Cristiano Cordeiro

Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro (Chinese: 高尼路; born 14 August 1973) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.

Cristiano Cordeiro

Personal information
Full name	Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro
Date of birth	(1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Eastern (assistant coach)
Youth career
1988–1989	SC Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1996	SC Internacional	0	(0)
1996–1997	Fortaleza EC	0	(0)
1998–2003	South China	75	(8)
2003–2012	Sun Hei	135	(16)
2014–2015	Kui Tan
2015–2017	Resources Capital	25	(1)
2017–2018	Double Flower	11	(1)
International career‡
2006–2009	Hong Kong	13	(1)
Managerial career
2012–2013	SC Internacional (youth coach)
2013	Eastern (assistant coach)
2013–2015	Eastern
2016–2019	Kitchee (assiatant coach)
2019–2020	Southern (assistant coach)
2020	Southern
2020	Southern (assistant coach)
2021–	Eastern (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:39, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Preigchadt and the second or paternal family name is Cordeiro.

Born in Brazil, he represented Hong Kong at international level.

Club career

Cordeiro started his career at Rio Grande do Sul playing at Sport Club Internacional since he was 14. Before he moved to Hong Kong, he played for Brasil de Farroupilha and Fortaleza EC.

Cordeiro joined Hong Kong First Division club South China in 1998. In the 2003–04 season, due to the all-Chinese policy induced by the club, he transferred to another First Division club Sun Hei.

Cordeiro was twice the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year (2000–01 and 2004–05) and he has gained many awards since then.

In May 2012, Cordeiro announced his retirement from professional football.^[1]

International career

In September 2006, he became a Hong Kong permanent resident, applied for the Hong Kong SAR passport and has been playing for the Hong Kong national team. He gained his first cap on the 2007 AFC Cup Qualifying round against Qatar on 11 October 2006.

Coaching career

Cordeiro joined Eastern in the 2013–14 season as an assistant coach. On 9 October 2013, he was appointed as the head coach of Eastern until June 2015.

In 2016, Cordeiro joined Kitchee as an assistant coach.

On 25 June 2019, Cordeiro's resigned from Kitchee in order to join Southern as an assistant under his former teammate Cheng Siu Chung.^[2] On 16 March 2020, following the departure of Cheng, Cordeiro became the co-head coach at Southern along with Pui Ho Wang.^[3] On 29 June 2020, Cordeiro left Southern.

Career statistics

International

Updated 9 October 2009

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scored	Captain	Competition
1	11 October 2006	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	0–2	0		2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	15 November 2006	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Bangladesh	2–0	0		2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	1 June 2007	Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	0–3	0	(c)	Friendly
4	10 June 2007	So Kon Po Recreation Ground, Hong Kong	Macau	2–1	0	(c)	2007 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
5	19 June 2007	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau	Chinese Taipei	1–1	0	(c)	2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
6	21 June 2007	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau	Guam	15–1	1	(c)	2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
7	24 June 2007	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau	North Korea	0–1	0	(c)	2008 EAFF Championship Preliminary
8	21 October 2007	Gianyar Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia	Timor-Leste	3–2	0		2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	19 November 2008	Macau MUST Stadium, Macau	Macau	9–1	0	(c)	Friendly
10	14 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	India	2–1	0	(c)	Friendly
11	21 January 2009	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	Bahrain	1–3	0	(c)	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
12	28 January 2009	Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen	Yemen	1–0	0	(c)	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
13	9 October 2009	Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan	Japan	0–6	0	(c)	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honour

Individual

• Hong Kong Footballer of the Year (2): 2001, 2005