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Kenedy was born in [[Bissau]], [[Portuguese Guinea]]. During his extensive career, he represented in his country [[S.L. Benfica]] – making his [[Primeira Liga]] debut aged 19 – [[FC Porto]], [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora]], [[C.S. Marítimo]], [[S.C. Braga]] (January to December 2004) and [[Académica de Coimbra (football)|Académica de Coimbra]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-3/academica/detalhe/kenedy-e-o-primeiro-reforco-da-academica|title=Kenedy é o primeiro reforço da Académica|trans-title=Kenedy is Académica’s first addition|newspaper=[[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]]|language=pt|date=23 December 2004|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribuna.expresso.pt/futebol-nacional/2016-11-19-Lembra-se-de-Kenedy–Fiquei-traumatizado-com-os-comprimidos-para-emagrecer.-Agora-tenho-10-ou-12-quilos-a-mais|title=Lembra-se de Kenedy? “Fiquei traumatizado com os comprimidos para emagrecer. Agora, tenho 10 ou 12 quilos a mais”|trans-title=Do you remember Kenedy? “I was traumatized by diet pills. Now I’m 10 or 12 kilos overweight”|newspaper=[[Expresso (newspaper)|Expresso]]|first=Isabel|last=Paulo|language=pt|date=19 November 2016|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>

In 1996, Kenedy had his first abroad stint, with [[Paris Saint-Germain FC]] from France,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Mercato-ligue-1-ces-portugais-passes-par-le-psg/772109|title=Mercato, Ligue 1: Ces Portugais passés par le PSG|trans-title=Market, League 1: Portuguese men with spells at PSG|publisher=[[France Football]]|first=Timothé|last=Crépin|language=fr|date=26 January 2017|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> starting regularly for the capital club as it [[1996–97 French Division 1|finished second]] in [[Ligue 1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran97.html|title=France 1996/97|publisher=[[RSSSF]]|first1=Jérôme|last1=Faugeras|first2=Frédéric|last2=Pauron|first3=Ian|last3=King|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> Subsequently, he represented [[Albacete Balompié]] – only three matches for the Spanish [[Segunda División]] side – [[APOEL FC]], [[Ergotelis F.C.|Ergotelis FC]], [[Athens Kallithea F.C.|Kallithea FC]], [[Aias Salamina F.C.]] and [[Peramaikos F.C.|Peramaikos FC]].<ref name=Benfica>{{cite news|url=https://www.odemocratagb.com/?p=7065|title=Conheça os guineenses que brilharam no Benfica de Portugal|trans-title=Meet the Guineans who shone for Benfica of Portugal|newspaper=O Democrata|language=pt|date=21 November 2015|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/tikitakas/daniel-kenedy-el-exfutbolista-arruinado-de-psg-y-oporto-que-hoy-es-conductor-de-vtc-n/|title=Daniel Kenedy, el exfutbolista arruinado de PSG y Oporto que hoy es conductor de VTC|trans-title=Daniel Kenedy, PSG and Porto’s ruined footballer who is a VTC driver today|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|first=Sergio|last=Murillo|language=es|date=15 June 2024|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref>

~~In Greece,~~ Kenedy ~~managed to appear~~ in all three [[Greek football league system|~~major~~ ~~levels~~]]. Portugal notwithstanding, he played professionally in four countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2017-06-19-Kenedy-e-a-casa-as-costas-Ligava-a-minha-avo-e-dizia-lhe-vou-ter-jogo-agora-reza-por-mim|title=Kenedy e a casa às costas: “Ligava à minha avó e dizia-lhe: vou ter jogo agora, reza por mim”|trans-title=Kenedy and taking your home with you: “I would call my grandmother and tell her: I’m having a match now, pray for me”|newspaper=Expresso|first=Alexandra|last=Simões de Abreu|language=pt|date=19 June 2017|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref name=Benfica/>

