Fernando Santos

Portuguese football manager

  • Fame59.3
  • Momentum20.5
  • Portugal rank#101
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  • Fame59.3
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  • Portugal rank#101
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Born 1954 · age 72Portugal
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  • Wikipedia
    48 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Portugal
    #101
    Footballers
  • Age
    72
    Born 1954
  • Known for
    To Die Like a Man
    2009
Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

He coached Portugal to the country's first two major trophies — Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League — after spending most of his playing career as a left-back at Estoril and the 2000s managing clubs in Greece.

Biography

About

Born 10 October 1954, Fernando Santos played 161 Primeira Liga matches over eight seasons, almost entirely with Estoril, before retiring and returning there as a coach in 1988. He managed Portugal's Big Three, collecting five major titles with Porto, then spent most of the 2000s in Greece with AEK Athens and PAOK. Appointed Greece manager in 2010, he led them through a World Cup and a European Championship before taking the Portugal job. There he delivered Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League — the nation's first two major tournament wins — and left in 2022. A year managing Poland ended in di…

Deep cuts

Teams

Low confidence
  • G.D. Estoril Praia
    1980–1987
  • C.S. Marítimo
    1979–1980
  • G.D. Estoril Praia
    1973–1979
  • S.L. Benfica
    1971–1973
19711987
Deep cuts

Season stats

Low confidence
1980–1987651
1979–1980260
1973–1979912
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Awards

Low confidence
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of Portugal
  • honorary doctor of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
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Platforms

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Score breakdown

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Fame
Rising
59.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum20.5
Historical24.6
Now attention96.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
Country rank
#101
Category rank
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence