Daniel Sousa (football manager)

Pedro Daniel da Cunha Pereira de Sousa (born 3 October 1984) is a Portuguese football manager. He is the current manager of Portuguese Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente.

Daniel Sousa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Daniel da Cunha Pereira de Sousa
Date of birth (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984
Place of birth Barcelos, Portugal
Team information
Current team
 Gil Vicente (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2015–2016 Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant)
2017 Shanghai Port (assistant)
2019–2021 Marseille (assistant)
2022– Gil Vicente

After working as a long-term assistant manager to André Villas-Boas, he started managing in his own right in the Primeira Liga in 2022.

Coaching career

Assistant

Sousa first met the Portuguese coach André Villas-Boas when the former was a student at the University of Porto, in the Faculty of Sports. He interviewed Villas-Boas about strategies for attacking football as part of his final-year thesis, and was later recommended to the young manager by professor of football José Guilherme, who was Villas-Boas' assistant at Académica.[1] Sousa was Villas-Boas' match analyst at Académica, Porto, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and Zenit Saint Petersburg, and assistant manager at Zenit Shanghai Port and Marseille spanning 10 years of service.[2][3]

Gil Vicente

On 16 November 2022, he was named manager of the Portuguese Primeira Liga side Gil Vicente, replacing Ivo Vieira.[4]

Managerial statistics
As of 12 May 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Gil Vicente Portugal 16 November 2022 Present 23 9 5 9 27 23 +4 039.13 [5]
Total 23 9 5 9 27 23 +4 039.13 —

References
  1. "Andre Villas-Boas: Chelsea's new manager who has dedicated himself to football". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. "OM - Daniel Sousa : "On ne peut pas comparer"". LaProvence.com (in French). November 23, 2020.
  3. "″O meu passado com André Villas-Boas é preponderante no que sou hoje″". ojogo.pt (in Portuguese).
  4. "Oficial: Gil Vicente confirma contratação do novo treinador". ojogo.pt (in Portuguese).
  5. "Gil Vicente FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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