Kenedy in all three [[Greek football league system| ]]. Portugal notwithstanding, he played professionally in four countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tribuna.expresso.pt/a-casa-as-costas/2017-06-19-Kenedy-e-a-casa-as-costas-Ligava-a-minha-avo-e-dizia-lhe-vou-ter-jogo-agora-reza-por-mim|title=Kenedy e a casa às costas: “Ligava à minha avó e dizia-lhe: vou ter jogo agora, reza por mim”|trans-title=Kenedy and taking your home with you: “I would call my grandmother and tell her: I’m having a match now, pray for me”|newspaper=Expresso|first=Alexandra|last=Simões de Abreu|language=pt|date=19 June 2017|access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref><ref name=Benfica/>

On 17 March 2015, Kenedy was handed his first managerial post at [[C.D. Pinhalnovense]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/detalhe/kenedy-assume-comando-do-pinhalnovense-937071.html|title=Kenedy assume comando do Pinhalnovense|trans-title=Kenedy assumes command of Pinhalnovense|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=17 March 2015|access-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151535/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/detalhe/kenedy-assume-comando-do-pinhalnovense-937071.html|archive-date=8 November 2017}}</ref> eventually helping [[2014–15 Campeonato Nacional de Seniores|avoid relegation]] from the [[Campeonato de Portugal (league)|third division]]. He was hired by [[Liga Portugal 2|LigaPro]] strugglers [[Leixões S.C.]] on 2 November 2016,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/leixoes-anunciada-a-saida-de-filipe-coelho-e-a-chegada-de-daniel-kennedy-5475617.html|title=Kenedy é o novo treinador do Leixões|trans-title=Kenedy is the new manager of Leixões|newspaper=[[Diário de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=2 November 2016|access-date=18 January 2017}}</ref> taking the team to the [[2016–17 Taça de Portugal|quarter-finals]] of the [[Taça de Portugal]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/interior/leixoes-de-kenedy-e-tomba-gigantes-ao-eliminar-tondela-2-1-5552516.html|title=Leixões de Kenedy é tomba gigantes ao eliminar Tondela (2–1)|trans-title=Kenedy’s Leixões are giant killers after ousting Tondela (2–1)|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|date=14 December 2016|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> where they were eliminated by his former club Benfica after a 6–2 away loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jn.pt/desporto/interior/benfica-goleia-leixoes-e-segue-na-taca-de-portugal-5614453.html|title=Benfica goleia Leixões e segue na Taça de Portugal|trans-title=Benfica rout Leixões and go through in Portuguese Cup|newspaper=[[Jornal de Notícias]]|language=pt|date=18 January 2017|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> He resigned in August 2017, after only three games of the [[2017–18 LigaPro|new season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jn.pt/desporto/interior/kenedy-demite-se-de-tecnico-do-leixoes-8716338.html|title=Kenedy demite-se de técnico do Leixões|trans-title=Kenedy resigns as manager of Leixões|newspaper=Jornal de Notícias|language=pt|date=20 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>

Portuguese footballer

Daniel Kenedy Pimentel Mateus dos Santos (born 18 February 1974), known as Kenedy, is a Portuguese former professional footballer. A midfielder or full-back, he played on the left side of the pitch.

He appeared in 198 Primeira Liga matches over 11 seasons (13 goals), mainly in representation of Benfica and Estrela da Amadora. He also competed professionally in France, Spain, Cyprus and Greece.

In 2015, Kenedy began working as a manager.

Kenedy was born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. During his extensive career, he represented in his country S.L. Benfica – making his Primeira Liga debut aged 19 – FC Porto, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, C.S. Marítimo, S.C. Braga (January to December 2004) and Académica de Coimbra.^[2]^[3]

In 1996, Kenedy had his first abroad stint, with Paris Saint-Germain FC from France,^[4] starting regularly for the capital club as it finished second in Ligue 1.^[5]^[6] Subsequently, he represented Albacete Balompié – only three matches for the Spanish Segunda División side – APOEL FC, Ergotelis FC, Kallithea FC, Aias Salamina F.C. and Peramaikos FC.^[7]^[8]

