Career
As a manager, Couceiro"s career is marked with the relegation of Alverca in the 2003-2004 season. He then signed for Football Club Porto on 1 February 2005, going on to Belenenses during the 2005-2006 season. In August 2006, he was appointed manager of the Portuguese under-21 team, reaching positive results in the Union of European Football Associations Championships.
He was then appointed the head coach of FBK Kaunas, the Lithuanian A Lyga club controlled by Vladimir Romanov, in July 2008.
He became head coach of the Lithuanian national team on 14 August 2008. After that, they beat Austria 2–0 at home, and the Faroe Islands 1–0.
They did not, however, qualify for the World Cup tournament in South Africa. In April 2009, Couceiro signed as a manager with Turkish side Gaziantepspor.
On February 26, 2011, following the dismissal of Paulo Sergio, Couceiro was named caretaker manager of Sporting Communist Party for the remainder of the season.
He then moved to Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2011, however left the club in May 2012 as his contract was not renewed. After being appointed as the manager of Vitória de Setubal in 2013, he was sacked on 15 May 2014.