Ricardo Silva (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Salvador Macedo e Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lusitânia Lourosa | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2009–2011 | Caçadores das Taipas | ||
| 2011–2012 | Torcatense | ||
| 2014 | Vianense | ||
| 2015–2016 | Pedras Salgadas | ||
| 2016–2017 | Felgueiras | ||
| 2017–2019 | Pedras Salgadas | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fafe | ||
| 2021–2023 | Vilaverdense | ||
| 2023–2025 | Paços de Ferreira | ||
| 2026 | Oliveirense | ||
| 2026– | Lusitânia Lourosa | ||
Ricardo Salvador Macedo e Silva (born 3 June 1982) is a Portuguese football manager. He is the manager of Liga Portugal 2 club Lusitânia Lourosa, and has also managed Paços de Ferreira and Oliveirense in the same league. At Vilaverdense, he achieved two consecutive promotions from the fourth to second tiers.
Career
[edit]Born in Guimarães, Silva won the Braga Football Association district title in 2009–10, with Clube Caçadores das Taipas. He was hired at AD Fafe in the then third-tier Campeonato de Portugal in 2019, and was dismissed on 9 February 2021 with the team in fourth place.[1]
In June 2021, Silva was hired at Vilaverdense F.C. in the same division, albeit now the fourth tier.[2] He achieved two consecutive promotions, taking the club to Liga Portugal 2.[3] In the Taça de Portugal in 2022–23, his team reached the last 16, eliminating 7th-placed Primeira Liga club Portimonense S.C. in the third round.[4]
Silva moved to F.C. Paços de Ferreira in Liga Portugal 2 in June 2023.[3] He finished fifth in his first season, and left by mutual accord on 14 January 2025 with the club in 15th.[5]
On 21 February 2026, Silva returned to the second tier, at 15th-placed U.D. Oliveirense.[6] He oversaw the last 11 games of the season, as the club from Oliveira de Azeméis were relegated to Liga 3; his last game was a 5–1 home loss to his former club F.C. Felgueiras.[7][8]
Silva remained in the same league for the 2026–27 season, being hired at Lusitânia Lourosa, who had finished 12th the season before.[9] He won five and drew the other of his first six games, as his team became the last to remain unbeaten.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pereira, Bárbara (9 February 2021). "Ricardo Silva deixa comando da AD Fafe" [Ricardo Silva leaves the helm of AD Fafe]. Correio do Minho (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ricardo Silva é o novo treinador do Vilaverdense FC" [Ricardo Silva is the new manager of Vilaverdense FC]. Desportivo Vale do Homem (in Portuguese). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Ricardo Silva deixa Lank Vilaverdense é o novo treinador do P. Ferreira" [Ricardo Silva leaves Lank Vilaverdense and is the new manager of P. Ferreira]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 June 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Mendonça, Cristina (16 October 2022). "Portimonense eliminado da Taça de Portugal pelo Vilaverdense da Liga 3" [Portimonense eliminated from the Taça de Portugal by Vilaverdense of Liga 3]. Postal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ricardo Silva deixa o comando técnico do Paços de Ferreira" [Ricardo Silva leaves the helm of Paços de Ferreira]. Observador (in Portuguese). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ricardo Silva é o novo treinador da Oliveirense" [Ricardo Silva is the new manager of Oliveirense]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 21 February 2026. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Felgueiras goleia na despedida da Oliveirense" [Felgueiras rout on Oliveirense's farewell] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ricardo Silva está de saída da Oliveirense" [Ricardo Silva is leaving Oliveirense]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 May 2026. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Pedrosa Marques, Eduardo (24 May 2026). "Novo comandante a caminho do Lusitânia de Lourosa" [New leader heading to Lusitânia de Lourosa]. A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 September 2026.
- ↑ Moita, Diogo (15 September 2026). "Lusitânia de Lourosa segue como a única equipa invicta na Segunda Liga" [Lusitânia de Lourosa continue as the only unbeaten team in the Segunda Liga] (in Portuguese). Bola na Rede. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
