Lorival Alves dos Santos (born 7 October 1959) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who most recently managed Brazilian club UNIRB FC.[2]

Lorival Santos
Personal information
Full name Lorival Alves dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1959-10-07) 7 October 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975 Guapira
1976 Paulista
1977 América Mineiro
Managerial career
1985 Banespa U20
1986–1987 Banespa
1989 Banespa U17
1994 Juventus-SP U20
1996 Juventus-SP
1997–1999 Juventus-SP
1999 Juventus-SP U20
2000 Grêmio Barueri
2000 Corinthians B
2003 Taubaté
2004 ADAP
2005 Grêmio Barueri
2006 ADAP
2006 São Bernardo
2007 Cascavel
2007–2008 Roma Apucarana
2008–2009 CSA
2009 Central
2010 Canoas
2010–2011 Corinthians Alagoano
2011 Coruripe
2012 São José
2012–2013 CSA
2013 Treze
2013–2014 Al-Shorta
2015 Murici
2015 Coruripe
2016 CSE
2017 Santa Cruz de Natal
2019 Cascavel
2020–2021 ASA
2022 UNIRB
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Santos began his playing career as a midfielder for Guapira. He went on to play for Paulista and América-MG.

Coaching career

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Santos began his coaching career with Banespa's youth team in 1985 and later went on to coach their first team where he won the Troféu Cidade de São Paulo which was his first title as a manager. His second trophy came in 2000 when he led Corinthians Paulista B to the Copa Chivas title.[3] He won his third honour in 2004, leading ADAP to the Campeonato do Interior Paranaense Série Ouro title.[4] He coached Brazilian teams in various professional leagues in the late 2000s and early 2010s including coaching ADAP in the 2005 Campeonato Paranaense, Cascavel in the 2007 Campeonato Paranaense, Roma Apucarana in the 2008 Copa do Brasil, Central in the 2009 Campeonato Pernambucano, Canoas in the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho and Treze in the 2013 Campeonato Paraibano.[5]

After 28 years of coaching in Brazil, Santos took up a new job as he was appointed manager of Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta.[6] He coached them through their 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying campaign and their 2014 AFC Cup group stage campaign but the club was eliminated from both tournaments.[7] Santos successfully led Al-Shorta to first place in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League with 43 points from 21 matches, although the season was ended prematurely due to the war situation in the country.[8] He received a Certificate of Merit for achieving an unprecedented feat of most consecutive wins against the club's rival teams, as his team achieved seven wins from seven matches against Al-Zawraa, Duhok, Erbil, Al-Talaba, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Amanat Baghdad until the streak was ended with a 2–2 draw against Duhok.[9] He was the coach who gave Mohanad Ali his debut in the Baghdad Derby against Al-Talaba on 26 March 2014 which made Mohanad the youngest player in Iraqi Premier League history at only 13 years old.[10]

He then returned to coaching in Brazil and managed Cascavel in their first five 2019 Campeonato Paranaense matches, achieving two wins and three losses, before taking over at ASA de Arapiraca where he won the Copa Alagoas.[11]

Honours

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Manager

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Banespa

  • Troféu Cidade de São Paulo: 1989

Corinthians B

ADAP

  • Campeonato do Interior Paranaense Série Ouro: 2004

ASA

Individual

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  • Copa Chivas Best Manager: 2000
  • Iraqi Premier League Certificate of Merit: 2014

References

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  1. ^ "Team Profile: Al Shorta (IRQ)". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Lourival Santos". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Lorival Santos Clubs". lorivalsantos.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Lorival Santos Performance". lorivalsantos.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Lorival Santos Career". Santa Foot. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Lorival Santos aprova pré-temporada do Al Shorta na Turquia". Futebol Interior. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. ^ "AFC Cup: Al Wahda hold Iraqi Al Shorta 0-0". Syria Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Iraqi League 2013/2014". Goalzz. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Lorival Santos Interview" (PDF). Al-Shorta SC Website. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Al-Shorta SC Latest News". Al-Shorta SC Website. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Lorival Santos Resume". oGol. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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