Luís Castro (footballer, born 1961)
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Castro as manager of Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Manuel Ribeiro de Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 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.