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Sérgio Conceição Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição ( ; born 15 November 1974 ) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who mostly played as a right winger . He is the current manager of Porto . Throughout his career , he played for ten teams in five countries . After gaining international recognition with Porto he switched to Italy , where he appeared for three clubs . He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 97 games and 13 goals over four seasons , adding 136 matches and 13 goals in Serie A . Having won more than 50 caps for Portugal , Conceição represented the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship . In 2012 , he started working as a manager , winning two league titles for Porto and the double in 2019–20 . Playing career . Club . Born in Coimbra , Conceição began his career playing for the youth teams of hometowns Associação Académica . He started professionally in the second division , consecutively for F.C . Penafiel , Leça F.C . and F.C . Felgueiras , before moving to FC Porto in 1996 ; two highly successful years with the latter saw his runs down the right flank , combined with a good goalscoring record , help it to back-to-back Primeira Liga championships and a Taça de Portugal triumph . Conceição joined S.S . Lazio and played a significant part in their 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners Cup success , while also scoring five goals in 33 games in his first season in Serie A . He also helped the team to a Scudetto , a Coppa Italia ( in a 1999–2000 conquest of the double ) and the 1999 UEFA Super Cup . In July 2000 , Conceição transferred to Parma A.C . as a makeweight in Hernán Crespos transfer , along with Matías Almeyda . The following campaign , he was used in the same fashion in the transfer of Sébastien Frey , which saw him go to Inter Milan while Frey went in the other direction . After two seasons and a good number of starts , he would eventually leave Inter by mutual agreement and re-joined Lazio , leaving for former club Porto towards the end of 2003–04 , again by mutual agreement , and adding his third Portuguese national championship . In summer 2004 , Conceição signed for Belgiums Standard Liège on a one-year deal . He won the Belgian Golden Shoe for best player of the year in his first season . However , in March 2006 , he was banned for three years – the first 4.5 months of the ban taking effect immediately and the rest suspended– depending on good behaviour , for spitting on an opposing player and assaulting a referee . After the 2006–07 season , Conceição failed to win any silverware with Standard , finishing runner-up in 2005–06s league and losing the 2007 final of the Belgian Cup . He decided to move to Kuwait and Qadsia SC on an annual salary of €1.1 million but , quickly unsettled , left . In January 2008 , after failed deals in Portugal , Conceição agreed to join PAOK FC in Greece , signing an 18-month contract . His unlikely signing was largely attributed to club director of football Zisis Vryzas , and the presence of Portuguese manager Fernando Santos on the bench ; though he initially struggled even to return to proper fitness levels , he was instantly given the number No . 7 shirt , once worn by legendary former player ( and also chairman ) Theodoros Zagorakis . In 2008–09 , Conceição was promoted to team captain . Along with compatriot Vieirinha , he was a regular on the teams wings and gradually became a fan favourite for his leadership and his devotion to the club ; at the beginning of the following campaign , however , he was regularly troubled by knee injuries for the most part of October , managing only a few appearances . International . Conceição played 56 times with the Portugal national team and scored 12 goals , his debut being on 9 November 1996 in a 1–0 home win against Ukraine for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers . In his last international game he was on the losing end of a 0–3 friendly defeat at the hands of Spain , on 6 September 2003 . Early in his international career , Conceição was not known for his scoring prowess but , at UEFA Euro 2000 , Portugal reached the semi-finals with a major contribution from him : in the third and final match of the group stage , against defending champions Germany in Rotterdam , he netted a hat-trick for all of the games goals ; the national side had guaranteed first place in the first two rounds , so it played mostly with substitutes , but he cemented his place in the starting XI for the rest of the tournament and subsequent call-ups . In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup , Conceição scored four goals as Portugal finished atop a group that also featured the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands ( netting against both ) . He was not recalled after 2003 . Coaching career . Beginnings . On 13 October 2009 , Conceição announced his decision to retire as a professional footballer , and to continue working at PAOK as technical director , accepting Vryzas proposal for the