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'''José Fernando Casal Rachão''' (born 15 September 1952) is a Portuguese former ] player and manager.
'''José Fernando Casal Rachão''' (born 15 September 1952) is a Portuguese former ] player and manager.
A ], he was a youth player at ], and retired from playing at age 30 to start his managerial career. He only managed in the ] with ] in ] and ] in 2005, winning the ] for the latter by defeating Benfica in the ].
A ], he was a youth player at ], and retired from playing at age 30 to start his managerial career, which included 27 clubs over nearly 40 years. He only managed in the ] with ] in ] and ] in 2005, winning the ] for the latter by defeating Benfica in the ].
From 2006 to 2012, Rachão worked in the ], in the top divisions of football in Kuwait, Libya, Syria and Saudi Arabia. He won the ] with ] in ].
From 2006 to 2012, Rachão worked in the ], in the top divisions of football in Kuwait, Libya, Syria and Saudi Arabia. He won the ] with ] in ].
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==Managerial career==
==Managerial career==
===Early years and Vitória Setúbal===
Rachão's managerial career began in 1983 at ], his last club as a player, having been chosen by his teammates.<ref name=palmas/> In 1978, he had been player-manager at ] aged 26.<ref name=palmas/>
Rachão's managerial career began in 1983 at ], his last club as a player, having been chosen by his teammates.<ref name=palmas/> In 1978, he had been player-manager at ] aged 26.<ref name=palmas/>
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Rachão set his targets as helping the club avoid relegation, and to reach the final of the ], where they were in the quarter-finals.<ref name=vou/> His debut on 13 February 2005 was a 1–1 draw away to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=José Rachão desejava mais|trans-title=José Rachão wanted more |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/jose-rachao-desejava-mais |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=14 February 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> By reaching the ], the club qualified for the ], as opponents Benfica had made the ];<ref>{{cite news |title=Na Taça UEFA com orgulho|trans-title=In the UEFA Cup with pride|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/na-taca-uefa-com-orgulho |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=16 May 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> in the decisive match on 29 May, the club recovered from conceding an early ] by ] to win 2–1 for their first cup in 38 years, preventing the adversaries from winning the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=V. Setúbal impede dobradinha do Benfica|trans-title=V. Setúbal impede Benfica's double |url=https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/taca/portugal/v-setubal-impede-dobradinha-do-benfica |access-date=29 December 2024 |agency=Lusa |publisher=] |date=30 May 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> Despite this honour, his contract was not renewed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adeus emocionado a José Rachão|trans-title=Emotional farewell to José Rachão|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/adeus-emocionado-a-jose-rachao |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=2 June 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
Rachão set his targets as helping the club avoid relegation, and to reach the final of the ], where they were in the quarter-finals.<ref name=vou/> His debut on 13 February 2005 was a 1–1 draw away to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=José Rachão desejava mais|trans-title=José Rachão wanted more |url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/jose-rachao-desejava-mais |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=14 February 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> By reaching the ], the club qualified for the ], as opponents Benfica had made the ];<ref>{{cite news |title=Na Taça UEFA com orgulho|trans-title=In the UEFA Cup with pride|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/na-taca-uefa-com-orgulho |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=16 May 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> in the decisive match on 29 May, the club recovered from conceding an early ] by ] to win 2–1 for their first cup in 38 years, preventing the adversaries from winning the ].<ref>{{cite news |title=V. Setúbal impede dobradinha do Benfica|trans-title=V. Setúbal impede Benfica's double |url=https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/taca/portugal/v-setubal-impede-dobradinha-do-benfica |access-date=29 December 2024 |agency=Lusa |publisher=] |date=30 May 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> Despite this honour, his contract was not renewed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adeus emocionado a José Rachão|trans-title=Emotional farewell to José Rachão|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/v--setubal/detalhe/adeus-emocionado-a-jose-rachao |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=2 June 2005 |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
===Years abroad===
After leaving Vitória, Rachão was manager of ] before moving abroad for the first time in his career, to ] of the ] in 2006. After two years there, he signed for ] from ], Libya's most successful club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rachão no Al Ittihad da Líbia|trans-title=Rachão to Al-Ittihad of Libya |url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/rachao-no-al-ittihad-da-libia |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=30 July 2008 |language=Portuguese|work=]}}</ref> He won the ] in his ] in North Africa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Artur Jorge numa lista de luxo: os treinadores campeões lá fora|trans-title=Artur Jorge on a luxury list: champion managers abroad|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/brasil/botafogo/artur-jorge-numa-lista-de-luxo-os-treinadores-campeoes-la-fora |access-date=29 December 2024 |publisher=] |date=8 December 2024 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> Rachão befriended ], owner of the club and son of the Libyan leader ]; he said that after leaving the club he was invited to go underwater diving with his former employer, but turned down the invitation by joking that it would be an assassination attempt.<ref name=mais/>
After leaving Vitória, Rachão was manager of ] before moving abroad for the first time in his career, to ] of the ] in 2006. After two years there, he signed for ] from ], Libya's most successful club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rachão no Al Ittihad da Líbia|trans-title=Rachão to Al-Ittihad of Libya |url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/rachao-no-al-ittihad-da-libia |access-date=29 December 2024 |date=30 July 2008 |language=Portuguese|work=]}}</ref> He won the ] in his ] in North Africa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Artur Jorge numa lista de luxo: os treinadores campeões lá fora|trans-title=Artur Jorge on a luxury list: champion managers abroad|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/brasil/botafogo/artur-jorge-numa-lista-de-luxo-os-treinadores-campeoes-la-fora |access-date=29 December 2024 |publisher=] |date=8 December 2024 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> Rachão befriended ], owner of the club and son of the Libyan leader ]; he said that after leaving the club he was invited to go underwater diving with his former employer, but turned down the invitation by joking that it would be an assassination attempt.<ref name=mais/>
