Edgar Cardoso (football manager)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Cardoso.

Edgar Filipe Martins Cardoso (born 16 March 1983) is a Portuguese football manager who manages Kitchee.

Edgar Cardoso

Personal information
Full name	Edgar Filipe Martins Cardoso
Date of birth	(1983-03-16) 16 March 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Portugal
Managerial career
Years	Team
2002–2014	Benfica (youth)
2016–2019	Qatar U23 (assistant)
2020–2023	Shakhtar (youth)
2023–2024	Kitchee (assistant)
2024–2025	Kitchee
2025–	Estoril (assistant)

Life and career

Cardoso never played professional football. In 2002, he was appointed as a youth manager of Portuguese side Benfica. After that, he worked as a youth manager for the Aspire Academy in Qatar. In 2016, Cardoso was appointed assistant manager of the Qatar national under-23 football team. He worked as assistant manager to Spanish manager Félix Sánchez. In 2020, he was appointed youth manager of Ukrainian side Shakhtar. In 2021, he renewed his contract with the club until 2023.^[1] He worked for the club during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

After that, he worked as a consultant for Belgian football consultant group Double Pass. In 2024, he was appointed manager of Hong Kong side Kitchee. He previously worked as assistant manager of the club. He worked as assistant manager to South Korean manager Kim Dong-jin. He was described as "unable to arrest Kitchee’s slide at the back end of [the 2023/24 season]".^[2] He remained as their manager for the 2024/25 season.

Cardoso was born on 16 March 1983 in Portugal. He obtained the UEFA Pro License.^[3]