Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira (born 22 December 1978), known simply as Abel as a player, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Brazilian club Palmeiras.
As a right-back, he played 234 Primeira Liga matches over 11 seasons (three goals), with Vitória de Guimarães, Braga and Sporting CP. With Sporting, he won two Taça de Portugal and as many Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, in a 14-year professional career.
Ferreira started working as a manager in 2013, being in charge of Sporting CP B, Braga B, Braga, PAOK and Palmeiras. With the latter club, he won the Copa do Brasil in 2020, two successive Copa Libertadores in 2020 and 2021 and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2022 and 2023. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
| Sporting Lisbon U19 | 12/13 | | Sporting Lisbon B | 13/14 | Segunda Liga 13/14 | 4 | | Braga B | 15/17 | | Braga | 16 | Primeira 16/17 | 1 | | Braga | 17/19 | Primeira 16/17 | 4 | Europa Qualif 17/18 | 4 | Primeira 17/18 | 34 | Europa League 17/18 | 8 | Europa Qualif 18/19 | 2 | Primeira 18/19 | 34 | | PAOK | 19/20 | Champ Qualif 19/20 | 2 | Europa Qualif 19/20 | 2 | Super League 19/20 | 36 | Champ Qualif 20/21 | 4 | Super League 20/21 | 5 | Europa League 20/21 | 2 | | Palmeiras | 20/now | Libertadores 20 | 7 | Brasileirão 20 | 20 | Club World Cup 20 | 2 | Libertadores 21 | 13 | Recopa 21 | 2 | Supercopa 21 | 1 | Brasileirão 21 | 38 | Club World Cup 21 | 2 | Libertadores 22 | 12 | Recopa 22 | 2 | Brasileirão 22 | 38 | Paulista A1 23 | 1 | Supercopa 23 | 1 | Libertadores 23 | 12 | Brasileirão 23 | 38 | Libertadores 24 | 8 | Brasileirão 24 | 36 |
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Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | M14 | 18Dec | | Sporting | | 0-1 | 4-4-2 | Initial team: Matheus, Baiano, R Ferreira, A Pinto, M Goiano, Alan, Xeka, Vukc', , R Horta, W Eduardo, R Fonte, | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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