After completing his accreditation in 2005, Domingos resumed his career as a manager, notably helping Braga reach the 2011 Europa League final.

A FC Porto trainee since he was 13,[1] Domingos was born in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, and proved to be an above-average scorer despite being physically weak.

[3] For 1997–98, Domingos moved to the Canary Islands' CD Tenerife,[4] one year after Porto signed prolific striker Mário Jardel.

There, he teamed up with Roy Makaay, but never fully adapted to La Liga, netting only once in his final season – which ended in relegation[5]– in a 1–2 home loss to Deportivo Alavés.

[7] With Portugal, Domingos scored nine goals in 34 appearances,[8] including one against Croatia at UEFA Euro 1996 as the national team reached the quarter-finals.

Despite a good work overall, leading the team to a seventh-place finish in the top flight, Paciência left the club before the end of the season after having fallen out with its president and player Adriano Rossato.

[20][21][22] On 30 December 2012, Paciência signed a contract with Spanish top division club Deportivo de La Coruña, as the Galicians struggled at the bottom of the table.

[30] On 21 May 2015, Paciência agreed terms with reigning Cypriot champions APOEL FC, replacing Thorsten Fink who was fired on 11 May at the conclusion of the season.

[31] After only three months in charge, his contract was terminated following failure to reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League after being eliminated by FC Astana, as well as defeat in the Cypriot Super Cup to AEL Limassol.