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José Figueira

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José Figueira
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Figueira
Date of birth	(1982-02-09) 9 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Crawley, England^[1]
Youth career
Years	Team
	Crawley Town
Managerial career
2008–2011	Auckland City (youth)
2012–2013	New York Red Bulls (youth coach)
2014–2016	Central United
2014–2015	New Zealand U17
2015–2016	Auckland City (youth)
2016–2019	Team Wellington
2018–2019	New Zealand U17
2018–2019	New Zealand (assistant)
2019–2021	Auckland City
2021–	Auckland United

José Manuel Figueira (born 9 February 1982) is an English football coach, who is the current manager of Northern League club Auckland United.^[2] Figueira previously held notable roles as the head coach of Team Wellington, assistant coach of the New Zealand national team, and head coach of the New Zealand under-17 national team.^[3]^[4]

In his short managerial career, Figueira has won multiple domestic and international competitions, including the New Zealand Football Championship, OFC Champions League, OFC U-17 Championship and the National Youth League.^[4]^[5]

Career

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Born in Crawley, England to Spanish parents. Figueira initially began his career as a player, playing for the youth side of local club Crawley Town, but quit at the age of 19 to pursue a career in coaching, arriving in New Zealand in 2003 following a short stint coaching at the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion.^[4]^[6]

Figueira was announced as head coach of the New Zealand under-17 national team in preparation for the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship; however, after winning the tournament, he was controversially sacked despite winning all seven games and lifting the title.^[6]^[7] He was reappointed in 2018, as well as being named assistant manager to Fritz Schmid for the New Zealand senior team.^[8]^[3] Despite a shock 5–0 loss to the Solomon Islands, Figueira and New Zealand lifted the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship title.^[9]^[10]

In 2016, Figueira was announced as the new manager of defending ISPS Handa Premiership champions Team Wellington;^[6]^[11] he immediately led them to another title in the 2016–17 season at his first attempt.^[12] This led to him being named New Zealand Football Coach of the Year in 2017.^[13] Under Figueira, Team Wellington won the 2018 OFC Champions League, qualifying the club for their first ever FIFA Club World Cup;^[5] the club was knocked out on penalties to Al-Ain in the playoff round after a 3–3 draw.^[14]

Honours

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Team Wellington

Auckland City FC

National Youth League: 2009

Central United F.C.

Lotto NRFL Men's Premier Division: 2016

New Zealand U17

References

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^ Shoot the Defence (16 November 2018). "From Crawley to Kiwi – FNX Network". Fnx.network. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Jose Figueira named Auckland City FC coach".
^ ^a ^b "New national under-17 coach Jose Figueira remains committed to Team Wellington". Stuff.co.nz. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c FIFA.com. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 – News – Multi-tasking Figueira living the dream ahead of Club World Cup bow". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sport: Team Wellington claim maiden OFC Champs League title | RNZ News". Radionz.co.nz. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Team Wellington's Spanish Englishman ready to implement attacking style". Stuff.co.nz. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "NZ Football coach never suspected players ineligible".
^ "NZ U-17 and U-20 Head Coaches confirmed". Nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Solo rejoice in breakthrough moment". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Sport: NZ seal seventh OFC U16 title | RNZ News". Radionz.co.nz. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Jose Figueira confident he has Team Wellington squad capable of defending their title". Stuff.co.nz. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "Stirling Sports Premiership GRAND FINAL 2016/17 Team Wellington 2–1 Auckland City". YouTube. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
^ "NZ U-17 and U-20 Head Coaches confirmed".
^ Hyslop, Liam (13 December 2018). "Team Wellington suffer Club World Cup heartbreak in penalty shootout loss to Al Ain". Stuff.co.nz.

External links

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http://www.twfc.co.nz/201718-coaching-team/ Archived 21 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Auckland City – managers
Jones (2004–06) Marshall (2006–07) Tuaa (2007–08) Posa (2008–10) McFarland & Tribulietx (2010–11) Tribulietx (2011–19) Figueira (2019–)

v t e Auckland City FC – current squad
1 Zubikarai 2 Ilich 3 Mitchell 4 Bilen 5 Berlanga (c) 8 Riera 9 Bevan 10 Manickum 11 Doyle 13 Tade 14 Vale 16 Al-Kalisy 17 Blake 18 Tracey 21 Bonsu-Maro 23 Rogers 24 Brown Manager: Figueira

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