Tiago Margarido

Tiago Miguel Carvalho Margarido (born 2 January 1989) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a midfielder, and the current manager of Nacional.

Career
Born in Porto, Margarido represented Boavista and Leixões as a youth, before making his senior debut with Vilanovense FC in 2008. He retired in 2012, after a two-year spell at A.R.D.C. Gondim-Maia, and became the club's assistant manager shortly after.

Margarido was also an assistant at Pedras Rubras, Oliveira do Douro, União de Leiria and Canelas 2010 before being appointed manager of the latter on 22 June 2019. On 6 May 2022, after qualifying the club to the newly created Liga 3, he left the club.

On 11 June 2022, Margarido was named manager of fellow third division side Varzim. On 12 February 2023, following a 1–0 loss to São João de Ver, he was sacked.

On 2 June 2023, Margarido was appointed in charge of Nacional in the Liga Portugal 2. The following 19 May, after achieving promotion to Primeira Liga, he renewed his contract until 2026.