David Nascimento

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Sousaand the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.

David Nascimento

Nascimento with Utrecht in 2007
Personal information
Full name	David de Sousa Nascimento [1]
Date of birth	(1966-03-16) 16 March 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Cape Verde
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Jordan women (head coach)
Youth career
	Amora
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Amora
1985–1987	Vitória Setúbal
1987–1989	Barreirense
1989–1990	Vitória de Guimarães
1990–1991	Benfica e Castelo Branco
1991–1992	RKC	16	(1)
1992–1994	Roda JC	55	(0)
1994–1998	Utrecht	123	(5)
1998–2002	RKC Waalwijk	106	(4)
2002–2003	RBC Roosendaal	25	(1)
2003–2005	Sparta Rotterdam	37	(2)
Managerial career
2005	Sparta Rotterdam (caretaker)
2006–2009	Jong Utrecht
2010–2011	Sparta Nijkerk
2016	Malta U19
2018–2020	Eindhoven
2021–	Jordan women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David de Sousa Nascimento (born 16 March 1966), or simply Nascimento, is a Portuguese professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Jordan women's national team.

Born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, he is the first Cape Verdean that has a UEFA Pro License. He has had a long career as a professional player in both Portugal and the Netherlands, having played over 500 matches. Afterwards, he also worked in various managerial positions in the Netherlands, Mexico and South Africa.

Playing career

Nascimento started his career in Portugal. He turned professional at the age of 17 representing Vitória de Setúbal and Vitória de Guimarães a few years later. In the 1991–92 season, he decided to join Dutch Eredivisie club RKC. He stayed there one season, before moving on to Roda JC, during which period he was called up for the Portugal national team. ^[2] In 1994, he moved to Utrecht, where he played four seasons and grew into a key player. In the 1998–99 season – after Nascimento lost his place in the Utrecht starting line-up under head coach Mark Wotte – manager Martin Jol facilitated his return to RKC, where he was made team captain. ^[3] Three seasons later, he signed with RBC Roosendaal where he would stay for one season before joining Sparta Rotterdam. ^[4] There, he decided to retire from professional football player at the age of 38 having played over 500 official matches. ^[5]

Managerial career

Having ended his career as professional player, Nascimento started in season 2004–05 as coach of Sparta Rotterdam U15 team. With this team he won the Nike Tournament and therefore qualified to compete against other European Tournament winners such as Sporting CP, Manchester United and Juventus. ^[6] At the end of this season, Nascimento and Adri van Tiggelen took over from Sparta first-team coach Mike Snoei and were asked to lead Sparta to promotion to the Eredivisie. ^[7] Sparta won all their play-off matches resulting in a promotion to the highest level. The next season, Nascimento was an understudy to coach Louis van Gaal at AZ. ^[8] In the 2006–07 season, Nascimento became coach of the FC Utrecht U18 team, which finished in second place in the national competition for under-18 teams. ^[9] Also he was appointed first-team assistant by manager Foeke Booy, a position in which he stayed until the end of 2008. ^[10] In 2009, Nascimento received the highest coaching diploma, the UEFA Pro License. ^{[11] [12]}

On 22 October 2010, Nascimento was appointed new head coach of fourth-tier Topklasse club Sparta Nijkerk, succeeding the dismissed Raymond Schuurman. ^{[12] [13]} In the 2011–12 season, he became head of youth development for South African club Mamelodi Sundowns. ^[8] From June 2012 to February 2013, Nascimento was assistant to John van 't Schip at Mexican club Guadalajara. ^{[14] [8]} He shortly coached the Malta national under-19 team during the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. ^[15]

On 22 January 2018, Nascimento was appointed head coach of FC Eindhoven as successor to Wilfred van Leeuwen. ^[15] He signed a contract until the end of the 2017–18 season with an option to extend. ^[16] He was succeeded by Ernie Brandts in July 2019. ^[17]

In October 2021, Nascimento was appointed head coach of the Jordan women's national team. ^[18]

Executive career

On 7 May 2014, Cypriot side APOEL appointed Nascimento as the club's new technical director. ^[19] On 27 August 2014, his contract with APOEL was terminated by mutual consent. ^[20]

References

1. David Nascimento at WorldFootball.net
2. "David Sousa Nascimento (1966)". KENTUDEZENOG (in Dutch). 11 November 2011.
3. "Nascimento naar RKC Waalwijk". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 20 November 1998.
4. "RBC trekt Nascimento aan". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 31 May 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
5. "Nascimento stopt en gaat verder als trainer". soccernews.nl (in Dutch). 4 May 2005.
6. "Sparta heeft nieuwe trainer". Nijkerk Nieuws (in Dutch). 22 October 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
7. "Van Tiggelen leidt Sparta vijf duels". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 27 May 2005.
8. Jager, Nick de (27 January 2018). "De verloren jaren van nieuwbakken FC Eindhoven-coach David Nascimento". Elfvoetbal.nl (in Dutch).
9. "Nascimento nieuwe trainer Jong FC Utrecht". FCUpdate.nl (in Dutch). 21 March 2006.
10. "Nascimento twee jaar langer bij FC Utrecht". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 16 January 2007.
11. "Cursisten Coach Betaald Voetbal". De VoetbalTrainer (in Dutch). 6 May 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
12. "David Nascimento nieuwe trainer Sparta Nijkerk". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 26 October 2010.
13. "Nascimento maakt naam met Sparta Nijkerk". Het Parool (in Dutch). 10 November 2010.
14. "Ook Nascimento naar Chivas". NU (in Dutch). 9 May 2012.
15. Dal, Thomas (22 January 2018). "David Nascimento nieuwe hoofdtrainer FC Eindhoven". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
16. "FC Eindhoven stelt oud-verdediger Nascimento aan als trainer". NU (in Dutch). 22 January 2018.
17. Beek, Yvonne van (20 July 2019). "Trainerswissel bij Eindhoven: Ernie Brandts vervangt David Nascimento". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).
18. "Jordan women's national team appoint Nascimento on Road to India 2022". the-AFC. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
19. "Συμφωνία με Nascimento" [Agreement with Nascimento] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
20. "Λύση συνεργασίας με David Nascimento" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.