Managerial Career
More than one decade after starting as a coach, with spells with S.C. Salgueiros and Sporting de Braga, both in the top level, Coelho led Portugal to the semi-finals of Euro 2000, but his contract was not renewed.
Late into that same year, he was appointed national coach of Morocco, being released after the Atlas Lions failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup.
After a third spell with a national team, South Korea, which ended after roughly one year with the manager claiming he had not had enough time to form a competitive side, Coelho joined another one in 2008, Tunisia, after a brief return to club action in Saudi Arabia.
On 18 November 2009, Coelho was fired as national coach of Tunisia, following a 0–1 loss in Mozambique for the 2010 World Cup qualification, which ended the country's streak of three consecutive presences in the tournament. Subsequently, he acted as a director in the Portuguese Football Federation.
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