Nelo Vingada

[citation needed] In the 1986–87 season, Vingada was appointed as an assistant manager for Portugal U-20 along with Carlos Queiroz.

[citation needed] Vingada was appointed as a head manager for Portugal U-20 and his team participated in 1995 World Youth Championship.

[citation needed] The Portugal Olympic football team under his management participated in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and after a win over Tunisia (2–0) and 1–1 draws against Argentina and the United States, they ended in second place in Group A with the same points and goal difference as the first-placed Argentinians (but with lesser goals scored).

[citation needed] On 9 February 2009, Vingada was officially appointed as head manager of Iranian football side Persepolis.

[7] On 24 June 2009 he was named as head manager Vitória S.C. in his homeland Portugal and on 7 October 2009 was sacked after four months due to poor results.

On 5 December 2010, after winning a game for 2–1, he became the Champion of South Korea, it was the first time in ten years for FC Seoul.

[12][13] Vingada became head manager of Chinese Super League side Dalian Shide on 28 August 2011.

[18] In July 2016, it was announced that he will be the new head coach of the North East United FC, part of the Indian Super League.

[22][23] On 11 January 2019, Vingada rejoined the coaching staff of Iran national football team, who are participating in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, and reunite with Queiroz.

[24] On 18 January 2019, it was announced that Vingada would be the new head coach of Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League after the club sacked David James due to poor performances.

In 2020, Vingada became the technical director of the Egyptian national team, a position he held until April 2022, following the dismissal of head coach Carlos Queiroz.