Cristiano Cordeiro

Cristiano Cordeiro
Cordeiro in 2012
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Preigchadt Cordeiro
Date of birth (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Eastern (caretaker)
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)
2021–2025 Eastern (assistant coach)
2025–2026 Eastern (caretaker)
2026– Eastern (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/sport/20120507/00286_011.html 晨曦決搞高尼路告別賽 on.cc 7 May 2012
  2. ^ Tsang, Ngan Ping. "高尼路離傑志 來季投南區任鄭兆聰副手". Apple Daily. Retrieved 25 June 2019. (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Yuen, Chi Ho. "南區兩連敗兼失9球 鄭兆聰:要求全勝並不公平". HK01. Retrieved 16 March 2020. (in Chinese)