Tomás Tengarrinha

Tomás Tengarrinha
Personal information
Full name Tomás de Campos Tengarrinha Soares Martins
Date of birth (1991-05-21) 21 May 1991
Place of birth São Sebastião da Pedreira, Portugal
Team information
Current team
 Brooklyn FC (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2018–2019 Barreirense Men (assistant)
2020–2021 Amora
2021–2021 Torreense
2022–2023 Damaiense
2023–2024 Braga (assistant)
2024 Braga
2025 Damaiense
2025– Brooklyn FC

Tomás de Campos Tengarrinha Soares Martins (born 21 May 1991) is a Portuguese football manager who is the head coach of USL Super League Brooklyn FC. He has previously managed Campeonato Nacional Feminino clubs Damaiense, Braga, and Torreense.

Career

Tengarrinha has worked on the coaching staff of FC Barreirense's men's team.[1] He started working in women's football in 2020, leading Amora F.C.'s women's team to promotion to the Campeonato Nacional Feminino.[2] In the 2021–22 season, he was the head coach of Torreense.

Tengarrinha then moved to Damaiense, which he also guided to top-flight promotion. Under Tengarrinha's guidance, Damaiense finished the Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino season undefeated en route to its promotion.[3] The following season, he coached Damaiense to a fifth-place finish in the club's first season in the Campeonato Nacional.[4][5]

In July 2023, Tengarrinha was announced at S.C. Braga.[4] Although he was touted as the club's new head coach, Tengarrinha was initially officially listed as an assistant coach due to his lack of sufficient coaching certification.[6] In February 2024, Tengarrinha and his coaching staff at Braga were collectively terminated.[7] Up to the point of his firing, Tengarrinha had led the club to third place in the Campeonato Nacional standings, winning 8 of 16 matches.[7][8]

Tengarrinha returned to Damaiense in July 2024, this time as the club's sporting director.[9] Three months later, he returned to coaching, assuming his old post as Damaiense manager following the departure of Thorlakur Arnason.[10] Tengarrinha spent eight months at Damaiense before parting ways with the club in June 2025, one year before the slated expiration of his contract.[11] He left Portugal having won 58 of the 109 games he managed since the start of his career.[12]

On 5 August 2025, Tengarrinha was announced as the new head coach of USL Super League team Brooklyn FC.[13] In his first game in charge, he piloted Brooklyn to a 2–1 win over reigning champions Tampa Bay Sun to open the season on a high note.[14] Brooklyn then went winless for over two months before beating DC Power FC on 8 November 2025.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Alfredo Almeida apresentado como treinador". Jornal de Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Amora Futebol Clube subiu à Liga BPI ÉPOCA 2020/2021". desportoalmada.blogs.sapo.pt. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Brooklyn FC Hires Portuguese Native Tomás Tengarrinha as New Women's Coach for 2025/26 Campaign". NY NJ Sports World. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Tomás Tengarrinha é o novo treinador da equipa feminina do SC Braga". Ominho (in European Portuguese). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Tomás Tengarrinha hipótese para equipa feminina do Estoril". A Bola (in Portuguese). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  6. ^ Barquinha, Tiago (24 July 2023). "SC Braga oficializa nova equipa técnica com Tomás Tengarrinha". RUM (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Tomás Tengarrinha deixa o comando técnico do SC Braga". A Bola (in Portuguese). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  8. ^ Redação (19 February 2024). "Tomás Tengarrinha demitiu-se do comando da equipa feminina do Braga". Jornal O JOGO (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Tomás Tengarrinha é o novo diretor desportivo do Damaiense". Jornal Desportivo (in European Portuguese). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Filho de Rui Costa assume funções como diretor desportivo no Damaiense". Desporto Ao Minuto. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Oficial: Tomás Tengarrinha deixa comando técnico do Damaiense". Flashscore (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Tomás Tengarrinha a caminho do Brooklyn FC". Record (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Tomás Tengarrinha named head coach of Brooklyn FC". Hudson River Blue. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  14. ^ "2025/26 Season Opening 2–1 Win Over Tampa Bay Sun FC". Brooklyn FC. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Brooklyn FC Ends Winless Drought with 1-0 Home Victory over DC Power FC". Brooklyn Downtown Star. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
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