Armando Evangelista
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1992 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Régua | ||
| 1994–1996 | Joane | ||
| 1996–1999 | Naval | ||
| 1999–2000 | Fafe | 24 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Espinho | 27 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Moreirense | 34 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Lixa | 27 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Joane | – | (–) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Vitória Guimarães U19 | ||
| 2012–2013 | Vizela | ||
| 2013–2015 | Vitória Guimarães B | ||
| 2015 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2016 | Varzim | ||
| 2017–2019 | Penafiel | ||
| 2020 | Vilafranquense | ||
| 2020–2023 | Arouca | ||
| 2023 | Goiás | ||
| 2024 | Famalicão | ||
| 2025-2026 | Damac | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Armando Evangelista Macedo Freitas (born 3 November 1973) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Vitória Guimarães
In the summer of 2010, three seasons after finishing his professional career as a player, Evangelista embarked on his managerial career by taking charge of Vitória Guimarães's under-19 team. After two seasons there, he departed to take charge of Vizela in the third tier.
Evangelista's stay with Vizela was short-lived, and in April 2013 he returned to Vitória to manage its reserve side in Segunda Liga until the end of the season.[1] Despite claiming 9 points from a possible 21, he was unable to prevent relegation to the third tier.[citation needed]
However, Evangelista's stay was prolonged and in 2013–14 season he led the Conquistadores to a first-place finish, and thus promotion back to the second tier.[citation needed] The following season, he took them to 9th.[citation needed] He was subsequently named manager of the first team in June 2015 after Rui Vitória's departure from the club.[2][3]
After just five league matches – a win and a loss each – and elimination from the UEFA Europa League qualifiers by Austria's Rheindorf Altach, Evangelista was dismissed on 21 September.[4]
Three clubs in four years
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In May 2016, Evangelista succeeded Nuno Capucho at Varzim in the second tier.[5] He left on 13 October, with the team in 12th.[6]
In September 2017, Evangelista returned to the same league at 15th-placed Penafiel for the rest of the season.[7] He then signed on for the following campaign,[8] in which he took the team to 8th then left to be replaced by Miguel Leal.[9]
Evangelista returned to work on 5 February 2020, at Vilafranquense, presiding over only four games as the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then turning down a new deal.[10][11]
Arouca
On 15 May 2020, Evangelista moved to second-tier newcomers Arouca.[12] In his first season, Arouca came third and then defeated Rio Ave in the play-offs to reach the Primeira Liga for the first time since 2017.[13] After a win over Moreirense, the team made the Taça da Liga semi-finals for the first time the 2022–23 season, where they lost 2–1 to Sporting CP.[14][15] The league season ended with a club joint-best fifth place, qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League.[16] Evangelista then turned down a contract renewal and left the club.[17]
Goiás
On 9 June 2023, it was reported that Evangelista accepted an offer from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Goiás to become their new head coach.[18] On 14 November, he was dismissed with the club in the relegation zone.[19]
Famalicão
On 20 March 2024, Evangelista returned to Portugal as he was named manager of top tier side Famalicão on a deal until the end of the campaign, replacing João Pedro Sousa who had left by mutual consent a day earlier.[20]
Managerial statistics
- As of 1 December 2024[citation needed]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Vizela |  |
1 July 2012 | 8 April 2013 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 44.83 |
| Vitória Guimarães B | |
11 April 2013 | 15 June 2015 | 88 | 42 | 18 | 28 | 147 | 102 | +45 | 47.73 |
| Vitória Guimarães | |
15 June 2015 | 21 September 2015 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 14.29 |
| Varzim | |
25 May 2016 | 13 October 2016 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 30.77 |
| Penafiel | |
28 September 2017 | 4 June 2019 | 69 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 101 | 85 | +16 | 42.03 |
| Vilafranquense | |
5 February 2020 | 13 May 2020 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 40.00 |
| Arouca | |
15 May 2020 | 29 May 2023 | 118 | 50 | 31 | 37 | 141 | 129 | +12 | 42.37 |
| Goiás |  |
12 June 2023 | 14 November 2023 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 25.93 |
| Famalicão | |
20 March 2024 | 2 December 2024 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 39.13 |
| Total | 379 | 157 | 98 | 124 | 507 | 446 | +61 | 41.42 | |||
