| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Crispim dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS FAR (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2002–2005 | Alverca under-19 | ||
| 2018 | Real Massamá | ||
| 2018 | Estoril under-23 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sporting CP under-23 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Alverca | ||
| 2021–2024 | Petro Luanda | ||
| 2024 | Sfaxien | ||
| 2025– | AS FAR | ||
Alexandre Crispim dos Santos (born 18 November 1976) is a Portuguese football manager. He is the current manager of Moroccan Botola Pro club AS FAR.
He spent several years as assistant to José Peseiro at clubs such as Braga, Porto and various teams in the Arab world. In 2021, he was appointed at Petro de Luanda, where he won the Girabola and Taça de Angola double in each of his three seasons.
Santos was born in Lisbon as the son of two workers of a foundry in Vila Franca de Xira, and grew up in Alhandra, a parish of the latter city. His father later got a job in sports with the city council, inspiring Santos to become a physical education teacher. [1]
Santos managed F.C. Alverca's under-19 team from 2002 to 2005. [2] He then worked as a fitness coach at G.D. Estoril Praia in the following season, [3] and became an assistant to Daúto Faquirá at C.F. Estrela da Amadora and Vitória de Setúbal. [4] [5]
In August 2010, compatriot manager José Peseiro named Santos as assistant on the Saudi Arabia national team. [6] He spent most of the 2010s as Peseiro's assistant at home and in the Middle East, with roles at S.C. Braga, Al Wahda FC, Al Ahly SC, FC Porto, Braga again, and Sharjah FC. [7]
On 22 January 2018, 41-year-old Santos was given his first job as a senior head coach, at Real S.C. who were in last place in Portugal's second tier. [8] For the following season, he returned to Estoril as under-23 manager; [3] with the team in 4th place, he moved to the same role at 6th-placed Sporting CP on 13 December 2018, succeeding Tiago Fernandes. [9]
In June 2019, Santos went back to assistant roles abroad, signing for French Ligue 2 club SM Caen under Portuguese manager Rui Almeida. [10] The staff were sacked nine games into the season. [11] On 29 December, he went back to head coach roles in his country, returning to Alverca. [2] He resigned on 1 February 2021, with the team second-placed in their group in the Campeonato de Portugal. [12]
On 23 August 2021, Santos was appointed at Atlético Petróleos de Luanda in the Angolan Girabola. [13] His team won a double of league and Taça de Angola in each of his three seasons. [14] [15] [16]
At the end of June 2024, Santos agreed to become the new manager of CS Sfaxien in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. [17] He left the following 6 January, having lost his last six games, with the team 9th in the domestic league and without a point in the CAF Confederation Cup. [18]
Remaining in North Africa, Santos signed for Morocco's AS FAR on 9 February 2025, succeeding Hubert Velud at a club ranked second in the Botola Pro and awaiting the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League. [19]
Petro Luanda
AS FAR