In 2009, Rachão joined ] in Syria.<ref>{{cite news |title=José Rachão troca Líbia pela Síria|trans-title=José Rachão swaps Libya for Syria|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/jose-rachao-troca-libia-pela-siria |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=23 August 2009 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> He left both ] and ] before both countries fell into civil war, which led to jokes from friends when he returned to Kuwait.<ref name=mais/>
In 2009, Rachão joined ] in Syria.<ref>{{cite news |title=José Rachão troca Líbia pela Síria|trans-title=José Rachão swaps Libya for Syria|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/detalhe/jose-rachao-troca-libia-pela-siria |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=] |date=23 August 2009 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> He left both ] and ] before both countries fell into civil war, which led to jokes from friends when he returned to Kuwait.<ref name=mais/>
===Return to Portugal===
Rachão was hired at ] in February 2017. It was his first job since leaving Saudi Arabia's ] in 2013, his first in Portugal since 2005 and a return to the club he had left in 1990, now in the ]'s district league.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Silva |first1=Flávio Miguel |title=José Rachão regressa ao futebol para comandar o Águeda|trans-title=José Rachão returns to football to lead Águeda|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/detalhe/jose-rachao-regressa-ao-futebol-para-comandar-o-agueda |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=] |date=2 February 2017 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> He won promotion to the third-tier ], where at 65 he was the oldest manager in a national division in the country.<ref name=mais/>
Rachão moved to his hometown club Peniche in the same league in ]. He left by mutual consent in March after winning four and losing eight of 19 games, putting the team in the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grupo Desportivo de Peniche: treinador sai, novo presidente eleito|trans-title=Grupo Desportivo de Peniche: manager leaves, new president elected|url=https://102fmradio.weebly.com/notiacutecias/grupo-desportivo-de-peniche-treinador-sai-novo-presidente-eleito |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=102 FM Rádio Peniche |date=21 March 2019 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> On 13 June 2019, he was appointed at Montijo, the 27th club in his career.<ref>{{cite news |title=OFICIAL: Rachão no Montijo para treinar o 27.º clube da carreira|trans-title=OFFICIAL: Rachão to Montijo to manage the 27th club of his career|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/campeonato-de-portugal/jose-rachao/oficial-rachao-no-montijo-para-treinar-o-27-clube-da-carreira |access-date=1 January 2025 |publisher=Mais Futebol |date=13 June 2019 |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
Latest revision as of 14:44, 1 January 2025
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Casal and the second or paternal family name is Rachão.
José Fernando Casal Rachão (born 15 September 1952) is a Portuguese former football player and manager.
A midfielder, he was a youth player at Benfica, and retired from playing at age 30 to start his managerial career, which included 27 clubs over nearly 40 years. He only managed in the Primeira Liga with Fafe in 1988–89 and Vitória de Setúbal in 2005, winning the Taça de Portugal for the latter by defeating Benfica in the final.
Born in Peniche in the Leiria District, Rachão signed for S.L. Benfica when he was 14. The Lisbon-based club paid G.D. Peniche 50,000 Portuguese escudos for his transfer, as well as providing his food and education; he moved to the capital alone as his father, a director of the local club, did not approve of the deal.
Rachão's managerial career began in 1983 at Leixões S.C., his last club as a player, having been chosen by his teammates. In 1978, he had been player-manager at Académico de Viseu F.C. aged 26.
At the start of February 2005, Vitória de Setúbal manager José Couceiro moved to FC Porto, and 52-year-old Rachão was hired in his place until the end of the season, with one more year as an option. He had played for the club in 1978–79 and arrived from third-tierS.C.U. Torreense, having managed 18 clubs but only having Primeira Liga experience at AD Fafe in 1988–89 – that club's only season in the top flight. Rachão had local connections, with his mother being from Setúbal and his wife and daughters being from Montijo in the same district.
Rachão set his targets as helping the club avoid relegation, and to reach the final of the Taça de Portugal, where they were in the quarter-finals. His debut on 13 February 2005 was a 1–1 draw away to S.C. Beira-Mar. By reaching the cup final, the club qualified for the UEFA Cup, as opponents Benfica had made the UEFA Champions League; in the decisive match on 29 May, the club recovered from conceding an early penalty kick by Simão Sabrosa to win 2–1 for their first cup in 38 years, preventing the adversaries from winning the double. Despite this honour, his contract was not renewed.
Years abroad
After leaving Vitória, Rachão was manager of União da Madeira before moving abroad for the first time in his career, to Al-Arabi SC of the Kuwait Premier League in 2006. After two years there, he signed for Al-Ittihad Club from Tripoli, Libya's most successful club. He won the Libyan Premier League in his only season in North Africa. Rachão befriended Muhammad Gaddafi, owner of the club and son of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi; he said that after leaving the club he was invited to go underwater diving with his former employer, but turned down the invitation by joking that it would be an assassination attempt.
In 2009, Rachão joined Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo in Syria. He left both Libya and Syria before both countries fell into civil war, which led to jokes from friends when he returned to Kuwait.
Return to Portugal
Rachão was hired at R.D. Águeda in February 2017. It was his first job since leaving Saudi Arabia's Abha Club in 2013, his first in Portugal since 2005 and a return to the club he had left in 1990, now in the Aveiro Football Association's district league. He won promotion to the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal, where at 65 he was the oldest manager in a national division in the country.
Rachão moved to his hometown club Peniche in the same league in 2018–19. He left by mutual consent in March after winning four and losing eight of 19 games, putting the team in the relegation zone. On 13 June 2019, he was appointed at Montijo, the 27th club in his career.
