12 Facts About Armando Colaco

Armando Colaco was born on 22 June 1953 and is an Indian football coach who is currently the head coach of Sporting Goa in the I-League 2.

Armando Colaco is the most successful and longest serving coach in the history of the I-League club Dempo.

Heavily influenced by Ukrainian Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Colaco is the first I-League coach to guide an Indian team into the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, which he did in 2008.

Armando Colaco is widely regarded as one of India's best managers after the success he has enjoyed at Churchill Brothers and Dempo.

Armando Colaco managed football team of Goa in Santosh Trophy.

That actually set the tone for his coaching stints elsewhere as Armando Colaco, who was fast gathering moss, rolled on like a stone, and successfully coached the state U-21 Santosh team partnering Peter Vales and Goa U-23 team at the BC Roy Trophy in the early 90s.

Under Armando Colaco, Dempos have managed to inscribe their name on four national league titles, Durand Cup, Federation Cup and he managed Dempo to have been the first Indian club to reach the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, in 2008.

Armando Colaco was removed from his post shortly, and replaced by Savio Medeira in October 2011.

On 15 May 2014, it was confirmed that Armando Colaco would continue coaching the club for another year.

Since parting ways with East Bengal in 2015, Armando Colaco had spells at Bardez FC, Sesa FA and more-recently with Churchill Brothers in the Goa Professional League.

Armando Colaco has been widely praised for his tactical prowess and match reading abilities.

Armando Colaco is regarded as one of the first coaches in India to have brought the possession style football in the country.