Armando Colaco
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Colaco (center) with Zico (left) in East Bengal club tent | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 June 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Panjim, Portuguese India | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1985 | Dempo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Sesa Goa | ||
| 1994–2000 | Churchill Brothers | ||
| 2000–2013 | Dempo | ||
| 2011 | India | ||
| 2013–2015 | East Bengal | ||
| 2016–2018 | Bardez | ||
| 2022– | Sporting Goa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Armando Colaço (born 22 June 1953) is an Indian football coach who is currently the head coach of Sporting Goa in the I-League 2. He is the most successful and longest serving coach in the history of the I-League club Dempo.
Heavily influenced by Ukrainian Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Colaco is the first I-League coach to guide an Indian team into the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, which he did in 2008. Colaco is widely regarded as one of India's best managers after the success he has enjoyed at Churchill Brothers and Dempo. He also managed football team of Goa in Santosh Trophy.