Clifford Miranda

Clifford Miranda
Personal information
Full name Clifford Rayes Miranda
Date of birth (1982-07-11) 11 July 1982
Place of birth Margao, Goa, India
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Chennaiyin (head coach)
Youth career
1996–2000 Tata FA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2015 Dempo 475 (56)
2014Goa (loan) 16 (2)
2015–2016 Atlético de Kolkata 16 (4)
2016Mumbai (loan) 16 (2)
2016 Minerva Punjab 18 (6)
2017–2018 Churchill Brothers 24 (6)
Total 565 (70)
International career
2005–2014 India 45 (6)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Goa Reserves
2019–2022 Goa (assistant)
2020–2022 Goa (interim)
2022–2023 Odisha (assistant)
2023 Odisha (interim)
2023–2024 Mohun Bagan SG (assistant)
2023–2024 India U23 (head coach)
2024–2025 Mumbai City (assistant)
2025– Chennaiyin
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clifford Rayes Miranda (born 11 July 1982) is an Indian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Indian Super League club Chennaiyin.

Miranda was an attacking midfielder who spent most of his career with Dempo in the National Football League and the I-League from 2000 to 2015. During his time with the Goan side, he won five league titles and four domestic cup honours. He was capped 45 times for the India national team from 2005 to 2014. He was a part of 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winning Indian team, thus qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup after 27 years. He also won two the SAFF Championship twice.

After retiring as a player, Miranda coached Goa Reserves and won the Goa Professional League title. He joined Goa an assistant coach in 2019, later took over the first-team as an in interim head coach in 2020 and won the league title. In 2022, Miranda was appointed as an assistant coach at Odisha. Promoted as an interim head coach in 2023, he won the Super Cup and qualification to AFC Cup group stage. In August 2023, he was appointed as the head coach of India national under-23 team.