Bruno Baltazar

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Nunes and the second or paternal family name is Baltazar.

Bruno Miguel Nunes Baltazar (born 6 July 1977) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

Bruno Baltazar

Bruno Baltazar in 2024.
Personal information
Full name	Bruno Miguel Nunes Baltazar
Date of birth	(1977-07-06) 6 July 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1992–1995	Sintrense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Sintrense	56	(2)
1999–2003	Odivelas	38	(5)
2003	Dresdner SC	12	(1)
2003–2004	Margate	2	(1)
2004	Fátima	11	(1)
2004–2005	Odivelas	30	(2)
2005–2006	Barreirense	7	(0)
2006–2007	Imortal	11	(0)
2007	Abrantes	9	(0)
2007–2008	Real Massamá	29	(3)
2008–2009	Digenis Morphou	21	(1)
2009–2010	Igreja Nova	9	(0)
2010–2011	Sintrense	26	(1)
Total		261	(17)
Managerial career
2011–2012	Sintrense (assistant)
2012–2013	Sintrense
2013	Atlético
2014	Philippines (assistant)
2014–2015	Casa Pia
2015–2016	El Jaish (assistant)
2016–2017	Olhanense
2017–2018	AEL Limassol
2018	APOEL
2019	Estoril
2019–2020	Nottingham Forest (assistant)
2021–2023	Rochester New York
2023	Botev Plovdiv
2024	Radomiak Radom
2024–2025	Caen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Lisbon, Baltazar started his career with local S.U. Sintrense after having already played youth football there. He then switched to Odivelas FC, representing both clubs in the third and fourth divisions and having his first adventure abroad with Dresdner SC in Germany's Regionalliga Nord.

Baltazar started the 2003–04 season still abroad, playing in the English Football Conference with Margate.^[1] He returned to his country in the following transfer window, joining C.D. Fátima in the third level, then spent a further campaign in that tier with former side Odivelas.

Baltazar's only experience in the professionals came in 2005–06, as he appeared in only seven Segunda Liga matches for F.C. Barreirense and also suffered relegation. He subsequently returned to the lower leagues, representing Imortal DC, Abrantes F.C. – he split the 2006–07 campaign between the two teams – and Real SC.

After another season abroad, with Digenis Akritas Morphou in the Cypriot Second Division, Baltazar returned to Portugal and joined G.D. Igreja Nova in the third division (team relegation and folding). In January 2010 he rejoined Sintrense in the fourth tier, retiring in June of the following year at the age of 34.

Coaching career

After announcing his retirement, Baltazar took up coaching, starting as assistant manager at his first club Sintrense. In the summer of 2012 he was promoted to head coach, guiding them to promotion to the third division.^[2]

In July 2013, Baltazar was appointed at second level side Atlético Clube de Portugal.^[3] His stay was however to be short-lived, as he was relieved of his duties after only one month.^[4]

Baltazar joined the Philippines national team coaching staff in April 2014, going on to work under Thomas Dooley.^[5] He returned to his country shortly after, signing with lowly Casa Pia A.C. as their manager.^[6]

In March 2017, after only three months in charge of S.C. Olhanense in the second tier,^[7] Baltazar moved to the Cypriot First Division with AEL Limassol.^[8] Roughly one year later, in the same capacity, he signed with fellow league club APOEL FC.^[9]

Baltazar returned to his country and its second division on 22 January 2019, being appointed at G.D. Estoril Praia.^[10] In June, however, he left to become part of the coaching setup at Nottingham Forest following the appointment of Sabri Lamouchi.^[11]

On 7 October 2020, Baltazar became the new coach of Al-Ain FC of the Saudi Professional League.^[12] Five days later, he announced he could not sign as he was not able to break his contractual relationship with Forest.^[13][14]

Baltazar was appointed head coach of Rochester New York FC on 14 December 2021, ahead of the inaugural MLS Next Pro season.^[15] It was announced on 3 January 2023 that he would be leaving the club after 1 season after agreeing to a fee with Bulgarian club Botev Plovdiv.^[16]

On 20 May 2024, Polish club Radomiak Radom appointed Baltazar as manager before the final game of the 2023–24 Ekstraklasa.^[17] Despite suffering a 1–3 loss to Widzew Łódź on 25 May,^[18] Radomiak avoided demotion and finished the season in 15th, one place above relegation spots.^[19] On 29 December 2024, Baltazar and Radomiak agreed to part ways after he received an offer from an unnamed club.^[20]

Later that day, he was revealed as the new manager of French Ligue 2 club Caen.^[21] He was sacked after failing to win a point in his first 7 matches.^[22]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 February 2025^[23]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Olhanense	28 October 2016	6 February 2017	13	3	4	6	13	21	−8	023.1
AEL Limassol	22 March 2017	5 March 2018	41	22	9	10	62	36	+26	053.7
APOEL	22 March 2018	17 September 2018	16	11	2	3	31	17	+14	068.8
Estoril	22 January 2019	30 June 2019	16	7	3	6	21	23	−2	043.8
Rochester New York	15 December 2021	2 January 2023	28	16	0	12	72	66	+6	057.1
Botev Plovdiv	3 January 2023	23 May 2023	15	3	4	8	13	20	−7	020.0
Radomiak Radom	20 May 2024	29 December 2024	21	7	2	12	25	32	−7	033.3
Caen	29 December 2024	18 February 2025	7	0	0	7	1	11	−10	000.0
Total			157	69	24	64	238	226	+12	043.9

Honours

Manager

APOEL

• Cypriot First Division: 2017–18^[24]