Santa Clara backroom staff
We hold the names of 35 people on Santa Clara's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Petit manages the first team, with Rui Lima as assistant manager. Santa Clara's is the 8th longest staff list of the 19 Primeira Liga clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 12 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit | Manager | First team | 48 | Portugal |  |
| Nélson Antunes | Manager | Under-23s | 42 | Portugal | Futebol Clube de Alverca |
| João Nicolau | Manager | Under-19s | 38 | Portugal |  |
| Rui Lima | Assistant manager | First team | 47 | Portugal | - |
| Ricardo Oliveira | Assistant manager | Under-23s | 31 | Portugal | - |
| Igor Dias | Coach | First team | 38 | Portugal |  |
| Luciano Oliveira | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 52 | Brazil |  |
| Pedro Silva | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 39 | Portugal |  |
| Pedro Machado | Goalkeeping coach | Under-23s | 28 | Portugal | - |
| João Gavazzo Mendes | Fitness coach | First team | 32 | Portugal | - |
| Rogério Juidecce | Fitness coach | First team | 49 | Brazil | Futebol Clube de Alverca |
| Ramiro Januário | Fitness coach | Under-23s | 25 | Portugal | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 11 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diogo Borges | Chief doctor | Club-wide | 45 | Portugal | - |
| Cláudio Carril | Club doctor | First team | 50 | Portugal | - |
| Luís Boaventura | Club doctor | First team | 40 | Portugal | - |
| André Rocha | Head physio | Club-wide | 39 | Brazil | Futebol Clube de Alverca |
| Bruno Viveiros | Physio | First team | 40 | Portugal | - |
| Diogo Moniz | Physio | First team | 32 | Portugal | - |
| João Teves | Physio | First team | 25 | Portugal | - |
| Francisco Pacheco | Physio | Under-23s | 25 | Portugal | - |
| Rodrigo Gonçalves | Physio | Under-23s | 28 | Portugal | - |
| Guilherme Videira | Physio | Under-19s | 22 | Portugal | - |
| Miguel Cabral | Sports scientist | First team | 27 | Portugal | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Tomás Ramos | Performance analyst | First team | 23 | Portugal | - |
| Nicolau Carvalho | Performance analyst | First team | 38 | Portugal | - |
| Tiago Morence Pinto | Performance analyst | First team | 34 | Portugal | |
| Pedro Freitas | Performance analyst | Under-23s | 27 | Portugal | - |
| Tiago Gorjão | Performance analyst | Under-23s | 28 | Portugal | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Andrade | Technical director | 44 | Brazil |
| Leandro Rodrigues | Head of youth development | 34 | Portugal |
Owners and directors
Who owns Santa Clara and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Vicintin | Owner | 48 | Brazil | - |
| Klauss Lopes Câmara | Managing director | 45 | Brazil | Futebol Clube de Alverca before that Grêmio and Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF |
| Mateus Ornelas | Director | 37 | Brazil | Futebol Clube de Alverca |
| Paulo Clemente | Director | 41 | Portugal | - |
| Ricardo Pacheco | Director | 53 | Portugal | - |
Backroom staff at every Primeira Liga club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Santa Clara's list is the 8th longest of the 19, against a median of 30 across the division. Sport Lisboa e Benfica names the most, 63. Futebol Clube de Arouca names the fewest, 19.
Santa Clara against the Primeira Liga, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | SANTA CLARA | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 12 | 12 | 21 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 11 | 9 | 17 |  |
| Scouting and analysis | 5 | 8 | 21 |  |
| Football management | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Owners and directors | 5 | 4 | 8 | |
Backrooms the size of Santa Clara's, in every league
Santa Clara's 35 names make the joint 242nd longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 225 |  | Süper Lig | 36 |
| 225 |  | Bundesliga | 36 |
| 242 |  | Scottish Premiership | 35 |
| 242 |  | Super Liga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 |  | Ligue 1 | 35 |
| 242 |  | J1 League | 35 |
| 242 | NK Slaven Belupo | Croatian First League | 35 |
| 242 |  | League One | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 | | Primeira Liga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 |  | Danish Superliga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Austrian Bundesliga | 35 |
| 254 |  | Bundesliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | League One | 34 |
| 254 |  | National League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 | Fagiano Okayama | J1 League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Bundesliga | 34 |
Where Santa Clara's former staff work now
On Santa Clara's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 12 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ramos | Manager |  |
| Nuno Pimentel | Manager | Al-Fayha Club |
| Renato Pontes | Assistant manager | |
| Hugo Relvas | Assistant manager | Al-Hazem Saudi Club |
| Diogo Medeiros | Coach |  |
| Pedro Machado | Coach | |
| Robertinho | Goalkeeping coach | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF |
| João Carvalho | Fitness coach |  |
| Flávio Monteiro | Physio |  |
| Pedro Martins | Physio |  |
| Pedro Gonçalves | Performance analyst | |
| Marco Aurélio Fonseca | Director | Casa Pia Atlético Clube |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Santa Clara's manager?
Petit is the Santa Clara first-team manager, aged 48. Rui Lima is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Santa Clara?
Luciano Oliveira and Pedro Silva coach the Santa Clara first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Santa Clara's head physio?
André Rocha is head physio at Santa Clara.
Who is Santa Clara's technical director?
Rafael Andrade is technical director at Santa Clara.
How many backroom staff do Santa Clara have?
We hold the names of 35 people on Santa Clara's staff for 2025/26: 12 in coaching, 11 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 8th longest list of the 19 Primeira Liga clubs we hold, against a median of 30. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 242nd longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Santa Clara pays its squad, see Santa Clara player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Primeira Liga wages.