Álvaro Pacheco

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Teixeira and the second or paternal family name is Pacheco.
Álvaro Pacheco
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco
Date of birth (1971-06-25) 25 June 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Vila Cova da Lixa, Portugal
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Vizela (manager)
Youth career
1983–1988 Lixa
1988–1989 Felgueiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Felgueiras 42 (9)
1991–1994 Lixa 25 (8)
1994–1995 Aves 8 (0)
1995–1996 Lixa 21 (5)
1996–1997 Tirsense 28 (4)
1997–1999 Estoril 35 (11)
1999–2000 Lixa 30 (15)
2000–2002 Vilanovense 44 (14)
2002–2003 Dragões Sandinenses 38 (21)
2003–2005 Fafe 53 (8)
2005–2007 Paredes 41 (13)
2007 Amarante 0 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2011 Penafiel (youth)
2011–2012 Lixa
2012–2014 Penafiel (assistant)
2014–2016 Moreirense (assistant)
2016–2017 Boavista (assistant)
2018 Jonava (assistant)
2018–2019 Fafe
2019– Vizela
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Álvaro Adriano Teixeira Pacheco (born 25 June 1971) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of the Primeira Liga club Vizela.

After achieving a total of 70 games in the second tier as a player, he worked as an assistant manager to Miguel Leal before managing in his own right at Fafe. Hired at Vizela in 2019, he achieved consecutive promotions to the Primeira Liga in his first two seasons.

Playing career[]

Born in Vila Cova da Lixa, Felgueiras, Pacheco is a product of the football academies of his local clubs Lixa and Felgueiras, while working as a locksmith with his father as a teenager. He started playing professional football with Felgueiras, having played 70 games in the second tier, and had spent most of his career in semi-pro leagues in Portugal. His first steps as a manager was in 2005 with Paredes, and got retired from playing football in 2007, at the age of 34.[1]

Coaching career[]

Pacheco began his coaching career with Lixa in 2011. Afterwards, he has been the assistant manager for Miguel Leal at Penafiel, Moreirense and Boavista, and with Filipe Ribeiro at Jonava in Lithuania.[1]

On 24 September 2018, Pacheco returned to work as a head coach at Fafe, ranked 7th in the third tier.[2] In his one season there, he took the team to the playoffs, where they were eliminated by Praiense in the quarter-finals.[3]

In June 2019, Pacheco signed for Vizela, another team eliminated from the same stage of the play-offs.[3] His first season was aborted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Portuguese Football Federation promoted leaders Vizela and Arouca to the second tier.[4]

On his debut as a professional manager on 12 September 2020, Pacheco won 2–1 at home to U.D. Oliveirense.[5] His team sealed a second successive promotion the following 22 May, beating Arouca to second place with a 5–2 home win over Vilafranquense on the final day; Vizela's only previous season in the Primeira Liga was 1984–85.[6] In July 2021, he was named Manager of the Year at the LPFP Awards and signed a contract for two more years.[7][8]

In his first top-flight game on 6 August 2021, Pacheco's Vizela lost 3–0 at reigning champions Sporting CP.[9] On 23 December, his side won 1–0 at home in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal against district neighbours and cup holders Braga.[10]

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 18 March 2022[11]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Lixa Portugal 1 July 2011 12 March 2012 25 14 3 8 46 29 +17 056.00
Fafe Portugal 17 September 2018 4 June 2019 33 21 8 4 58 22 +36 063.64
Vizela Portugal 4 June 2019 Present 97 49 26 22 174 110 +64 050.52
Total 155 84 37 34 278 161 +117 054.19

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Maia, João (9 May 2020). ""Aos 17 anos era serralheiro mecânico com o meu pai e nunca ganhei muito dinheiro"" ["At the age of 17 I was a locksmith with my father and I never earned much money"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ Seixas, João Baptista (24 September 2018). "Álvaro Pacheco é o novo treinador do Fafe" [Álvaro Pacheco is the new manager of Fafe]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Fernandes, Zélia (18 June 2019). "Álvaro Pacheco é o novo treinador do FC Vizela" [Álvaro Pacheco is the new manager of FC Vizela] (in Portuguese). Rádio Vizela. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Tribunal Arbitral do Desporto confirma subidas de Vizela e Arouca à II Liga" [Court of Arbitration for Sport confirms Vizela and Arouca's promotion to the II Liga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  5. ^ Santos, José (20 September 2020). "A crónica do Vizela-UD Oliveirense, 2-1: Suplente Cassiano fixa a reviravolta" [Report on Vizela-UD Oliveirense, 2-1: Substitute Cassiano seals the comeback]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Vizela goleia e volta à I Liga 36 anos depois, Arouca no play-off" [Vizela thrash and return to the I Liga 36 years later, Arouca in the play-off] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b Amaral Santos, Francisco (8 July 2021). "Kick-Off 2021-22: Clássico Sporting-FC Porto na 5.ª jornada" [2021-22 Kick-Off: Sporting-FC Porto Clássico on the 5th matchday] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Treinador Álvaro Pacheco renova com Vizela até ao final da época 2022/23" [Manager Álvaro Pacheco renews with Vizela until the end of the 2022/23 season] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  9. ^ Salvador, Rui (6 August 2021). "Uma "entrada à campeão": Leões tiraram mais uma vitória do Pote (a crónica do Sporting-Vizela)" [A "champions' entrance": Lions credit yet another victory to Pote (Sporting-Vizela report)]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  10. ^ Kundert, Tom (24 December 2021). "Portuguese Cup: Porto oust Benfica amid rampant Jorge Jesus to Flamengo speculation". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Álvaro Pacheco". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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