Coach Bernardo Tavares
Bernardo Tavares is a young but experienced Portuguese coach with a UEFA PRO license since 2013. He graduated in High-Performance Sports Training in Football and former football player. Bernardo is young and a responsible coach already with 20 years of coaching experience.
Coach Bernardo has all the requirements that a club may need. He has the technical know-how, the experience, and the ability to adapt to a new country and a new culture. He has worked in 7 different countries, in 7 Premier Leagues (Portugal, Bahrain, Oman, Tanzania, Maldives, Macau – China, and India. It is important to add that he has been successful in all of them.
At the beginning of his career, he worked at all youth levels, including in the three best Portuguese academies: SL Benfica, FC Porto, and Sporting CP. He worked as head coach of the youth teams, as well as the Assistant Coach or Physical Coach or Goalkeeper Coach or Scout in the first teams of the professional leagues.
He has experience in various roles within the coaching staff which allows him, as Head Coach, to know what he wants from his coaching staff. He worked or did internships with great coaches, which allow him to have a good “know-how” at the level of the best coaches in the world.
PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
Futebol Clube Paços Ferreira: 2014 (Head Coach Paulo Fonseca)
Sporting Clube Portugal: 2008 (Head Coach Paulo Bento)
Real Madrid: 2004 (Head Coach Carlos Queiroz and José Peseiro)
União de Leiria: 2001 (Head Coach José Mourinho)
Portuguese National Team: 2001/2013 (U14; U16; U18; U20; U21 and First Team)
Experience as Head Coach of professional teams in EUROPE, ASIA, and AFRICA.
WON 9 TROPHIES
1 Goa Professional League (India) 2019-2020 (Last time the club won it was in 2008)
1 Macau Premier League (China) 2018
1 Super Cup “Bolinha” Hong Kong/Macau 2018
1 Maldives Premier League 2017
1 President’s Cup Maldives 2017
1 FA Cup in Maldives 2017
2 AFL Cups in Portugal 2005 and 2006
1 Youth League in Portugal 2009
* Saved 11 teams from relegation
3 years experience AFC – Asian Football Confederation
AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2014 – Al Hidd of Bahrain (2nd Qualification AFC Champions League)
2015 – Al Nahda Club of Oman (2nd Qualification AFC Champions League)
AFC CUP
2014 – Al Hidd of Bahrain (AFC QUARTER FINALS Cup)
2015- Al Nahda Club of Oman (3rd in Group A)
2018 – Benfica of Macau (Macau, China) (2nd place in Group I (6 games, 4 wins) 1st time a Macau club has reached the group stage of the AFC Cup.
I speak Portuguese, English, and Spanish. (Some knowledge of French, Arabic, German and Italian).
Transfer Markt:
www.transfermarkt.com/bernardo-tavares/profil/trainer/33571
