Nelson Marques Jardim (born 4 January 1979) is a Portuguese football manager who is the head coach of EFL League Two club Newport County.
[2] Born in Funchal, Jardim began his career with the B-side of the under-13 squad of Leixões in 1999.
[3] In 2006, after another senior experience at the helm of CF Caniçal, Jardim joined Marítimo as a coach of the under-17 team.
During his two-year spell, he won two regional titles and also worked as an assistant of Nélson Caldeira and Mitchell van der Gaag in the B-team.
[6] In August 2020, he was announced as a part of Aitor Karanka's new backroom staff at Birmingham City.