Mauro Jerónimo

Mauro Alexandre Tavares Jerónimo (born 27 September 1987) is a Portuguese football manager who is currently the head coach of V.League 1 club Thep Xanh Nam Dinh.

Mauro Jerónimo

Jerónimo in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Mauro Alexandre Tavares Jerónimo[1]
Date of birth	(1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	São Miguel Island, Portugal
Team information
Current team	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2007–2010	Benfica Youth
2010–2011	Vitória (assistant)
2012–2013	Pinhalnovense (assistant)
2013–2014	Vitória (assistant)
2015–2016	Figo Football Academy
2016–2017	Fujian Chaoyue
2017	Chinese Taipei U-19
2018–2022	PVF Football Academy
2022–2025	PVF-CAND
2025–	Thep Xanh Nam Dinh

Managerial career

Jerónimo began his coaching career at the Benfica academy, coaching the under-13s and under-15s. He later joined the under-19 coaching staff at Vitória de Setúbal. This was followed by a spell at Pinhalnovense as assistant coach, gaining his first experience in professional senior football.^[2]

Jerónimo's first international role was in China, as head coach of Fujian Chaoyue, a China League Two team. He was then appointed as the head coach of Chinese Taipei U-19 national team. Later he joined the PVF Football Academy in Vietnam in 2018, where he led their U-19 team to win the National U-19 Championship in 2020 and 2021.^[3]

In 2022, Jerónimo was appointed head coach of PVF's senior team Pho Hien (later renamed to PVF-CAND), which competed in the V.League 2. Under his guidance, PVF-CAND finished runners-up in the 2023 and 2023–24 V.League 2, both times missing out promotion to the V.League 1. He also led PVF-CAND to the 2023–24 Vietnamese Cup semi-finals, being the first second-tier team to achieve that after two decades.^[4]

On 14 November 2025, Jerónimo was appointed as the head coach of V.League 1 team Thep Xanh Nam Dinh, signing a two-year contract with the team.^[5]