Oliveira Gonçalves
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís de Oliveira Gonçalves | ||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanda, Angola | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2003–2008 | Angola | ||
Luís de Oliveira Gonçalves (born 22 June 1960) is an Angolan football coach who coached the Angola national football team. A studious, tactically astute coach, Gonçalves was not a prolific player in his younger days,[citation needed] but has earned the nickname the "Professor" for his reading of the game,[citation needed] and is a popular figure in Angola for his efforts of turning round his nation's footballing fortunes.
Appointment
Before coaching the senior side, Gonçalves was in charge of the Under-20 team, with which he won the
Nigeria to the top of a tough qualifying group, ensuring qualification to the pinnacle of world football in 2006
.
2006 FIFA World Cup
Perceived by many as one of the weaker nations in the World Cup, Angola were paired with former colonial masters and
Joao Ricardo in goal, Angola kept a clean sheet against the Mexicans to draw 0–0 against the odds. Gonçalves's impressive stewardship of the much unfavoured Angolans meant that remarkably the then 57th FIFA Ranked team in the world had a conceivable chance of qualifying from the group as runners-up. Gonçalves's resolute defending plus quick counter-attacking tactics continued into his team's match against Iran, with Flávio
creating history by scoring Angola's first ever goal in the World Cup. An Iranian equaliser finally ended Angola's brave World Cup campaign, leaving the West Africans third in Group D with a respectable two points and only two goals conceded, much credit going to Gonçalves strict management of his team - the only African coach at the tournament.
External links
- Gonçalves' profile on the Angola World Cup Blog
- Gonçalves' profile on the official FIFA World Cup website
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