Francisco Filho (footballer)

Francisco Filho
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Francisco Filho
Date of birth (1940-10-27) 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.