Eduardo Oliveira (footballer, born 1982)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduardo Gonçalves Torres de Oliveira[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 26 May 1982||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[3] | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back[5] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Atlético Mineiro U20 (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Democrata-SL | |||
Goiás | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | West Florida Argonauts | 59 | (9) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Panama City Beach Pirates | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2007–2009 | West Florida Argonauts (assistant) | ||
2009 | Panama City Beach Pirates (assistant) | ||
2011 | Brazil Women (assistant) | ||
2018–2019 | Fluminense U17 | ||
2020–2022 | Fluminense U20 | ||
2022 | Cuiabá (assistant) | ||
2022 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
2022– | Atlético Mineiro U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eduardo Gonçalves Torres de Oliveira (born 26 May 1982), known as Eduardo Oliveira, is a Brazilian football coach, currently in charge of Atlético Mineiro's under-20 team.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Rio de Janeiro,[3] Oliveira started to play football at young age in his hometown, before being invited to play in Minas Gerais[5] with Democrata de Sete Lagoas.[3] He subsequently played for Goiás before being invited to play college soccer in the United States.[5]
Oliveira joined University of West Florida's West Florida Argonauts in 2003.[4] He started in 57 of his 59 matches during his four-year spell, scoring nine goals and providing one assist.[4] In 2006, he was named in NCAA Division II's All-America team, being the first player from the UWF to be included.[3]
In 2009, Oliveira played in four USL Premier Development League matches for Panama City Beach Pirates.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]In 2007, Oliveira remained with the Argonauts, as an assistant coach.[4] In the summer of 2009, he moved to the Panama City Beach Pirates after being hired as an assistant coach.[4]
Oliveira returned to his home country in 2010, after being invited by the Brazilian Football Confederation to work as a fitness coach of the Brazil women's under-20 team.[5] He later became an assistant fitness coach of the full side in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup,[5] being also an assistant of Jorge Barcellos for a brief period in 2011.[7]
Oliveira joined Botafogo in 2012, as a technical coordinator, and was subsequently invited by Nike in 2014 and 2015 to manage the Rio de Janeiro-based team for the Nike Most Wanted trials, which later selected players for the Nike Academy.[5][8][9] He joined Fluminense in 2017, as a youth coordinator.[5] He took over the under-17 team in May 2018,[5] and was appointed in charge of the under-20s on 16 December 2019.[10]
On 21 January 2022, Fluminense announced the departure of Oliveira from his under-20 role, after stating that he resigned after "receiving an offer"; he was replaced by his brother.[11] Just hours later, ge revealed that he had accepted an offer from Cuiabá to manage the club in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense;[12] the deal was officially announced three days later, as he was named the club's permanent assistant manager and interim for the state league.[13]
Oliveira made his managerial debut for Dourado on 26 January 2022, in a 2–1 away win over União Rondonópolis.[14] After another three matches in charge, he moved to the assistant role after the appointment of Pintado.[15]
On 7 May 2022, Oliveira left Cuiabá,[16] and returned to the under-20 category after being named in charge of Atlético Mineiro.[17]
Personal life
[edit]Oliveira's younger brother Guilherme is also a football manager, and both worked together at Fluminense and Botafogo.[18] Their father Eraldo Torres was a footballer, and played for the likes of America-RJ, Bangu, São Cristóvão and Americano before becoming a manager.[18]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 4 February 2022.
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Cuiabá | ![]() |
21 January 2022 | 6 February 2022 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 75.00 | [15] |
Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 75.00 | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Fluminense / RJ X Grêmio / RS" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Eduardo Torres" (in German). Sport.de. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Eduardo Oliveira (2015) – Hall of Fame". West Florida Argonauts. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Eduardo Oliveira – All-Time Men's Soccer Roster". West Florida Argonauts. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "198 gols, títulos, DNA do Flu: quem é Eduardo, técnico do sub-17 pedido pela torcida no profissional" [198 goals, titles, Flu's DNA: who is Eduardo, manager of the under-17s asked to be in the main squad by the supporters] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Eduardo Oliveira". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Seleção Feminina: Torneio Cidade São Paulo" [Women's national team: São Paulo City Tournament] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Winners of Nike chance global showcase announced at St George's Park". Sport Locker. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Vencedores da etapa brasileira de "Os Procurados" são definidos" [Winners of the Brazilian stage of the "Most Wanted" are defined] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Nike. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Eduardo Oliveira é o novo técnico do Sub-20 do Fluminense" [Eduardo Oliveira is the new under-20 manager of Fluminense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fluminense FC. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Fluminense comunica a saída do técnico Eduardo Oliveira" [Fluminense announce the departure of manager Eduardo Oliveira] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fluminense FC. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Cuiabá contrata técnico Eduardo Oliveira, que estava no Sub-20 do Fluminense" [Cuiabá sign manager Eduardo Oliveira, who was at Fluminense's under-20 team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Eduardo Oliveira é contratado para comissão permanente" [Eduardo Oliveira is signed for the permanent staff] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cuiabá EC. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Com gol de Rodriguinho de falta Cuiabá vence o União e assume liderança do Mato-grossense" [With a free kick goal from Rodriguinho Cuiabá defeat União and take over the leadership of the Mato-grossense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Só Notícias. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Novo comandante! Cuiabá anuncia a contratação do técnico Pintado" [New commander! Cuiabá announce the signing of manager Pintado] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Joga10 News. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Luiz Fernando Iubel volta ao Cuiabá e Eduardo Oliveira deixa o clube" [Luiz Fernando Iubel returns to Cuiabá and Eduardo Oliveira leaves the club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cuiabá EC. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Atlético-MG anuncia Eduardo Oliveira como técnico do sub-20" [Atlético-MG announce Eduardo Oliveira as head coach of the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Irmãos, técnicos do Fluminense Sub-20 e Sub-17 unem futebol que corre no sangue ao "DNA Tricolor"" [Brothers, managers of Fluminense under-20s and under-17s join football that runs in the blood to "DNA Tricolor"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- West Florida Argonauts men's soccer players
- Panama City Beach Pirates players
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Brazilian football managers
- Cuiabá Esporte Clube managers