Kenedy appeared in all three top tiers in Greece. Portugal notwithstanding, he played professionally in four countries.^[9]^[7]

On 17 March 2015, Kenedy was handed his first managerial post at C.D. Pinhalnovense,^[10] eventually helping avoid relegation from the third division. He was hired by LigaPro strugglers Leixões S.C. on 2 November 2016,^[11] taking the team to the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal^[12] where they were eliminated by his former club Benfica after a 6–2 away loss.^[13] He resigned in August 2017, after only three games of the new season.^[14]

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Kenedy represented Portugal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, helping the nation to finish fourth in Atlanta, Georgia.^[15] He was surprisingly called up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad while still uncapped on the senior level, after injuries ruled Simão Sabrosa and Luís Boa Morte out of António Oliveira‘s selection;^[16] however, he was dismissed from the team prior to the start of the tournament after testing positive for the banned diuretic furosemide that was in his slimming pills, and was replaced by Hugo Viana.^[17]^[18]

Kenedy was named after American president John F. Kennedy (note the difference in spelling).^[19]

Benfica

Porto

APOEL

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Daniel Kenedy at WorldFootball.net
^ “Kenedy é o primeiro reforço da Académica” [Kenedy is Académica’s first addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 December 2004. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ Paulo, Isabel (19 November 2016). “Lembra-se de Kenedy? “Fiquei traumatizado com os comprimidos para emagrecer. Agora, tenho 10 ou 12 quilos a mais”“ [Do you remember Kenedy? “I was traumatized by diet pills. Now I’m 10 or 12 kilos overweight”]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ Crépin, Timothé (26 January 2017). “Mercato, Ligue 1: Ces Portugais passés par le PSG” [Market, League 1: Portuguese men with spells at PSG] (in French). France Football. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
^ Pereira, Alexis (1 June 2020). “L’ex du PSG Daniel Kenedy raconte comment le démon du jeu l’a dévoré” [Former PSG man Daniel Kenedy tells how the gambling demon ate him up] (in French). Foot Mercato. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ Faugeras, Jérôme; Pauron, Frédéric; King, Ian. “France 1996/97”. RSSSF. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ ^a ^b “Conheça os guineenses que brilharam no Benfica de Portugal” [Meet the Guineans who shone for Benfica of Portugal]. O Democrata (in Portuguese). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ Murillo, Sergio (15 June 2024). “Daniel Kenedy, el exfutbolista arruinado de PSG y Oporto que hoy es conductor de VTC” [Daniel Kenedy, PSG and Porto’s ruined footballer who is a VTC driver today]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (19 June 2017). “Kenedy e a casa às costas: “Ligava à minha avó e dizia-lhe: vou ter jogo agora, reza por mim”“ [Kenedy and taking your home with you: “I would call my grandmother and tell her: I’m having a match now, pray for me”]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2025.
^ “Kenedy assume comando do Pinhalnovense” [Kenedy assumes command of Pinhalnovense]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ “Kenedy é o novo treinador do Leixões” [Kenedy is the new manager of Leixões]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ “Leixões de Kenedy é tomba gigantes ao eliminar Tondela (2–1)” [Kenedy’s Leixões are giant killers after ousting Tondela (2–1)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 14 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ “Benfica goleia Leixões e segue na Taça de Portugal” [Benfica rout Leixões and go through in Portuguese Cup]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ “Kenedy demite-se de técnico do Leixões” [Kenedy resigns as manager of Leixões]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
^ “Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto” [Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ “Kenedy gets the call”. BBC Sport. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^ “Kenedy thrown out”. BBC Sport. 22 May 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ “Kenedy suspended”. BBC Sport. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
^ Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (9 September 2002). “Presidentes históricos na Madeira” [Historical presidents in Madeira]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ Daniel Kenedy at ForaDeJogo (archived)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d “Portugueses para o Mundial: Kenedy, a estrela que andou perdida” [Portuguese for the World Cup: Kenedy, the star that was lost] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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