Nuno Fernando Gonçalves da Rocha (born 21 February 1972), known as Capucho (Portuguese pronunciation:[kɐˈpuʃu]), is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger, currently a manager.
Blessed with both scoring and dribbling ability alike, he also displayed good defensive and tackling skills.[1] His 15-year career was mainly associated with Porto (although he also represented Sporting CP), with which he won a total of 13 major titles, having appeared in 368 Primeira Liga games over 13 seasons, scoring 59 goals.
Capucho returned to Porto in the summer of 2007, being charged with training its junior sides for several years. His first job at the professional level occurred in 2015–16, when he led newly promoted Varzim S.C. to the ninth place (from 24 teams) in the Segunda Liga. He subsequently moved to the top flight with neighbours Rio Ave FC,[12] being fired on 10 November 2016 due to poor results.[13]
In October 2017, Capucho returned to Varzim.[14] He left in December of the following year, by mutual consent.[15]
On 8 April 2019, Capucho was appointed at C.D. Mafra who were eighth in the second division following a run of nine games without a win that cost the job of Filipe Pedro.[16] He won one and drew two of their five remaining matches, then chose to part ways.[17]
Capucho succeeded Daúto Faquirá at S.C. Covilhã on 25 September 2020, after they lost their first three games of the new season.[18] He left the following 9 February, with the team three points above the relegation zone despite a fixture backlog; he had started with a seven-game unbeaten run and concluded with an eight-game winless streak.[19]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[20][21]