Carlos Azenha

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is Azenha.
Carlos Azenha
Personal information
Full name Carlos Soares Azenha
Date of birth (1966-11-04) 4 November 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Team information
Current team
 Portimonense
Managerial career
Years Team
2000–2002 Vitória Setúbal (assistant)
2002–2003 Changsha Ginde (assistant)
2003–2004 Al-Ahly (assistant)
2005–2006 Boavista (assistant)
2006–2008 Porto (assistant)
2009 Vitória Setúbal
2010–2011 Portimonense
2011 Sharjah FC
Portimonense

Carlos Soares Azenha (born 4 November 1966) is a Portuguese football manager.

Coaching career

Born in Lisbon, Azenha started his career off at Vitória de Setúbal as assistant manager to Jorge Jesus from 2000 to 2002. From there, he worked in the same post at China's Changsha Ginde and Egyptian club Al-Ahly under compatriot Toni. In 2005, he came home to work at Boavista under Jesualdo Ferreira, and followed him to FC Porto a year later.[1]

In June 2009, Azenha was given his first managerial job at Setúbal.[2] He was sacked on 15 September, having begun the Primeira Liga season with a goalless draw against Vitória de Guimarães and followed it with three consecutive defeats to sit in last place.[3]

On 29 December 2010, Azenha returned to the top flight as manager of second-last Portimonense.[4] He offered to resign in February, having not won any of his first five games, but was kept on by the board.[5]

In June 2011, just after Portimonense's relegation, Azenha went back abroad with Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates.[6] He resigned less than three months later, due to his wife's illness.[7]

Azenha returned to Portimonense in February 2015, joining a club in 9th place in the second tier and six points off the promotion places.[8] He left by mutual consent at the end of March, having won two and lost five out of ten fixtures.[9]

References

  1. ^ Branco, Carina (15 August 2005). "Jesualdo rescinde com Boavista" (in Portuguese). JPN. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Azenha inicia reestruturação do plantel" [Azenha begins restructuring the squad]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Portuguese Side Vitoria Setubal Fire Head Coach Carlos Azenha". Goal. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Carlos Azenha é o novo treinador do Portimonense" [Carlos Azenha is the new manager of Portimonense] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Portimonense mantém Carlos Azenha" [Portimonense keep Carlos Azenha]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ^ Rizvi, Ahmed (16 June 2011). "Sharjah get Portugal's Azenha as new coach". The National. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. ^ Hammond, Ashley (13 September 2011). "Azenha resigns as Sharjah coach". Gulf News. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Azenha treinador do Portimonense" [Azenha Portimonense manager]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Carlos Azenha já não é treinador do Portimonense" [Carlos Azenha is no longer manager of Portimonense]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2020.