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Armando Colaco
He was one of the first few club coaches in India who broke the hegemony of Calcutta teams. Armando is credited with building a Dempo team which suddenly became undisputed champions in domestic football. Colaco became the first I-League manager to guide an Indian club to the AFC Cup semifinals in 2008. After joining Dempo in 2000, Colaco understood the strength of keeping same group of players under one roof.
Without making any big changes in the team, he maintained an excellent coordinated unit. This is one of the reasons why he was so successful with an institutional team which gave hard times to both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal and ended their domination to a large extent. Colaco’s success with Dempo became a role model for other Goan teams. He wasn’t a rigid coach, who, however, preferred to have local Goan players in his team rather having outstation players in a Goan club.
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Today, his logic is now backed by the stupendous success he enjoyed during his 13-year stint as Dempo’s and India’s one of most successful coaches.
