016/17 PSL season.[6]
In January 2017, De Sá was announced asMaritzburg United's manager, but he parted ways with the club in March of the same year.[7]
On 8 September 2017, De Sá was named as the head coach ofPlatinum Stars after the departure of British coachPeter Butler.[8]
He also acted as Bafana's goalkeeping coach duringCarlos Queiroz's reign and, in September 2021, was recruited by Queiroz to join him as Assistant Coach to theEgyptian national football team.[9] He continued with Queiroz as assistant coach ofIran for the2022 FIFA World Cup.[10]
In early 2023, De Sá was named as a coach to theQatari national team, once again working alongside Queiroz. The three-and-a-half-year deal would see De Sá working with the team until at least July 2026.[11]
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