Divaldo Alves

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Divaldo Alves
Personal information
Full name Divaldo Da Silva Teixeira Alves
Date of birth (1978-08-12) 12 August 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Managerial career
Years Team
2000–2002 Atlético do Cacém
2004–2005 EAS Olivais
2005–2007 Algueirão
2008–2009 PSMS Medan
2010 Persijap Jepara
2010–2011 Minangkabau
2011–2012 Persebaya 1927
2012–2013 Negeri Sembilan
2014 Perak
2015 Kruoja Pakruojis (Deputy treasurer)
2015–2018 Muscat Club
2019–2020 Sofapaka
2022–2023 Persik Kediri
2023–2024 Persita Tangerang

Divaldo Da Silva Teixeira Alves is a Portuguese football manager. He is the current head coach of Indonesia club, Persita Tangerang.[1] He is a UEFA Pro Licence holder.

Career[edit]

A former youth coach and scout at Benfica also youth coach at Atlético do Cacém and Encarnação Olivais Senior team,[2][3] Alves success came in Indonesia where he first worked as assistant coach of PSMS Medan in 2009, as the club qualified to the quarter-finals of the 2009 AFC Cup and semi-finals of 2009 Copa Indonesia.[4] Alves later coached Persebaya 1927 to second place in the 2011-12 Indonesia Premier League he holds the LPI national record with 10 consecutive matches with 2 draws and 8 wins.[5] He also coached Persijap Jepara and Minangkabau staying 3 points from the second position in LPI competition, working with low profile players, Minangkabau was a club named PSP Padang.

In early 2013 Alves was named as the coach of the Malaysia Super League club Negeri Sembilan.[6] However, he left the club in a mutual agreement in May 2013, before end of season.

Alves was appointed as Technical Advisor of Perak in June 2014, succeeding Karl-Heinz Weigang. His role is to work together with head coach Abu Bakar Fadzim in handling the Perak's first team squad.[7] as technical advisor and head coach in September 2014. Season 2017–2018 in Oman the club ended top 6, after Coach Divaldo Alves went out of professional football for one season for private reasons. Manager Divaldo Alves has new challenge this time in West of Africa, sign for Sofapaka for the coming season 2019/2020 and the objective is to achieve the top of the table of Kenyan Premier League.

Personal life[edit]

Besides his native Portuguese, Alves is also fluent in Indonesian, Malay, English, and Spanish.

Honours[edit]

Persebaya Surabaya
Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""Voltei para abraçar um projecto"". Jornal dos Desportos. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  2. ^ "Divaldo e Guti: dois portugueses à conquista da Indonésia | Maisfutebol.iol.pt | Paixão Pura - Persijap Jepara tem treinador e jogador lusos". Maisfutebol.iol.pt. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  3. ^ "SUARA MERDEKA CETAK - Masih Menganggur, Gagal Kembali ke Benfica". Suaramerdeka.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  4. ^ "Angolano disputa título na Indonésia". Jornal dos Desportos. 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  5. ^ "Divaldo Alves Didekati Klub Asia dan Eropa | Indonesian Premier League". Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  6. ^ "Divaldo Alves impressed by foreigners' attitude". Goal.com. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  7. ^ "MyMetro | Peluang Alves pulih maruah". Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-17.

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