| Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos (born 10 October 1954) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the current coach of the Azerbaijan national team.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 161 games and two goals over eight seasons, almost always with Estoril. After retiring, he worked as a coach for several decades, starting out at his main club in 1988.
Santos managed Portugal's Big Three, winning five major titles with Porto. For the better part of the 2000s he worked in Greece, mainly with AEK Athens and PAOK. In 2010, he was appointed at the helm of the Greece national team, coaching them in a World Cup and one European Championship. Subsequently, he led Portugal to victory in the Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League, which were the first two major titles in the nation's history, before leaving in 2022. The following year, he took over as manager of Poland, being dismissed in September.
Following a brief spell back in club management with Besiktas, Santos became Azerbaijan coach in June 2024. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
|  Estoril Praia | 87/94 | | | Estrela da Amadora | 94/98 | | | FC Porto | 98/01 |  Champions 98/99 | 6 | | Champions 99/00 | 14 | |  AEK Athens | 01/02 | | | Panathinaikos | 02/03 | | | Sporting Lisbon | 03/04 | | | AEK Athens | 04/06 | | UEFA Cup 05/06 | 2 | | | Benfica | 06/07 | | Champ Qualif 06/07 | 2 | | Champions 06/07 | 6 | | Primeira 06/07 | 30 | | UEFA Cup 06/07 | 6 | | Champ Qualif 07/08 | 1 | | Primeira 07/08 | 1 | | | PAOK | 07/10 | | Super League 07/08 | 29 | | Greek Cup 08/09 | 4 | | Super League 08/09 | 30 | | Play-Offs 09 | 6 | | Europa Qualif 09/10 | 4 | | Super League 09/10 | 30 | | Greek Cup 09/10 | 3 | | | Greece | 10/14 | | Friendlies 10 | 2 | | Euro Qual 12 | 10 | | Friendlies 11 | 6 | | Friendlies 12 | 5 | | Euro 2012 12 | 4 | | Qualif WC 14 | 10 | | Friendlies 13 | 2 | | WC Qual playof 14 | 2 | | Friendlies 14 | 4 | | World Cup 14 | 4 | | | Portugal | 14/22 | | Friendlies 14 | 2 | | Euro Qual 16 | 7 | | Friendlies 15 | 5 | | Friendlies 16 | 5 | Euro 2016 16  | 7 | | World Cup Qual 18 | 10 | | Friendlies 17 | 4 | | Confed Cup 17 | 5 | | Friendlies 18 | 7 | | World Cup 18 | 4 | | Nations Lge A 18/19 | 6 | | Euro Qual 20 | 8 | | Friendlies 20 | 2 | | Nations Lge A 20/21 | 6 | | Friendlies 21 | 4 | | World Cup Qual 22 | 10 | | Euro 2020 20 | 4 | | Friendlies 22 | 1 | | Nations Lge A 22/23 | 6 | | World Cup 22 | 5 | |  Poland | 23 | | Friendlies 23 | 1 | | Euro Qual 24 | 5 | |  Beşiktaş | 24 | | Süper Lig 23/24 | 14 |
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1 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show
Lineups not confirmed are not included.
See also Team Substitutions
| Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | | M4 | 28Oct | | OFI | | 0-1 | missing lineup | | | M5 | 20Jan | | Pans kos | | 0-2 | 4-2-3-1 | Initial team: Chalkias, Arabatzis, Savini, Contreras, Lino, Vitolo, Sorlin, Kout'is, Fotakis, Cristiano, Edinho, | | | M6 | 02Feb | | PAS | | 4-0 | missing lineup | | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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