Rui Almeida

Rui Miguel Garcia Lopes de Almeida (born 29 September 1969) is a Portuguese professional football manager.

Rui Almeida
Almeida as Troyes manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Rui Miguel Garcia Lopes de Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1969-09-29) 29 September 1969
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Teams managed
Years Team
2002–2008 Estoril (assistant)
2008–2010 Trofense (assistant)
2010–2012 Syria U23
2012 Panathinaikos (assistant)
2013 Sporting CP (assistant)
2013–2014 Braga (assistant)
2015 Zamalek (assistant)
2015–2016 Red Star
2017 Bastia
2018–2019 Troyes
2019 Caen
2020 Gil Vicente

Managerial career

Almeida spent his early managerial career as an assistant at Estoril and Trofense. His first stint as a professional manager was with the Syria under-23 team in an attempt for qualification to the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] A polyglot (speaking Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, English and French), he left Syria to become assistant manager to Jesualdo Ferreira at Panathinaikos, Sporting, Braga and Zamalek before managing again with Red Star in Ligue 2 in June 2015.[3] He was dismissed in December 2016 when the club was in 16th, and had been eliminated from the Coupe de France by fifth-tier Blagnac.[4]

Almeida then joined Bastia in Ligue 1 in February 2017, on a two-and-a-half-year contract; the Corsican team was five points within the relegation zone.[5] He left in June, as the team faced a financial crisis after their descent.[6]

On 30 May 2018, Almeida was announced as the manager of Troyes in Ligue 2, on a two-year deal.[7] He led the team to third, one point off promotion, in his only season and was then linked to English club West Bromwich Albion, though no official approach was ever made.[8]

In July 2019, Almeida was appointed manager of Caen, newly relegated to Ligue 2. He signed a two-year deal with the option of a third, and compensation was paid for his remaining year contracted to Troyes.[9] After a poor start to the season, he was removed from his duties on 28 September.[10]

Almeida was given his first outright job in his own country at the end of May 2020, when he was chosen to succeed Vítor Oliveira at Gil Vicente F.C. in the Primeira Liga.[11] He lost his job on 10 November, having won once in seven games and lost the last four.[12]

References
  1. "Dijon - Red Star : Rui Almeida en impose". leparisien.fr. 18 December 2015.
  2. "« Beaucoup de ceux que j'ai connus en Syrie sont désormais exilés… »" ["A lot of those who I knew in Syria and now exiles..."] (in French). So Foot.
  3. "Ligue 2 : le Portugais Rui Almeida sur le banc du Red Star" [Ligue 2: Portuguese Rui Almeida in Red Star's dugout]. Le Parisien (in French). 12 June 2015.
  4. "Red Star : Rui Almeida mis à l'écart" [Rui Almeida dismissed] (in French). Orange S.A. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. "Rui Almeida replaces Francois Ciccolini as Bastia manager". ESPN FC. PA Sport. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  6. "Bastia part company with coach Rui Almeida as troubles deepen". ESPN FC. PA Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  7. "Rui Almeida, nouvel entraîneur de l'ESTAC !" [Rui Almeida, new ESTAC manager!] (in French). Troyes AC.
  8. Chapman, Joseph (11 June 2019). "Manager linked with West Brom vacancy finds new job elsewhere". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  9. "SM Caen. Rui Almeida est le nouvel entraîneur" [SM Caen. Rui Almeida is the new manager]. Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  10. "Caen : Rui Almeida suspendu de ses fonctions" [Caen: Rui Almeida suspended from his job] (in French). Foot National. 28 September 2019.
  11. "Rui Almeida vai ser o treinador do Gil Vicente na próxima época" [Rui Almeida will be the manager of Gil Vicente next season]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  12. Rosa, Melo; Costa, Olga (10 November 2020). "Mudanças em Barcelos: Rui Almeida deixa o comando técnico do Gil Vicente" [Changes in Barcelos: Rui Almeida leaves managerial helm at Gil Vicente]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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