Luís Castro (footballer, born 1961)

Luís Castro
Castro as manager of Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019
Personal information
Full name Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro
Date of birth (1961-09-03) 3 September 1961
Place of birth Mondrões, Portugal
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
Grêmio (head coach)
Youth career
1976–1977 Vieirense
1977–1980 União Leiria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 União Leiria 1 (0)
1981–1982 Vieirense
1982–1985 União Leiria 46 (1)
1985–1987 Vitória Guimarães 1 (0)
1987–1989 Elvas 58 (0)
1989–1990 Fafe 6 (0)
1990–1997 Águeda 147 (3)
Total 259 (4)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Águeda
2000–2001 Mealhada
2001–2003 Estarreja
2003–2004 Sanjoanense
2004–2006 Penafiel
2013–2014 Porto B
2014 Porto
2014–2016 Porto B
2016–2017 Rio Ave
2017–2018 Chaves
2018–2019 Vitória Guimarães
2019–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk
2021–2022 Al-Duhail
2022–2023 Botafogo
2023–2024 Al-Nassr
2025 Al Wasl
2026– Grêmio
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro (born 3 September 1961) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current head coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

He played for Vitória de Guimarães and Elvas in the Primeira Liga but spent most of his career in the lower leagues. In a managerial career of over a quarter of a century, he led four teams in his nation's top flight, including briefly Porto where he won the second tier with the reserve team in 2016. He also won a Ukrainian Premier League title for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2020, and worked in Qatar, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.