Rui Amorim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Miguel Félix Amorim Reis | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-04-08) 8 April 1977 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2000–2002 | Foz [pt] (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2008 | Canidelo [pt] | ||
| 2008–2010 | Pedras Rubras | ||
| 2010 | Ribeirão (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Boavista (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Mirandela | ||
| 2015–2016 | Benfica Castelo Branco | ||
| 2016 | Salgueiros | ||
| 2016 | Santa Clara | ||
| 2017–2018 | União Leiria | ||
| 2018–2019 | Vizela | ||
| 2019 | Fátima | ||
| 2021 | Condeixa | ||
| 2021–2022 | Salgueiros | ||
| 2023–2024 | Znojmo | ||
| 2024–2025 | Sreenidi Deccan | ||
| 2025– | Laçi | ||
Rui Miguel Félix Amorim Reis (born 8 April 1977) is a Portuguese football manager who is the head coach of Laçi in Albania.
He spent most of his career in the lower leagues of his country, with a brief spell in the second tier for Santa Clara in 2016. From 2023, he worked abroad, in the Czech Republic, India and Albania.
Born in Porto, Amorim was an assistant manager at Futebol Clube da Foz [pt], Boavista F.C. and G.D. Ribeirão, as well as a conditioning coach at Vilanovense F.C. and Varzim S.C. and manager of Sport Clube de Canidelo [pt] and F.C. Pedras Rubras.[1]
In 2014–15 and 2015–16 respectively, Amorim was the manager of SC Mirandela and Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco. He helped both teams to the promotion series of the Campeonato de Portugal.[2]
Amorim was hired at S.C. Salgueiros of his home city in July 2016.[1] On 6 October, he climbed up a level by being hired at C.D. Santa Clara of the LigaPro, when Quim Machado left after only two weeks.[3] Having won once in 11 games, he was replaced by Carlos Pinto two months later.[4]
On 18 January 2017, Amorim returned to the third tier at fourth-placed U.D. Leiria, signing an 18-month contract.[5] He won 15 and lost 3 games over the remainder of the season, although the club were placed in the relegation series.[6][7] By 8 October 2017, Leiria were the only team in Portugal's top three leagues to have won all their games (five in the league and two in the Taça de Portugal), as owner Alexander Tolstikov targeted a future place in European competitions.[6] The team however missed out on promotion after losing their playoff semi-final to C.D. Mafra on the away goals rule in May 2018.[8]
In June 2018, 41-year-old Amorim signed with F.C. Vizela and was tasked with winning promotion to the second tier.[9] His team fell in the playoff quarter-finals, again on the away goals rule, this time to U.D. Vilafranquense.[10]
Amorim returned to the Leiria District and signed for C.D. Fátima in 2019. He left by mutual consent on 21 November, with the club in 8th place after 11 games.[11]
On 26 January 2021, Amorim signed for Clube Condeixa for the remainder of the season.[12] He returned to Salgueiros for the following campaign. In April 2022, with his exit for disciplinary reasons not concluded, the team played their promotion series game away to Leça F.C. with no manager.[13]
In October 2023, Amorim moved for the first foreign job of his career, at 1. SC Znojmo FK of the Moravian-Silesian Football League, in the third tier of the Czech Republic. His squad featured nine compatriots and only one national.[14] He left in September 2024 and joined Sreenidi Deccan FC of India's I-League.[15] He was sacked in January, with the club in 9th place halfway through the season, with 3 wins and 11 points from 10 games.[16]
Amorim was appointed as head coach of KF Laçi in June 2025. The club had been relegated to the second tier of Albanian football for the first time in 16 years.[17]
References
- 1 2 Seixas, João Baptista (17 July 2016). "Rui Amorim é o novo treinador Salgueiros" [Rui Amorim is the new manager of Salgueiros]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Freire, Alcides (25 March 2018). "Leiria confirma a especialidade do treinador Rui Amorim" [Leiria confirm the specialism of manager Rui Amorim]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "OFICIAL: Rui Amorim é o novo treinador do Santa Clara" [OFFICIAL: Rui Amorim is the new manager of Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). TVI. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "Carlos Pinto substitui Rui Amorim no Santa Clara" [Carlos Pinto replaced Rui Amorim at Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "Rui Amorim é o novo treinador da U. Leiria" [Rui Amorim is the new manager of U. Leiria] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- 1 2 Cruz Martins, André (9 October 2017). "União de Leiria, o renascimento de um histórico do futebol português" [União de Leiria, the rebirth of a historic Portuguese football team]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Paulo, Marco (3 October 2017). "U. Leiria: Equipa de Amorim só sabe vencer" [U. Leiria: Amorim's team only knows how to win]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "Rui Amorim: "Fomos superiores a mais de 95 por cento dos adversários"" [Rui Amorim: "We were superior to more than 95 per cent of our opponents"]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "OFICIAL: Vizela contrata ex-treinador do U. Leiria" [OFFICIAL: Vizela sign ex-U. Leiria manager] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Seixas, João Baptista (2 June 2019). "Vizela-Vilafranquense, 3-1 (3-3 agregado): Vizela revive maldição ribatejana" [Vizela-Vilafranquense, 3-1 (3-3 aggregate): Vizela revive Ribatejo curse]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "Fátima SAD rescinde com treinador Rui Amorim" [Fátima SAD rescind with manager Rui Amorim]. Jornal de Leiria (in Portuguese). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Chambel, Ricardo (26 January 2021). "Rui Amorim assina pelo Condeixa" [Rui Amorim signs for Condeixa]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Matos, Diogo (24 April 2022). "Salgueiros vai a jogo com o Leça sem treinador no banco" [Salgueiros go to game with Leça without a manager on the bench]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Guerra, Francisco (16 June 2024). "Legião portuguesa no coração checo" [Portuguese legion in the Czech heart]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "I-League: Sreenidi Deccan FC appoints Rui Amorim as new head coach". Sportstar. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Choudhury, Srijon (26 January 2025). "FV Exclusive: Sreenidi Deccan FC sack coach Rui Amorim". Field Vision. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ↑ "Laçi entrusts the bench to a Portuguese, the Kurbinas introduce Amorim". Pamfleti. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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