Hélder Dos Santos Silva

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Hélder Dos Santos Silva
Personal information
Full name Hélder Manuel Dos Santos Silva
Date of birth (1980-06-18) 18 June 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Valongo, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current team
Riverside Olympic FC (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2015–2016 Whitehawk F.C. (assistant coach)
2016–2018 Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy (assistant coach)
2018–2022 Meizhou Football Association and Meizhou Sports School (Head Coach)
2022– Riverside Olympic FC (manager)

Hélder Manuel Dos Santos Silva (born 18 June 1980) is a Portuguese manager and former player, who played as a midfielder.[1]

Career[edit]

Hélder held the position of Assistant Coach and Scouting Coordinator at National League South club Whitehawk F.C., during the 2015-2016 season.[2]

From 2016 to 2018, Hélder worked as Academy scout and coach of Crystal Palace Under-18s who were playing in the Premier League 2 division, and later as assistant coach of the under-23s where he assisted the Under-23 head coach with daily training sessions. [3]

In 2018, Hélder was appointed by Meizhou Football Association, as the head coach of the association and Meizhou Sports school. From 10 May 2019 to 12 May 2019, Hélder taught 34 Chinese youth coaches how to improve the abilities of young players in training, during a three-day football coach training course organized by the Meizhou Football Association at the Meizhou Sports School.[4]

On 8 September 2020, he helped Meizhou youth team win the 2020 Guangdong Provincial Youth Football Championship for the first time in 15 years.[5][6]

Hélder left China in the summer of 2022 and was announced as the men's team head coach of Australia National Premier League side, Riverside Olympic Football Club on 24 September 2022.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hélder Silva". soccerzz.com. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Whitehawk 2015/2016". playmakerstats.com. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ "From homeless to director in China: discover the story of this Portuguese man". ojogo.pt. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "It's training! Municipal Football Association strives to improve the level of grassroots youth football coaches". mp.weixin.qq.com. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  5. ^ ""The danger has passed" China-based Portuguese coach Hélder Silva on emerging from crisis". portugoal.net. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ "After 15 years, Meizhou Men's League won the Provincial Youth Football Championship again!". meizhou.gov.cn. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Riverside Olympic announce Portuguese Helder Dos Santos Silva as new head coach". examiner.com.au. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

External links[edit]

[1] - Hélder Silva :: Perfil do Treinador