Luís Freire

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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Batalha and the second or paternal family name is Freire.

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Luís Freire
File:Luís Freire, treinador do Rio Ave.png
Freire as manager of Rio Ave in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luís Carlos Batalha Freire
Date of birth (1985-11-03) 3 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Ericeira, Portugal
Team information
Current team
 Rio Ave (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2012–2015 Ericeirense
2015–2017 Pêro Pinheiro
2017–2018 Mafra
2018–2019 Estoril Praia
2019–2021 Nacional
2021– Rio Ave

Luís Carlos Batalha Freire (born 3 November 1985) is a Portuguese professional football manager, currently manager of Rio Ave.

Beginning as a manager in amateur football in his 20s, he won six promotions in his first eight seasons, including as champions of the Campeonato de Portugal with Mafra in 2018. In 2020, he reached the Primeira Liga with Nacional, and did the same with Rio Ave two years later as champions of Liga Portugal 2.

Managerial career

Early career

Freire was born in Ericeira, Mafra, Lisbon District. He played as a defender in the youth academy of G.D.U. Ericeirense and C.D. Mafra, but quit football when he began studying at the University of Évora in 2005. While studying, Freire started training local athletes at Juventude Sport Clube. To gain visibility, he started scouting at Mafra, C.D. Tondela, and then Clube Oriental de Lisboa, taking on assistant duties as well. Freire returned to university to study his Master's degree and started training his local side Ericeirense, as well as teaching on the side. When he received an offer to scout at S.C. Covilhã, Ericeirense offered him a managerial position for the first time in his career. He managed to achieve promotion, and joined C.A. Pêro Pinheiro where he was promoted again.[1]

Freire's record of four promotions in his first five seasons of senior management earned him the nicknames of "The Poor Man's Vítor Oliveira" (after a specialist in promotion to Primeira Liga) and "The Mourinho of Promotions".[2] In 2017, he managed for the first time in the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal, winning promotion as champions with a 2–1 final win over S.C. Farense on 10 June 2018.[3]

Estoril

The day after getting Mafra into LigaPro, Freire left for G.D. Estoril Praia of that league, with the aim of reaching the top flight.[4] On 29 July 2018, in his first match in professional football, his side beat Farense 2–0 away to reach the group stage of the Taça da Liga;[5] on his league debut on 11 August the team won 4–0 at home to FC Porto B.[6] He left on 21 January 2019 after a run of three losses and a draw.[7]

Nacional

On 27 May 2019, Freire signed a one-year deal with C.D. Nacional, recently relegated to the second tier.[8] The team were in first place when the season was abandoned prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning Freire had a record of 6 promotions in his first 8 seasons as a manager. In 2020–21, 34-year-old Freire was the youngest manager in that season of the Primeira Liga.[9]

Freire made his top-flight debut on 20 September in a 3–3 home draw with Boavista FC.[10][11] He left the club on 21 March 2021 after six consecutive defeats left them one point above the relegation zone.[12]

Rio Ave

Freire returned to work on 29 June 2021, signing for newly relegated Rio Ave F.C. on a one-year deal.[13] In his first season, he helped them bounce back as champions.[14]

In June 2022, Freire signed for two more years with the club from Vila do Conde.[15] On 28 August, his team won 3–1 at home to reigning champions FC Porto for a first league victory,[16] though on 16 October they were knocked out of the third round of the Taça de Portugal 3–2 at third-tier F.C. Oliveira do Hospital;[17]

Managerial statistics

As of 5 November 2023[18][19]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ericeirense 1 July 2012 30 June 2015 94 48 16 30 145 108 +37 51.06
Pêro Pinheiro 1 July 2015 23 May 2017 65 43 15 7 116 40 +76 66.15
Mafra 23 May 2017 11 June 2018 40 27 9 4 76 29 +47 67.50
Estoril Praia 11 June 2018 21 January 2019 24 13 4 7 36 23 +13 54.17
Nacional 27 May 2019 21 March 2021 53 21 15 17 68 61 +7 39.62
Rio Ave 29 June 2021 Present 94 40 22 32 122 110 +12 42.55
Career totals 370 192 81 97 563 371 +192 51.89

Honours

Mafra

Rio Ave

References

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  18. ↑ Luís Freire coach profile at Soccerway
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