Luís Castro (football manager, born 1980)
Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro (born 7 May 1980) is a Portuguese football manager who is in charge of the French Ligue 2 club Dunkerque. CareerCastro was born in Moreira de Cónegos, Braga District, and began his managerial career with the under-10 squad at Vizela. In 2005, he was invited by Moreirense to be their youth coordinator and manager of the under-19 squad.[1] In 2009, after a year in charge of the under-14s of the Braga Football Association, Castro returned to Vizela. In 2011, he moved abroad and took over the under-15 team of Saudi club Al Nassr FC. Castro returned to his home country in 2012, after being named manager of Vitória de Guimarães' under-15 squad. He then took over the under-19s and worked as a youth coordinator before moving to Hungary in July 2016, with Debreceni VSC.[2] In 2017, Castro returned to Vitória de Guimarães under the same role, and was also in charge of the under-23s in the 2018–19 season. On 30 May 2019, he was named manager of Super League Greece side Panetolikos.[3][4] On 11 October 2019, Castro was sacked by Panetolikos,[5] and joined Benfica on 27 November, after being named manager of the under-23s.[6] On 2 June 2022, after leading the under-19s to the UEFA Youth League title, he took over the B-team, before winning the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup with under-20s.[7][8] In 2022–23, he led Benfica B to a 15th place in Liga Portugal 2, close to relegation. On 26 September 2023 he was named new manager of Ligue 2 club USL Dunkerque.[9] HonoursBenfica[10]
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