José Manuel Figueira (born 9 February 1982) is an English football coach, who is the current manager of Northern League club Auckland United.
Figueira initially began his career as a player, playing for the youth side of local club Crawley Town, but quit at the age of 19 to pursue a career in coaching, arriving in New Zealand in 2003 following a short stint coaching at the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion.
[6][7] He was reappointed in 2018, as well as being named assistant manager to Fritz Schmid for the New Zealand senior team.
[8][3] Despite a shock 5–0 loss to the Solomon Islands, Figueira and New Zealand lifted the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship title.
[9][10] In 2016, Figueira was announced as the new manager of defending ISPS Handa Premiership champions Team Wellington;[6][11] he immediately led them to another title in the 2016–17 season at his first attempt.