Manuel António Marques Machado (born 4 December 1955) is a Portuguese football manager.
In a career of nearly three decades, he was most associated with Nacional, whom he led in five spells and always in the Primeira Liga. In the top flight he was also in charge of Vitória de Guimarães (three spells), Moreirense (twice), Académica, Braga and Arouca. Abroad, he had a brief spell at Aris in Super League Greece.
Football career Early career Born in the village of Oliveira, in Guimarães, Machado started his career with his local Vitória de Guimarães' youths, having a head coach spell with lowly S.C. Vila Real in between. After two years with another modest club in the north, AD Fafe, he moved to another side in his region, Moreirense F.C. in 2000, helping to promotion from the third division to the Primeira Liga in just two years.
Machado coached the team from Moreira de Cónegos to a comfortable 12th position in their debut season, and ninth the following campaign, after which he returned to Guimarães. His first game on 29 August 2004 was a goalless draw away to his former employers, eventually finishing fifth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
First Nacional spell, Académica and Braga Machado signed for C.D. Nacional subsequently, helping the Madeirans to finish fifth, with qualification for the UEFA Cup. He left in May 2006 as his wife and children were staying in mainland Portugal, signing for Académica de Coimbra. After a 13th-place finish in his one full season, he left by mutual consent on 10 September 2007 having taken one point from the first three games.
On 7 November 2007, Machado was hired at S.C. Braga, succeeding Jorge Costa at the 8th-placed team. He resigned the following 22 April, with the team practically out of the running for European places with three games to go.
Nacional and Guimarães returns Machado rejoined Nacional for 2008–09,Apresentado o novo treinador principal para a época 2008/2009 (New head coach for the 2008/2009 season presented) ; CD Nacional, 21 May 2008 (in Portuguese) equalling the club's best-ever finish as fourth. However, on 13 December 2009, he announced he would leave the benches for a period, after surgery-related complications; he was replaced by assistant Predrag Jokanović,Futebol profissional: Jokanovic assume comando técnico do plantel nacionalista (Professional football: Jokanovic takes charge of nacionalistas) ; CD Nacional, 13 December 2009 (in Portuguese) and eventually left his post at the end of the campaign, replaced by precisely the Serbian.
On 2 June 2010, Machado returned to Vitória Guimarães, taking the Minho team to the final of the Taça de Portugal in his first season. On 26 August 2011, he left the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques after Europa League elimination at the hands of Atlético Madrid (6–0 on aggregate, 4–0 home loss in the second game).Machado renunció al Vitória Guimaraes (Machado quit at Vitória Guimaraes); ESPN Deportes, 26 August 2011 (in Spanish)
On 17 January 2012, Machado signed for the only foreign job of his entire career, at Aris Thessaloniki F.C. of Super League Greece. He signed for the 10th-placed club for the rest of the season.
Machado signed with Nacional for a third spell on 13 October 2012, replacing the fired Pedro Caixinha. A contract termination by mutual consent was reached on 28 December 2016, as the team ranked third-bottom in the league and tied for points with the first side inside the relegation zone, having also been ousted from the Portuguese Cup. He was also relieved of his duties at F.C. Arouca on 21 March 2017, becoming the first manager to be fired by two teams in the season, as both eventually dropped down a tier.
Later career On 27 May 2017, Machado signed a one-year contract with former club Moreirense. On 29 October, as they were placed second from the bottom in the top division, he was dismissed.
In April 2020, Machado was named as manager of local third tier club Berço SC for the upcoming season. Eleven months later, he activated a clause allowing him to move freely to a top-flight club, and returned to relegation-threatened Nacional.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Vila Real6 June 199322 November 1993 Vitória Guimarães (caretaker)18 December 199514 January 1996 Fafe26 June 19982 July 2000 Moreirense2 July 20007 June 2004 Vitória Guimarães8 June 200423 May 2005 Nacional2 July 20059 May 2006 Académica15 May 200610 September 2007 Braga12 November 200721 April 2008 Nacional21 May 200829 November 2009 Nacional26 January 201016 May 2010 Vitória Guimarães24 May 201026 August 2011 Aris16 January 201230 June 2012 Nacional12 October 201228 December 2016 Arouca11 February 201721 March 2017 Moreirense27 May 201729 October 2017 Berço1 July 202022 March 2021 Nacional22 March 202122 May 2021Total
Honours Moreirense Segunda Liga: 2001–02 Segunda Divisão: 2000–01
Vitória Guimarães Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2010–11 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2011
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