Tengarrinha has worked on the coaching staff of FC Barreirense's men's team.[1] He started working in women's football in 2020, leading Amora F.C.'s women's team to promotion to the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.[2] In the 2021–22 season, he was the head coach of Torreense.
Tengarrinha then moved to Damaiense, which he also guided to top-flight promotion. Under Tengarrinha's guidance, Damaiense finished the Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino season undefeated en route to its promotion.[3] The following season, he coached Damaiense to a fifth-place finish in the club's first season in the Campeonato Nacional.[4][5]
In July 2023, Tengarrinha was announced at S.C. Braga.[4] Although he was touted as the club's new head coach, Tengarrinha was initially officially listed as an assistant coach due to his lack of sufficient coaching certification.[6] In February 2024, Tengarrinha and his coaching staff at Braga were collectively terminated.[7] Up to the point of his firing, Tengarrinha had led the club to third place in the Campeonato Nacional standings, winning 8 of 16 matches.[7][8]
Tengarrinha returned to Damaiense in July 2024, this time as the club's sporting director.[9] Three months later, he returned to coaching, assuming his old post as Damaiense manager following the departure of Thorlakur Arnason.[10] Tengarrinha spent eight months at Damaiense before parting ways with the club in June 2025, one year before the slated expiration of his contract.[11] He left Portugal having won 58 of the 109 games he managed since the start of his career.[12]
On 5 August 2025, Tengarrinha was announced as the new head coach of USL Super League team Brooklyn FC.[13] In his first game in charge, he piloted Brooklyn to a 2–1 win over reigning champions Tampa Bay Sun to open the season on a high note.[14] Brooklyn then went winless for over two months before beating DC Power FC on 8 November 2025.[15]
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