Eduardo Oliveira (footballer, born 1982)

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.

Eduardo Oliveira
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Gonçalves Torres de Oliveira[1]
Date of birth (1982-05-26) 26 May 1982 (age 42)[2]
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

Playing career

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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

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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

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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

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As of 4 February 2022.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Cuiabá   21 January 2022 6 February 2022 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 075.00 [15]
Total 4 3 0 1 7 5 +2 075.00

References

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  1. ^ "Fluminense / RJ X Grêmio / RS" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Eduardo Torres" (in German). Sport.de. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Eduardo Oliveira (2015) – Hall of Fame". West Florida Argonauts. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Eduardo Oliveira – All-Time Men's Soccer Roster". West Florida Argonauts. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Eduardo Oliveira". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Winners of Nike chance global showcase announced at St George's Park". Sport Locker. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ 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.