Francisco Filho (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Francisco Filho | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Nîmes | 16 | (5) |
| 1967–1968 | Besançon | 25 | (8) |
| 1968–1972 | Boulogne | 106 | (38) |
| 1972 | Toulouse | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 150 | (51) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Mauritius | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joaquim Francisco Filho (born 27 October 1940), sometimes known simply as Francisco, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and coach. A midfielder, he spent 17 years as a footballer in Brazil, Venezuela, Portugal and France before going into coaching at the age of 33. After 29 years at Clairefontaine, the academy of the French Football Federation, Filho joined Manchester United as a youth coach in 2002. He retired as a coach in 2005, but returned to the game with the newly formed A.C. St. Louis in 2009.