João Pedro Sousa

João Pedro Ramos Borges Sousa (born 4 August 1971) is a Portuguese football manager. He is the current manager of Portuguese Primeira Liga club Famalicão.

João Pedro Sousa

Personal information
Full name	João Pedro Ramos Borges Sousa^[1]
Date of birth	(1971-08-04) 4 August 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth	Luanda, Portuguese Angola
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Famalicão (manager)
Youth career
1984–1991	Braga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1993	Braga	17	(1)
1993–1995	Chaves	33	(4)
1995–1997	Rio Ave	26	(1)
1997–1998	Vila Real	3	(0)
1998–2001	Trofense	18	(0)
2001–2003	Taipas	8	(8)
Managerial career
2006–2009	Academia Lacatomi
2009–2010	Famalicão (assistant)
2010–2012	Braga (youth)
2012–2014	Estoril (assistant)
2014–2015	Sporting (assistant)
2015–2016	Olympiacos (assistant)
2016–2017	Hull City (assistant)
2017–2018	Watford (assistant)
2018–2019	Everton (assistant)
2019–2021	Famalicão
2021	Boavista
2022	Al-Raed
2022–	Famalicão
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After working as an assistant to Marco Silva, he managed in his own right in the Primeira Liga at Famalicão and Boavista.

Coaching career

Assistant

Sousa was the long-term assistant manager of Marco Silva from 2012 to 2019, who was his former teammate at Trofense. He was the assistant manager to Silva at Primeira Liga clubs Estoril and Sporting, as well as Olympiacos of Super League Greece and English Premier League trio Hull City, Watford, and Everton.^[2][3]

Famalicão

Sousa became the coach of Famalicão on 31 May 2019, signing a two-year deal at a team who had just achieved promotion to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 25 years.^[4] In the first month of the season, he was voted Manager of the Month for winning three and drawing one of the four fixtures.^[5] He retained the honour for September with the team from Vila Nova de Famalicão still unbeaten; he earned 56.16% of the votes.^[6]

Sousa's team spent much of 2019–20 in contention for European qualification, but missed out to Rio Ave on the last day.^[7] He was dismissed on 31 January 2021, with Famalicão one place above relegation.^[8]

Boavista

On 28 June 2021, Sousa replaced Jesualdo Ferreira as manager of Boavista on a two-year contract.^[9] He left on 30 November with the club in 11th, saying that he had received a superior offer from Al-Raed in the Saudi Professional League.^[10]

Al-Raed

Sousa was hired by Al-Raed on 26 January 2022, replacing Spanish manager Pablo Machín.^[11] Having won once in eight games, he was suspended and dismissed in late May with two games remaining, for having criticised his players for missing training; he then complained to FIFA.^[12]

Return to Famalicão

On 22 September 2022, Sousa returned to 16th-placed Famalicão.^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 22 January 2023^[14]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Famalicão		31 May 2019	31 January 2021	59	21	19	19	83	88	−5	035.59
Boavista		28 June 2021	30 November 2021	16	5	5	6	20	27	−7	031.25
Al-Raed		26 January 2022	24 May 2022	13	4	3	6	10	18	−8	030.77
Famalicão		22 September 2022	Present	17	8	4	5	24	20	+4	047.06
Total				105	38	31	36	137	153	−16	036.19

References

1. de Melo, Afonso (27 September 2019). "Campeonato. Atenção! Vamos fechar durante um mês. Não incomodem!" [Championship. Attention! We are going to close for a month. Don't get uncomfortable!]. i (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. Bascombe, Chris (17 May 2019). "Marco Silva's Everton assistant Joao Pedro Sousa poised to leave for managerial role in Portugal". The Daily Telegraph.
3. "João Pedro Sousa to leave to manage newly-promoted FC Famalicao". One Football.
4. "Treinador João Pedro Sousa promete "consolidar" Famalicão na I Liga" [Manager João Pedro Sousa promises to "consolidate" Famalicão in the I Liga] (in Portuguese). SAPO.
5. "João Pedro Sousa eleito treinador do mês de agosto" [João Pedro Sousa voted August's manager of the month]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
6. "João Pedro Sousa 'bisa' na eleição do treinador do mês na Liga NOS" [João Pedro Sousa 'scores a brace' in the Liga NOS manager of the month election]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
7. "Rio Ave vence no Bessa e fica com a Liga Europa" [Rio Ave win in the Bessa and qualify for the Europa League]. Público (in Portuguese). 25 July 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
8. "João Pedro Sousa deixa o Famalicão" [João Pedro Sousa leaves Famalicão] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
9. "OFICIAL: João Pedro Sousa é o novo treinador do Boavista" [Official: João Pedro Sousa is the new manager of Boavista] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
10. "João Pedro Sousa e a saída do Boavista: "Recebi uma proposta irrecusável..."" [João Pedro Sousa and the exit from Boavista: "I received an offer I couldn't refuse"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
11. "بيدرو مدربا للرائد عوضا عن ماشين" [Pedro as manager of Al-Raed instead of Machín]. Al Riyadiyah (in Arabic). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
12. "João Pedro Sousa na Arábia Saudita: criticou jogadores por faltarem a treinos, o clube puniu-o e o treinador agora queixou-se à FIFA" [João Pedro Sousa in Saudi Arabia: he criticised players for missing training, the club punished him and the manager now complained to FIFA]. Tribuna Expresso (in Portuguese). 1 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
13. "João Pedro Sousa volta a ser treinador do Famalicão" [João Pedro Sousa manager of Famalicão again]. Público (in Portuguese). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
14. "João Pedro Sousa career sheet". footballdatabase. footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

External links

• ZeroZero Profile
• ForaDeJogo manager profile
• FDB Profile