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Horácio Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name	Horácio José Paredes Mota Gonçalves
Date of birth	25 December 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth	Guimarães, Portugal
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1980–1981	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1982	Valdevez
1982–1984	Fafe
1984–1985	Famalicão
1985–1986	Vitória Guimarães
1986–1988	Fafe
1988–1989	Olhanense
1989–1991	Varzim
1991–1992	Louletano
1992–1993	Oliveirense
1993–1994	Varzim
Total
Managerial career
1994–1998	Varzim
1998	Chaves
1999–2000	Maia
2001	Olhanense
2001–2002	Rio Ave
2002–2003	União Madeira
2004–2007	Varzim
2011	Asteras Tripolis
2012	Leixões
2012	AEP
2013–2014	Santa Clara
2014–2015	Leixões
2015–2016	Farense
2017–2018	Felgueiras 1932
2018–2021	Costa do Sol
2021	Mozambique
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horácio José Paredes Mota Gonçalves (born 25 December 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

Playing career

Gonçalves was born in Guimarães. He was a youth player at hometown club Vitória S.C. and played his only Primeira Liga season with them in 1985–86, scoring once in ten appearances. He spent the bulk of his career in the Segunda Liga, achieving figures of 234 games and 69 goals for six teams, including two spells at AD Fafe.^[2]

Coaching career

Having retired with third-division club Varzim S.C. in 1994 he became their manager, overseeing consecutive promotions to reach the top flight in 1997. He also managed G.D. Chaves in that league immediately after, but spent the rest of his career at lower levels. In December 2004 he returned to second-from-bottom Varzim on an 18-month deal,^[3] losing his job in late February 2007 after a run of ten matches without a win.^[4]

After four years with Asteras Tripolis F.C. of Super League Greece – mostly in additional roles with just four games as manager – Gonçalves returned to Portugal's second tier with Leixões S.C. in February 2012.^[5] He left the tenth-placed side in November to return to the Eastern Mediterranean, with AEP Paphos FC in the Cypriot First Division;^[6] his spell there was only for three weeks.^[7]

Gonçalves came back to Portugal's division two with C.D. Santa Clara,^[8] a second stint at Leixões,^[9] and S.C. Farense.^[10] In February 2017 he took over at F.C. Felgueiras 1932, his first job at the third tier in over 15 years.^[11]

In mid-2018, Gonçalves moved abroad again to CD Costa do Sol in Mozambique, succeeding the Argentne Leonardo Costas. In 2019, they won the Moçambola, Taça de Moçambique, Supertaça de Mozambique and the Maputo Top 8 Tournament.^[2]

Gonçalves was appointed manager of Mozambique in April 2021, on a 21⁄2-year contract.^[12] His team came fourth at the 2021 COSAFA Cup in South Africa.^[13] On 19 October, however, after losses against Cameroon in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, his two-year contract was terminated.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Horácio Gonçalves at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b Aresta, Luís (26 December 2019). "Horácio Gonçalves: "Pleno em Moçambique, com um campeonato fantástico"" [Horácio Gonçalves: "Full sweep in Mozambique, with a fantastic championship"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Técnico Horácio Gonçalves regressa ao Varzim" [Manager Horácio Gonçalves returns to Varzim]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 December 2004. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Ferreira, Almiro (9 February 2007). "Diamantino apela à "união dos varzinistas"" [Diamantino calls for the "union of the Varzim family"]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Horácio Gonçalves treinador do Leixões até final da época" [Horácio Gonçalves manager of Leixões until the end of the season] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Pereira, Pedro (6 November 2012). "Horácio Gonçalves deixa Leixões" [Horácio Gonçalves leaves Leixões]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Horácio Gonçalves deixa Paphos" [Horácio Gonçalves leaves Paphos]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 November 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Horácio Gonçalves apresentado no Santa Clara" [Horácio Gonçalves presented at Santa Clara]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ Guarda, Pedro (29 May 2014). "Leixões contrata treinador Horácio Gonçalves" [Leixões sign manager Horácio Gonçalves]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Farense: Horácio Gonçalves é o novo treinador" [Farense: Horácio Gonçalves is the new manager] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Horácio Gonçalves é o novo treinador do Felgueiras" [Horácio Gonçalves is the new manager of Felgueiras]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 3 February 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Horácio Gonçalves é o novo seleccionador nacional de Moçambique" [Horácio Gonçalves is Mozambique's new national team manager] (in Portuguese). Rádio Moçambique. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Moçambique termina na quarta posição na vigésima edição do torneio COSAFA" [Mozambique finish in fourth place in the twentieth edition of the COSAFA tournament] (in Portuguese). Preto & Branco. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Mozambique sack coach Goncalves after just six months". BBC Sport. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.