seat left vacant when he assumed presidency early on . On 30 May 2010 , a few weeks after Santos resignation as manager , he left the Thessaloniki club and rejoined another former team , as part of Standard Lièges coaching staff led by Dominique DOnofrio . Conceição began his managerial career on 1 January 2012 , replacing Daúto Faquirá at the helm of S.C . Olhanense in Primeira Liga . He left the Algarve side on 9 August , following disputes with the board . On 8 April 2013 , Conceição was hired as manager of his hometown team Académica de Coimbra , less than 24 hours after the club dismissed Pedro Emanuel from the job . They stood at 13th place when he joined , and his main goal was to avoid relegation . He left at the end of the season , after leading the side to an eighth place finish . Conceição signed a two-year contract with S.C . Braga on 26 May 2014 ; the team had just finished the campaign one place below Académica with the same number of points , resulting in the first time in ten years that Braga was out of European competitions . He led them to a fourth place finish and to the final of the domestic cup . After the semi-final victory at Rio Ave FCs ground , he made the 24-mile journey home from Vila do Conde on foot as part of a bet made with his players . Braga lost the final in a penalty shootout to Sporting CP despite leading 2–0 at half time . Following this defeat , president António Salvador released an official statement that angered the manager , resulting in a violent discussion between the two and leading to the clubs decision of sacking the latter . On 22 September 2015 , Conceição resurfaced with his fourth management position in the Portuguese top-flight , at Vitória de Guimarães . On 17 January 2016 , he led the side to their first home win against FC Porto ( 1–0 ) in 14 years . He left at the end of the campaign , by mutual consent with the club , after a 10th place in the championship left them out of European competitions . Nantes . Conceição was named manager of Ligue 1 club FC Nantes on 8 December 2016 , replacing the dismissed René Girard at a side second from bottom . The following February , he was linked to the vacant managerial position at struggling Premier League title holders Leicester City , but Nantes chairman Waldemar Kita insisted he would see out his two-year contract . On 6 June 2017 , it was announced that Conceição had quit his position and accepted a proposal from Porto . The manager cited personal reasons , including the possibility to live close to his family in Portugal , as to why he accepted the Portuguese clubs proposal . Porto . In June 2017 , after cutting ties with the French club , Conceição replaced former teammate Nuno Espírito Santo at the helm of former side Porto . He was officially presented on the 8th , signing a two-year deal . In his first season , he led the club to the national championship after a five-year wait , and his contract was extended by another year . They reached the quarter-finals in the subsequent UEFA Champions League , where they were ousted by eventual winners Liverpool . On 1 March 2019 , Conceição signed another deal to stay at Porto until 2021 . They regained their title in 2019–20 with two games to spare , after S.L . Benficas form worsened at the end of the campaign . Two weeks later , his team beat that opponent in the cup final to secure the double . The side again reached the last-eight in the Champions League , being defeated 2–1 on aggregate by Chelsea . Style of play . A talented player , Conceição was mainly known for his speed , strength , and ability to cover the flank and get forward , also possessing good dribbling skills , crossing ability , and a fairly accurate shot . A versatile and hard-working midfielder , although he was usually deployed as a right winger , he was also capable of playing in a holding role . Personal life . Coimbras municipal government named a local 2,500-seater stadium after him – the Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição . He fathered five sons : Sérgio , Rodrigo , Moisés , Francisco and José . Conceição helped ten families who were struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic , with the intent of providing a grocery store in every home . During an interview to RTP1 in December 2020 , he stated that his idol was God and he was a devout Catholic . Honours . Player . Leça - Segunda Liga : 1994–95 Porto - Primeira Liga : 1996–97 , 1997–98 , 2003–04 - Taça de Portugal : 1997–98 - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira : 1996 Lazio - Serie A : 1999–2000 - Coppa Italia : 1999–2000 , 2003–04 - Supercoppa Italiana : 1998 - UEFA Cup Winners Cup : 1998–99 - UEFA Super Cup : 1999 Portugal - UEFA European Championship third place : 2000 - UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up : 1992 Individual - Belgian Golden Shoe : 2005 Manager . Porto - Primeira Liga : 2017–18 , 2019–20 - Taça de Portugal : 2019–20 - Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira : 2018 , 2020 Individual - Primeira Liga Best Coach : 2017–18 , 2019–20 External links . - National team data