Fernando Santos (footballer, born 1954)

Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos GOM (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back.

Fernando Santos
Santos as Beşiktaş manager in 2024
Personal information
Full name Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos
Date of birth (1954-10-10) 10 October 1954
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1970–1971 Operário Lisboa
1971–1973 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1979 Estoril 91 (2)
1979–1980 Marítimo 26 (0)
1980–1987 Estoril 125 (2)
Total 242 (4)
Managerial career
1987–1988 Estoril (assistant)
1988–1994 Estoril
1994–1998 Estrela Amadora
1998–2001 Porto
2001–2002 AEK Athens
2002 Panathinaikos
2003–2004 Sporting CP
2004–2006 AEK Athens
2006–2007 Benfica
2007–2010 PAOK
2010–2014 Greece
2014–2022 Portugal
2023 Poland
2024 Beşiktaş
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal (manager)
UEFA European Championship
Winner2016 France
UEFA Nations League
Winner2019 Portugal
FIFA Confederations Cup
2017 Russia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 161 games and two goals over eight seasons, almost always with Estoril. After retiring, he worked as a coach for several decades, starting out at his main club in 1988.

Santos managed Portugal's Big Three, winning five major titles with Porto. For the better part of the 2000s he worked in Greece, mainly with AEK Athens and PAOK. In 2010, he was appointed at the helm of the Greece national team, coaching them in a World Cup and one European Championship. Subsequently, he led Portugal to victory in the Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League, which were the first two major titles in the nation's history, before leaving in 2022. The following year, he took over as manager of Poland, being dismissed in September.

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