Oswaldo de Oliveira

Oswaldo de Oliveira
Personal information
Full name	Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho
Date of birth	5 December 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Managerial career
Years	Team
1999–2000	Corinthians
2000	Vasco da Gama
2001–2002	Fluminense
2002–2003	São Paulo
2003	Flamengo
2004	Corinthians
2004	Vitória
2005	Santos
2005	Al-Ahli
2006	Fluminense
2006	Cruzeiro
2007–2011	Kashima Antlers
2012–2013	Botafogo
2014	Santos
2015	Palmeiras
2015	Flamengo
2016	Sport
2016	Corinthians
2017	Al-Arabi
2017–2018	Atlético Mineiro
2018–2019	Urawa Red Diamonds
2019	Fluminense

Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.

Manager career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role. Oliveira led the club to win the São Paulo State Championship and the Brazilian Série A that same year. In 2000, he made history by taking the first FIFA Club World Championship.

After leaving Corinthians, Oliveira would coach Brazilian teams Vasco, Fluminense, São Paulo, Flamengo, Vitória, Santos, Fluminense and Cruzeiro. The only title at this period would come with São Paulo, the 2002 São Paulo State Super Championship. After tricolor lost in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002 against Santos, and lost the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for Corinthians, Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results. He also had a short spell at Al-Ahli of Qatar.

In 2007 Oliveira started to coach J. League side Kashima Antlers. So far he has had a quite successful managerial career in Japan, winning three J. League Division 1 titles, one Emperor's Cup, one Japanese Super Cup. In 2009, he became the first J. League manager to be named J. League Manager of the Year three times. In 2012, Oliveira returned to managing in Brazil when he became the manager of Rio de Janeiro side Botafogo. In the 2013 season, he led Botafogo to 4th place in the league, qualifying the team for the Copa Libertadores. After the 2013 season, Oliveira was hired by fellow Brazilian side Santos FC. In 2015, he coached Palmeiras, which made him the first manager to have worked with all four main teams of São Paulo (Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo) and four main teams of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco).^[1]