Filipe Cândido

Filipe Manuel Nunes Cândido (born 28 September 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a left winger, currently a manager.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nunes and the second or paternal family name is Cândido.
Filipe Cândido
Personal information
Full name Filipe Manuel Nunes Cândido
Date of birth (1979-09-28) 28 September 1979
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1989–1990 Colégio São João de Brito
1990–1996 Sporting CP
1996–1997 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Vitória Setúbal 4 (0)
1998–2000 Salgueiros 12 (2)
2000–2002 Felgueiras 31 (3)
2002–2004 Leça 39 (2)
2004–2005 Académico Viseu 26 (3)
2005 Bucheon
2005 Imortal 6 (0)
2006 Lokomotiv Sofia 0 (0)
2006–2007 Kavala 17 (2)
2007–2008 Vila Meã 20 (0)
2008–2010 Lusitânia 58 (8)
2010–2011 Vila Meã 29 (4)
2011–2013 Sousense 48 (2)
Total 290 (26)
International career
1995 Portugal U15 6 (0)
1998–1999 Portugal U20 10 (3)
2000 Portugal U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Sousense
2016 Paços Ferreira (youth)
2016–2017 Salgueiros
2018–2020 União Leiria
2020–2021 Mafra
2021 União Leiria
2021–2022 B-SAD
2022–2023 Nacional
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Formed at Sporting CP with one year at Real Madrid, he totalled 16 games and two goals in the Primeira Liga for Vitória de Setúbal and Salgueiros, and 42 appearances and three goals in the second tier for Felgueiras and Leça. He spent most of his career in the lower leagues, and also had brief stops in South Korea, Bulgaria and Greece.

A manager since 2013, Cândido led Belenenses SAD in the top division and Mafra and Nacional in the second.

Playing career

Club

Born in Lisbon, Cândido played most of his youth career with local Sporting CP before concluding his development at Real Madrid where he trained in the first team under Fabio Capello.[1][2] Turning down the prospect of a loan to CD Leganés to kickstart his career in Spain, he returned to his homeland with Vitória de Setúbal.[1]

Cândido also represented S.C. Salgueiros in the Primeira Liga, and played in the Segunda Liga for F.C. Felgueiras and Leça FC. He spent the vast majority of his career in the amateur divisions, however, and accused several clubs of wage arrears.[3]

A client of Jorge Mendes, Cândido left third-tier Académico de Viseu F.C. over four months of unpaid wages and signed for Bucheon SK in the K League in 2005, but stayed only a short while in South Korea due to unease with its diet. After a spell in his homeland's lower leagues at Imortal DC, he went back out abroad to PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, where he allegedly received an incomplete salary and was met with veiled threats to his safety; his contract was terminated via a conference call with former Sporting player Ivaylo Yordanov as the interpreter.[3] In June 2006, he and compatriot Ricardo Costa signed two-year deals at Kavala F.C. in the Greek second division.[4]

International

Cândido earned 17 caps for Portugal at youth level. His sole game for the under-21 team was on 25 January 2000, in a 1–0 friendly win over the United States in Alverca do Ribatejo.[5]

Coaching career

Early years

After retiring at UD Sousense in 2013, Cândido immediately became manager of the third division side. After a spell with the under-19s of F.C. Paços de Ferreira, he returned to the senior game on 11 November 2016 as manager of former club Salgueiros.[6] He won seven of his 16 fixtures in charge, resigning the following 3 April due to disputes with the board.[7]

On 25 December 2018, Cândido resumed his career with U.D. Leiria, still in division three.[8] After winning their group, they lost in the play-off semi-finals to U.D. Vilafranquense in a penalty shootout.[9] He quit on 29 January 2020, due to over four months of unpaid wages.[10]

Cândido was given his first professional league managerial job on 20 May 2020, succeeding Vasco Seabra on a two-year deal with C.D. Mafra of the second tier.[11] He resigned the following 14 April, after a run of four defeats put the team in 10th place after a good start to the season.[12]

B-SAD

In June 2021, Cândido returned to Leiria, in the new Liga 3.[13] He left on 19 October to replace Petit at B-SAD in his first top-flight job; he signed an 18-month deal with the second-from-bottom club.[14] On his debut six days later, he drew 0–0 away to Boavista FC.[15]

On 27 November 2021, Cândido was only able to field nine players against S.L. Benfica due to a bout of COVID-19, most of them being from the under-23 side and two of them goalkeepers, including João Monteiro who made his professional debut as an emergency midfielder. Only seven returned for the second half with the score at 7–0, and shortly after Monteiro suffered an injury; the match was subsequently abandoned.[16][17]

Cândido resigned on 10 January 2022 in spite of a 2–1 win over F.C. Arouca, following a run-in with chairman Rui Pedro Soares.[18]

Nacional

On 25 May 2022, Cândido was appointed at C.D. Nacional on a one-year deal.[19] He took the second-tier club to the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal with a 5–2 extra-time victory at Casa Pia A.C. of the top flight.[20]

