Cardoso added to long list of Sundowns coaches
Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso becomes the 38th man to take charge of Mamelodi Sundowns since their maiden season in the top flight of the domestic game in 1983.
Cardoso was named on Tuesday as the new coach of the champions, replacing Manqoba Mngqithi who was fired despite winning 13 of 19 games played this season.
The 52-year-old from Porto is the 25th foreigner in charge at the club but the first from Portugal. Sundowns have previously hired coaches from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France Germany, Netherlands, Peru, Romania Russia, Serbia and Spain previously.
But it is Pitso Mosimane, who spent eight season at the club who proved the most successful in terms of trophies won and time spent in the job.
While there have been several South African coaches of Portuguese descent who worked at various local clubs in the top flight over the decades, like Roger de Sa, Sergio dos Santos, Zeca Marques, Frank โJinglesโ Perreira and Manny Pinheiro, Cardoso is the first coach to come from Portugal for a job in South African club football.
Carlos Queiroz was Bafana Bafana coach from October 2000 to March 2002, qualifying the country for the both the World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations in 2002.
๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก | ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ
โ Mamelodi Sundowns FC (@Masandawana) December 11, 2024
๐ Chairman - Tlhopie Motsepe
๐ Miguel Cardoso
๐ Flemming Berg
Watch the full press conference on YouTube ๐ฒโฆ pic.twitter.com/mv3IpAj6LL
Here is a list of all Sundowns previous coaches, both permanent and interim and the date they first look charge at the club. Several had multiple stints in charge.
1983: Dave Barber
1984: Steve Coetzee, Walter da Silva
1985: Ben Segale
1986: Stanley Tshabalala
1988: Mike Ntombela, Mario Tuane
1989: Angelo Tsichlas, Trott Moloto, Stan Lapot
1991: Augusto Palacios
1992: Pietr Packert
1993: Jeff Butler
1995: Clemens Westerhof
1996: Johnny Ferreira, Reinhard Fabisch, Ted Dumitru
1999: Peter Koutroulis, Neil Tovey, Paul Dolezar
2002: Shane MacGregor, Viktor Bondarenko, Djalma Cavalcante
2003: Roger Feutmba, Luis-Oscar Fullone, Khabo Zondo
2005: Angel Cappa, Miguel Gamondi
2006: Gordon Igesund
2007: Henri Michel
2009: Hristo Stoichkov
2010: Antonio Lopez, Ian Gorowa
2011: Johan Neeskens
2012: Pitso Mosimane
2020: Manqoba Mngqithi, Rulani Mokwena
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