Luís Castro (football manager, born 1980)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Castro.

Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro (born 7 May 1980) is a Portuguese football manager who is in charge of the French Ligue 2 club Dunkerque.

Luís Castro

Personal information
Full name	Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro
Date of birth	(1980-05-07) 7 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Moreira de Cónegos, Portugal
Team information
Current team	Dunkerque (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2019	Panetolikos
2022–2023	Benfica B
2023–	Dunkerque

Career

Castro was born in Moreira de Cónegos, Braga District, and began his managerial career with the under-10 squad at Vizela. In 2005, he was invited by Moreirense to be their youth coordinator and manager of the under-19 squad.^[1]

In 2009, after a year in charge of the under-14s of the Braga Football Association, Castro returned to Vizela. In 2011, he moved abroad and took over the under-15 team of Saudi club Al Nassr FC.

Castro returned to his home country in 2012, after being named manager of Vitória de Guimarães' under-15 squad. He then took over the under-19s and worked as a youth coordinator before moving to Hungary in July 2016, with Debreceni VSC.^[2]

In 2017, Castro returned to Vitória de Guimarães under the same role, and was also in charge of the under-23s in the 2018–19 season. On 30 May 2019, he was named manager of Super League Greece side Panetolikos.^[3][4]

On 11 October 2019, Castro was sacked by Panetolikos,^[5] and joined Benfica on 27 November, after being named manager of the under-23s.^[6] On 2 June 2022, after leading the under-19s to the UEFA Youth League title, he took over the B-team, before winning the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup with under-20s.^[7][8] In 2022–23, he led Benfica B to a 15th place in Liga Portugal 2, close to relegation.

On 26 September 2023 he was named new manager of Ligue 2 club USL Dunkerque.^[9]

Honours

Benfica^[10]

• Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2021–22
• UEFA Youth League: 2021–22
• Under-20 Intercontinental Cup: 2022

References

1. ""Dei aulas de natação, trabalhei com idosos... tenho um orgulho tremendo no meu percurso"" ["I gave swimming classes, worked with the elders... I have a big pride of my path"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Portugáliából kapott erősítést a Debreceni Labdarúgó Akadémia – videóval" [Debreceni Football Academy received reinforcements from Portugal - with video] (in Hungarian). Dehir. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. "Luís Castro deixa sub-23 do V. Guimarães para assumir Panetolikos" [Luís Castro leaves the under-23s of V. Guimarães to take over Panetolikos] (in Portuguese). Record. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
4. "Νέος προπονητής ο Λουίς Κάστρο" [Luís Castro is the new coach] (in Greek). Panetolikos FC. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
5. "Λύθηκε η συνεργασία με τον Λουίς Κάστρο" [The collaboration with Luís Castro has ended] (in Greek). Panetolikos FC. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
6. "Luís Castro é o novo treinador dos Sub-23" [Luís Castro is the new manager of the under-23s] (in Portuguese). SL Benfica. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
7. "Sub-20: a Taça Intercontinental é nossa!" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
8. "Oficial: Luís Castro é o novo treinador da equipa B do Benfica" [Official: Luís Castro is the new manager of the B-team of Benfica] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
9. "Football (Ligue 2) : Dunkerque se tourne vers le Portugais Luis castro". La Voix du Nord. 26 September 2023.
10. Luís Castro at Soccerway

External links

• Luís Castro coach profile at Soccerway