Rui Sim-Sim

Rui Bernardino Matado Sim-Sim (1934 – 8 August 2013) was a Portuguese football player and manager.

Born in Almada, Sim-Sim played for local Cova da Piedade before joining Braga. In 1965–66, his final season as a player, he was assistant manager to Manuel Palmeira, who had replaced José Valle halfway through the campaign.^[1] On 22 May 1966, Braga won their first Taça de Portugal with a 1–0 win over Vitória de Setúbal; Sim-Sim is described by different sources as either Palmeira's assistant,^[1] a joint manager,^[2] or the manager of the side.^[3] A January 2013 retrospective by the University of Minho makes no reference to Sim-Sim, referring only to Palmeira as manager.^[4] Carlos Canário, captain of the winning team, told Record in 2015 "It happened because we, in the Taça de Portugal, having already finished the league campaign, created a strong mentality with the new manager, Rui Sim-Sim, who was our teammate and ended up taking over the team".^[5]