After a 3–2 comeback win on the final day of the season at home to former club Académico, Cândido secured the Madeiran team's survival on 28 May 2023. He then left by mutual consent.[21]

Managerial statistics
As of 9 January 2022[22][23]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Sousense Portugal 1 July 2013 30 June 2015 68 27 14 27 91 95 −4 039.71
Salgueiros Portugal 11 November 2016 3 April 2017 16 7 3 6 19 13 +6 043.75
União Leiria Portugal 25 December 2018 29 January 2020 44 24 11 9 67 31 +36 054.55
Mafra Portugal 20 May 2020 14 April 2021 30 9 6 15 30 44 −14 030.00
União Leiria Portugal 20 June 2021 19 October 2021 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 042.86
B-SAD Portugal 19 October 2021 10 January 2022 11 3 2 6 10 20 −10 027.27
Total 176 73 38 65 227 211 +16 041.48

References
  1. Pombo, Diogo (3 June 2017). "Vinha a falar com o Redondo depois de um treino e uma moça desmaiou quando o viu" [I was talking to Redondo after a training session and a girl fainted when she saw him]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. "Filipe Cândido: "Se tivesse a atitude que Capello tinha não sei se seria treinador muito tempo"" [Filipe Cândido: "If I had the same attitude as Capello I don't know if I'd be a manager for a long time"]. Jornal de Leiria (in Portuguese). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. Palma, Irene (31 December 2007). "Filipe Cândido: na Coreia antes das ameaças na Bulgária" [Filipe Cândido: in Korea before threats in Bulgária] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. "Filipe Cândido e Ricardo Costa no Kavala" [Filipe Cândido and Ricardo Costa to Kavala]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 July 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. Gonçalves dos Santos, Pedro (18 January 2000). "Sub-20: Vasco Faísca, Genaro e Luís Filipe lesionados" [Under-20s: Vasco Faísca, Genaro and Luís Filipe injured]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. Baptista Seixas, João (11 November 2016). "Filipe Cândido é o novo treinador do Salgueiros" [Filipe Cândido is the new manager of Salgueiros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. Gonçalo Pinto, Pedro (3 April 2017). "Filipe Cândido deixa Salgueiros" [Filipe Cândido leaves Salgueiros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. Miroto Simões, Luís (25 December 2018). "Filipe Cândido é o novo treinador da U. Leiria" [Filipe Cândido is the new manager of U. Leiria]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. Linhares, Henrique (16 June 2019). "Vilafranquense vence União de Leiria nos pénaltis e sobe à II Liga portuguesa" [Vilafranquense defeat União de Leiria on penalties and rise to Portuguese II League] (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  10. Ferreira, Rui (29 January 2020). "Crise no Leiria sem fim à vista: treinador rescinde com justa causa" [Crisis at Leiria with no end in sight: manager resigns with just cause]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  11. "Filipe Cândido é novo treinador do Mafra" [Filipe Cândido is the new manager of Mafra]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  12. Cabaço, Rui Jorge (14 April 2021). "Filipe Cândido demite-se do Mafra" [Filipe Cândido resigns from Mafra]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  13. Morais, Pedro (20 June 2021). "Filipe Cândido vai regressar à União de Leiria" [Filipe Cândido will return to União de Leiria]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  14. Ferreira, Nuno Miguel; Paulo, Joaquim (20 October 2021). "Filipe Cândido eleito para render Petit: técnico vai assinar por época e meia" [Filipe Cândido chosen to relieve Petit: manager will sign for a season and a half]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  15. "Filipe Cândido estreia-se na Belenenses SAD com empate no Bessa" [Filipe Cândido debuts for Belenenses SAD with draw at the Bessa] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  16. "Belenenses SAD com nove jogadores contra Benfica" [Belenenses SAD with nine players against Benfica] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  17. "Com surto de Covid, Belenenses tem goleiro na linha, é goleado pelo Benfica, e jogo termina com 46 minutos" [With Covid bout, Belenenses field goalkeeper as an outfield player, are thrashed by Benfica, and match ends after 46 minutes] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  18. Zeferino, André (11 January 2022). "Discussão com Rui Pedro Soares precipita saída de Filipe Cândido" [Argument with Rui Pedro Soares hastens departure of Filipe Cândido]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  19. Fernandes, João Manuel (25 May 2022). "Filipe Cândido é o novo treinador do Nacional" [Filipe Cândido is the new manager of Nacional]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  20. "Nacional surpreende Casa Pia no prolongamento (2–5) e está nas 'meias' da Taça de Portugal" [Nacional surprise Casa Pia in extra time (2–5) and are in the Portuguese Cup 'semis']. Record (in Portuguese). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  21. "Filipe Cândido deixa Nacional após assegurar permanência na II Liga" [Filipe Cândido leaves Nacional after securing survival in the II League]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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  23. Filipe Cândido at Soccerway
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