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Manuel Cajuda Personal information Full name Manuel Ventura Cajuda Sousa Date of birth June 27, 1951 Place of birth Olhão, Portugal Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club União Leiria (coach) Youth career 1967–1969 Olhanense Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1970–1971 Sambrasense 1971–1972 Olhanense 1972–1973 Sambrasense 1975–1976 Olhanense 1976–1983 Farense Teams managed 1984 Farense 1987–1988 Portimonense 1988–1989 Olhanense 1989–1990 Louletano 1990–1991 Torreense 1991 O Elvas 1991–1993 Torreense 1993–1994 União Leiria 1994–1997 Braga 1997–1998 Belenenses 1998–2002 Braga 2002–2003 União Leiria 2003–2004 Marítimo 2004 Beira-Mar 2005–2006 Naval 2006 Zamalek 2006–2009 Vitória Guimarães 2009–2011 Sharjah 2011– União Leiria * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Manuel Ventura Cajuda de Sousa (born 27 June 1951 in Olhão, Algarve) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of União de Leiria.
In a career which spanned three decades, he managed nearly 20 teams in his country, also working in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
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Playing career
Cajuda played exclusively in the Algarve region during his career, starting out at S.C. Olhanense. In 1975, he joined what would be his main club, S.C. Farense, also in the second division.
In the 1983 summer, even though the Faro outfit had just promoted to the top level, 32-year old Cajuda decided to retire from playing.
Manager career
Immediately after retiring, Cajuda started working as a manager with Farense, leading the team through 12 games in its first-ever season in the first division, and managing to help it retain it league status, after finishing 12th. He continued to work in his native region in the following years, with Portimonense SC, Olhanense and Louletano DC.
In 1994, after years of working almost exclusively in the second level - the exception being S.C.U. Torreense in 1991–92 - Cajuda signed for Sporting de Braga, remaining in Minho for the following eight years (leading the team to the fourth place in 1997 and 2001), with two incomplete seasons with C.F. Os Belenenses in between. He managed to finish in the top-six with his following two teams, U.D. Leiria - he had already been in charge of the club nine years before, in division two - and C.S. Marítimo.
Cajuda left the Madeira side only one game into the 2004–05 season, and joined fellow top-divisioner S.C. Beira-Mar,[1] but only lasted an additional ten matches in Aveiro.[2] After a brief spell with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, he left for Egypt with Zamalek SC, becoming the second Portuguese coach to be appointed at the club after Nelo Vingada.
Cajuda returned to Portugal midway through 2006–07 joining Vitória de Guimarães - being announced on Christmas Day - which he led to promotion, and a third position in the following year, just narrowly surpassing S.L. Benfica for the last UEFA Champions League berth, only to lose controversially in the last qualifying round against FC Basel of Switzerland. He left Vitória at the conclusion of the 2008–09 campaign, with an eighth-place finish, joining Al Sharjah SC of the United Arab Emirates.[3]
In late September 2011, Cajuda became Leiria's third coach of the season, after dismissed Pedro Caixinha and Vítor Pontes.[4]
Personal
Cajuda's sons, Hugo (born 1979) and João (1984), were both involved in sports: the former played twice for Braga in the top division - under the management of his father - mainly representing the club's reserves during a short spell. The latter was engaged in gymnastics in his youth, but later took up an acting career.
References
- ^ General news - September 2004; Football Portugal, 29 September 2004
- ^ Beira Mar coach Cajuda resigns; ESPN Soccernet, 15 December 2004
- ^ Cajuda rescinde com Al Sharjah (Cajuda rescinds with Al Sharjah); Jornal de Notícias, 21 May 2011 (Portuguese)
- ^ União de Leiria prescinde de Vítor Pontes e chama Manuel Cajuda (União de Leiria sacks Vítor Pontes and calls Manuel Cajuda); Região de Leiria, 26 September 2011 (Portuguese)
External links
- Profile at Zerozero
- Player stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
- Coach stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
U.D. Leiria – current squad 1 Gottardi · 2 Pinto · 3 Obradović · 4 Curto · 5 Alcântara · 8 Brígido · 9 Leal · 11 Chula · 12 Luiz Carlos · 14 Almeida · 15 Édson · 16 Terroso · 17 Djaniny · 19 Élvis · 20 Marco Soares (c) · 21 Marcos Paulo · 23 Léo · 29 Cacá · 30 Jô · 33 Diego Gaúcho · 35 Shaffer · 41 Robinho · 70 Maykon · 71 Ouattara · 80 Patrick · 93 Oblak · 97 Erichot · 99 Moraes · Manager: Cajuda
Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- S.C. Olhanense players
- SC Farense players
- Portuguese football managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- S.C. Olhanense managers
- U.D. Leiria managers
- S.C. Braga managers
- C.S. Marítimo managers
- S.C. Beira-Mar managers
- Associação Naval 1º de Maio managers
- Vitória S.C. managers
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