Antônio Lopes
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Antônio Lopes dos Santos, usually known as Antônio Lopes (born June 12, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state) is a Brazilian football (soccer) manager.
Before being a football manager, he worked as a chief police officer in Rio de Janeiro city.
Antônio Lopes was the assistant manager of the Brazil national football team, managed by Émerson Leão, in 2000. He was also the assistant manager of the Brazilian national team, managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari, during the successful 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign.
In 2005, he was the manager of Corinthians, replacing Márcio Bittencourt, during most of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season. The club, with Antônio Lopes as its manager, won the competition.
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[edit] Career
During his career, he managed several clubs, including foreign clubs like Al Wash of Kuwait, Belenenses of Portugal, Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, and Brazilian clubs like Fluminense, Flamengo, Sport Recife, Portuguesa, Internacional, Santos, Atlético Paranaense, Grêmio, Vasco da Gama, Coritiba, Paraná, Corinthians and Goiás.
[edit] Titles
- FIFA World Cup in 2002, with Brazil;
- Copa Libertadores de América in 1998, with Vasco da Gama;
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1997, with Vasco da Gama and 2005, with Corinthians;
- Campeonato Carioca in 1982, 1998 and 2003, with Vasco da Gama;
- Campeonato Paranaense in 1996, with Paraná, and 2004, with Coritiba;
- Campeonato Pernambucano in 1998, with Sport Recife.
[edit] Honors
- Placar magazine's manager of year award, in 2005.
[edit] References
- Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
