Franclim Carvalho
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Miranda do Corvo, Portugal | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botafogo (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Penelense | |||
| 2010 | Ansião | ||
| 2010–2011 | Eirense | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2013 | Eirense (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Penelense (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Académica (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Braga U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Braga U19 (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Belenenses SAD (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Belenenses SAD | ||
| 2022–2024 | Braga (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Botafogo (assistant) | ||
| 2025–2026 | Al-Rayyan (assistant) | ||
| 2026– | Botafogo | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia Carvalho (born 30 March 1987) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a winger. He is the current head coach of Brazilian club Botafogo.
Early career
Born in Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra District, Carvalho was a player for lowly local sides,[1] and retired at the age of 24 at Eirense to become an assistant coach at the club.[2] In 2013, he was also an assistant at Penelense, before leaving in the following year to Paços de Ferreira, as a scout.
Carvalho worked at Nogueirense also as a scout, and became an assistant manager at Académica de Coimbra in 2015. He became a fitness coach at Famalicão in the following year, before moving abroad in 2017 to work as a fitness trainer at South Korean side Gwangju.[3]
Belenenses SAD
Back to Portugal in the 2017 summer, Carvalho was an assistant at Braga's under-17 and under-19 squads, before moving to Belenenses SAD under the same role in January 2020. On 11 January 2022, he replaced Filipe Cândido at the helm of the first team,[4] signing an 18-month contract four days later.[5] On his professional debut on 13 January, the side lost 1–0 at Famalicão,[6] and finished the season relegated in last place; he then quoted the late manager Vítor Oliveira that "a new life begins a month or two from now".[7]
Assistant
On 19 May 2022, Carvalho left Belenenses SAD to be Artur Jorge's assistant on a two-year deal back at Braga.[8] He followed Artur Jorge to Botafogo and Al-Rayyan, under the same role.
Botafogo
On 2 April 2026, Carvalho returned to Brazil and Botafogo, now as the head coach of the club.[9]
