Sérgio Conceição

Sérgio Conceição
Conceição as Porto manager in 2023
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição
Date of birth (1974-11-15) 15 November 1974
Place of birth Coimbra, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1986–1991 Académica
1991–1993 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Porto 56 (9)
1993–1994Penafiel (loan) 30 (1)
1994–1995Leça (loan) 24 (3)
1995–1996Felgueiras (loan) 30 (4)
1998–2000 Lazio 63 (7)
2000–2001 Parma 25 (5)
2001–2003 Inter Milan 42 (1)
2003–2004 Lazio 7 (0)
2004 Porto 11 (0)
2004–2007 Standard Liège 74 (21)
2007 Qadsia 7 (0)
2008–2010 PAOK 41 (5)
Total 410 (61)
International career
1995–1996 Portugal U21 7 (1)
1996–2003 Portugal 56 (12)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Standard Liège (assistant)
2012–2013 Olhanense
2013–2014 Académica
2014–2015 Braga
2015–2016 Vitória Guimarães
2016–2017 Nantes
2017–2024 Porto
2024–2025 AC Milan
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Runner-up1992 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛɾʒiu kõsɐjˈsɐ̃w]; born 15 November 1974) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who mostly played as a right winger.

Throughout his career, he played for ten teams in five countries. After gaining international recognition with Porto he switched to Italy, where he appeared for three clubs, winning domestic and European honours at Lazio. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 97 games and 13 goals over four seasons, adding 136 matches and 13 goals in Serie A. Having won 56 caps for Portugal, he represented the nation at Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the former.

In 2012, Conceição started working as a manager, leading five teams in his nation's top flight and Nantes in Ligue 1. He set the record for most games as manager of Porto, winning 11 honours including three league titles and the double in 2019–20 and 2021–22. After leaving in June 2024, he joined AC Milan in December that year.