Dyego Rocha Coelho (born 22 March 1983) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a right-back.

Dyego Coelho
Personal information
Full name Dyego Rocha Coelho
Date of birth (1983-03-22) 22 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Corinthians 87 (12)
2007Atlético Mineiro (loan) 28 (4)
2008Atlético Mineiro (loan) 7 (3)
2008–2009Bologna (loan) 14 (0)
2009–2010 Atlético Mineiro 10 (0)
2011 Karabükspor 10 (2)
2012 Bahia 0 (0)
2013 Guaratinguetá 12 (2)
2014 Atlético Sorocaba 3 (0)
Total 171 (23)
International career
2003 Brazil U20 2 (0)
2003 Brazil 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Corinthians U20 (assistant)
2017–2018 Corinthians U20
2018 Corinthians (assistant)
2019 Guarani (assistant)
2019–2021 Corinthians U20
2019 Corinthians (interim)
2020 Corinthians (interim)
2021 Metropolitano
2021 Inter de Limeira
2022–2023 Portimonense U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Born in São Paulo, Coelho was a Corinthians youth graduate. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 3 July 2003, in a 2–0 home loss against Atlético Mineiro.

Coelho became an important unit of the club during the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winning campaign, but after scoring an own goal in the 2006 Copa Libertadores, he eventually lost his starting spot. He was loaned to Atlético Mineiro in the 2007 season, being an undisputed starter and scoring seven goals in all competitions. In September of that year, Coelho was banned for 120 days after he elbowed Kerlon while he was doing his seal trick. However, his ban was reduced to five matches on appeal.[2]

Returning to Timão for the 2008 campaign,[3] Coelho was rarely used and rejoined Atlético on loan on 16 February of that year.[4] On 1 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Bologna on a one-year loan deal.[5]

On 20 August 2009, Coelho returned to Galo on a permanent deal.[6] Rarely used, he was released by the club on 18 June of the following year,[7] and subsequently represented Karabükspor, Bahia,[8] Guaratinguetá[9] and Atlético Sorocaba.[10] He retired with the latter in 2014, aged 31.

Coelho received his first international cap for the Brazil national team as a 61st-minute substitute for Adriano in a 0–1 defeat to Mexico[11] in the Gold Cup Final, as Brazil used an under-23 squad to compete in the tournament. He also represented the under-20s in the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the under-23s in the 2003 Pan American Games.

Managerial career edit

In 2015, shortly after retiring, Coelho returned to his first club Corinthians as the assistant of the under-20 squad. On 14 February 2017, as Osmar Loss was named Fábio Carille's assistant in the main squad, he took over the under-20s.[12]

In November 2018, as Loss was named Guarani manager, Coelho was appointed assistant at the club.[13] The following 15 April he returned to Corinthians, again as manager of the under-20s.[14]

On 3 November 2019, Coelho was appointed interim manager of Corinthians, as Carille was sacked.[15] He was again an interim in September 2020, in the place of Tiago Nunes.

Honours edit

Corinthians

Atlético Mineiro

Bahia

Brazil

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profile". Esporte Clube Bahia. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. ^ A Seal Clubbing in Brazilian Football Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine – The Offside
  3. ^ "Coelho acerta retorno ao Corinthians" [Coelho returns to Corinthians] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clic RBS. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Coelho é emprestado ao Atlético Mineiro" [Coelho is loaned to Atlético Mineiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Globo. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Coelho deixa o Atlético e vai para o Bologna-ITA" [Coelho leaves Atlético and moves to Bologna-ITA] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Tempo. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Presidente do Atlético-MG anuncia acerto com Coelho" [Atlético-MG president announces deal with Coelho] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Atlético-MG rescinde com Coelho e pode anunciar Fernandinho, ex-Cruzeiro" [Atlético-MG rescind with Coelho and may announce Fernandinho, formerly of Cruzeiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Tímido no mercado, Bahia acerta a contratação de Coelho, ex-lateral do Atlético" [Shy on the market, Bahia sign Coelho, former Atlético full back] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Tempo. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Campeão brasileiro em 2005, lateral Coelho é apresentado pelo Guará" [Champion in 2005, full back Coelho is presented by Guará] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Atlético Sorocaba anuncia lateral Coelho, ex-Timão e Galo" [Atlético Sorocaba announce full back Coelho, formerly of Timão and Galo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Mexico - Brazil ( Gold Cup - 2003 ) - sambafoot, Football + Brazil". Archived from the original on 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  12. ^ "Ex-Atlético, Dyego Coelho assume comando técnico do Sub-20 do Corinthians" [Formerly of Atlético, Diego Coelho takes over Corinthians' under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Super Esportes. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Osmar Loss deixa o Corinthians e treinará o Guarani em 2019" [Osmar Loss leaves Corinthians and will manage Guarani in 2019] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clic RBS. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Dyego Coelho retorna ao comando técnico do sub-20 do Corinthians" [Dyego Coelho returns to Corinthians' under-20 squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Corinthians Paulista. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Dyego Coelho comanda o Timão diante do Fortaleza" [Dyego Coelho takes over Timão against Fortaleza] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Corinthians Paulista. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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