Edgar Cardoso (football manager)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edgar Filipe Martins Cardoso | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Portugal | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2014 | Benfica (youth) | ||
2016–2019 | Qatar U23 (assistant) | ||
2020–2023 | Shakhtar (youth) | ||
2024– | Kitchee |
Edgar Filipe Martins Cardoso (born 16 March 1983) is a Portuguese football manager who manages Kitchee.
Life and career
[edit]Cardoso never played professional football. In 2002, he was appointed as a youth manager of Portuguese side Benfica. After that, he worked as a youth manager for the Aspire Academy in Qatar. In 2016, Cardoso was appointed assistant manager of the Qatar national under-23 football team. He worked as assistant manager to Spanish manager Félix Sánchez. In 2020, he was appointed youth manager of Ukrainian side Shakhtar. In 2021, he renewed his contract with the club until 2023.[1] He worked for the club during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After that, he worked as a consultant for Belgian football consultant group Double Pass. In 2024, he was appointed manager of Hong Kong side Kitchee. He previously worked as assistant manager of the club. He worked as assistant manager to South Korean manager Kim Dong-jin. He was described as "unable to arrest Kitchee’s slide at the back end of [the 2023/24 season]".[2] He remained as their manager for the 2024/25 season.
Cardoso was born on 16 March 1983 in Portugal. He obtained the UEFA Pro License. He has a son. He has been married to a Ukrainian woman.[3]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Edgar Cardoso at Soccerway
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Portuguese football managers
- Kitchee SC managers
- Portuguese expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Hong Kong
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine