Ademir Fonseca

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Ademir Fonseca
Personal information
Full name Ademir Fonseca dos Santos
Date of birth (1963-01-18) 18 January 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Nepomuceno, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1975–1982 Botafogo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Botafogo
1986Santa Cruz-RN
1986–1987Vitória
1987 Volta Redonda
1987 Santa Cruz
1988–1991 Joinville
1992 Comercial-SP
1992 Sãocarlense
1993–1994 Atlético Paranaense
1995 Santo André
1996 São José-SP
1996 Botafogo-SP
1997 Ituano
Managerial career
1997 Ituano
1998 Sãocarlense
1998 Comercial-SP
1998 Tubarão
1999 São Bento
2000 Madureira
2000 CRB
2001 Volta Redonda
2001 Tupi
2002 Ituano
2002 Marcílio Dias
2002 Rio Branco-SP
2003 América-RN
2003 Joinville
2003 Rio Branco-SP
2004 Joinville
2004 Caldense
2004 Mogi Mirim
2004 Ipatinga
2005 Cabofriense
2005 Inter de Limeira
2006 Cabofriense
2006 Paysandu
2006 Ituano
2007 Remo
2007 America-RJ
2007 Caldense
2008 America-RJ
2008 Bangu
2008 Cabofriense
2008 Gama
2009 Rio Branco-SP
2009 Cabofriense
2010 Tupi
2010 Vila Nova
2010 Rio Branco-SP
2011 Oeste
2011 São Caetano
2011 Goiás
2011 Fortaleza
2012 Caldense
2012 ABC
2013 CRB
2013 Santo André
2014 Oeste
2014 Anápolis
2014–2015 CRB
2015 Guarani
2016 URT
2016 Al-Shoulla
2017 Resende
2017 Botafogo-PB
2018 Ferroviário
2018 Olaria
2019 Uberlândia
2019 Tupi
2020 URT
2020 Villa Nova
2021 ASA
2022 Tupi
2024 União Suzano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024

Ademir Fonseca dos Santos (born 18 January 1963), simply known as Ademir Fonseca, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a defender.

Player career[edit]

Revealed by Botafogo FR, Ademir Fonseca is from the same generation of players who became famous as Josimar and Alemão. He didn't win official titles at Botafogo, but he won the Bern Tournament in 1985 against Young Boys.[1][2][3]

Managerial career[edit]

Ademir Fonseca began his career as a coach immediately after retiring, at Ituano FC in 1997. At Ituano he achieved one of the greatest achievements of his career, the 2002 Campeonato Paulista title.[4] He also won the state championships in 2006 with Paysandu[5] and in 2013 with CRB, in addition to other successful campaigns for teams from the interior of Brazil.[6][7][3]

Fonseca suffered a heart attack during the match Uberlândia vs. Serranense for Módulo II, in March 2019, having to undergo emergency heart surgery.[8]

On 6 February 2024, he was announced as coach of União Suzano for the Campeonato Paulista Série A3.[9]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Botafogo
  • Torneio Internacional de Berna: 1985

Manager[edit]

Ituano
Paysandu
CRB
Tupi

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Técnico do CRB, Ademir Fonseca lembra histórias dos 12 anos no Bota". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 22 May 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Técnico do CRB, Ademir iniciou a carreira de jogador no Botafogo". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 30 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Ademir Fonseca". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Técnico campeão em 2002 pelo Ituano aposta em novo título". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 2 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Paysandu conquista paraense nos pênaltis". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). 9 April 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ "ADEMIR FONSECA: Com títulos e acessos treinador aguarda por um novo desafio!". Treinadores do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Ademir Fonseca aguarda novas propostas para a temporada". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 23 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Técnico sofre infarto após jogo em MG e passa por cirurgias: "Susto grande"". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). 13 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Paulista A3: Ademir Fonseca volta à São Paulo após nove anos". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 6 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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