Daúto Faquirá

Dauto Faquirá

Personal information
Full name	Daúto Xaharmame Amade Faquirá
Date of birth	December 26, 1965 (1965-12-26) (age 45)
Place of birth	Inhambane, Mozambique
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Olhanense (manager)
Youth career
1978–1981	EV Inhambane
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1988	EV Inhambane	74	(23)
1988–1991	Sintrense	41	(13)
Teams managed
1997–1999	Sintrense
1999–2002	Odivelas
2003–2005	Barreirense
2005	Estoril
2006–2008	Estrela Amadora
2008–2009	Vitória Setúbal
2010–	Olhanense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Daúto Xaharmame Amade Faquirá (born 26 December 1965) is a retired Mozambican footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of S.C. Olhanense.

Playing career

Born in Inhambane, Portuguese Mozambique, Faquirá started playing football with local Estrela Vermelha, remaining six years with the club. In 1988, he moved to Portugal with Sport União Sintrense, his biggest achievement being appearing with the club in the 1989–90 second division, in a relegation-ending season.

Faquirá retired from football in June 1991, still not aged 26.

Coaching career

Faquirá started his manager career with his last team, at only 31. In 1999, he signed for another club in the Lisbon area, Odivelas F.C. in the regional leagues, achieving two consecutive promotions with the club, and being fired from his position five games into the 2002–03 season (one win, four draws).

Subsequently, Faquirá worked with another side in the third division, F.C. Barreirense: after a second place in his first season, he led the Setúbal District to the national championship, and promotion. His first coaching experience in level two happened in 2005 with G.D. Estoril Praia, but he found a club submerged in a deep economic crisis, eventually leaving it in December of that year, being one of three managers for the team during that season, in which the club finished in mid-table.

In 2006–07, Faquirá made his Portuguese top division debuts, with another Lisbon outfit, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, leading the club to the ninth position, and being named Revelation Coach of the Year. In his second season with the team, in spite of tremendous economic problems (up to five months delay in salaries), he managed to maintain the squad in its entirety and lead it to another safe finish (13th).

Faquirá joined Vitória Futebol Clube for the 2008–09 season. On 14 January 2009, after a 1–2 home loss against Académica de Coimbra for the season's League Cup - the Setúbal side had also been defeated eight times in 14 games in the league - he was sacked.^[1]

On 1 June 2010, after one year out of football, Faquirá replaced Académica-bound Jorge Costa at the helm of top flight team S.C. Olhanense.^[2] He eventually led the Algarve club out of the relegation zone, but managed to rank as high as second after seven rounds, only behind eventual champions F.C. Porto.

Personal

Faquirá has two university degrees in Physical Education and Sports from the Technical University of Lisbon, with majors in Ergonomics and Football. In addition, he also achieved the 4th level degree in the UEFA Pro Licence.

Faquirá speaks English, French and Spanish fluently.

References

1. ^ Setubal sack Faquira; PortuGOAL, 14 January 2009
2. ^ Faquira takes over at Olhanense; PortuGOAL, 1 June 2010

External links

• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Coach stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Profile at Zerozero

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Name	Faquira, Dauto
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Date of birth	26 December 1965
Place of birth	Inhambane, Mozambique
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