Dorival Júnior

Dorival Júnior
Personal information
Full name Dorival Silvestre Júnior
Date of birth 25 April 1962 (1962-04-25) (age 49)
Place of birth Araraquara, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Internacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1982–1983 Ferroviária 19 (0)
1984–1985 Guarani 3 (0)
1985–1986 Avaí 0 (0)
1986–1987 Joinville 25 (0)
1988 São José 0 (0)
1988 Coritiba 23 (0)
1989–1992 Palmeiras 37 (0)
1993 Grêmio 15 (0)
1994–1995 Juventude 8 (0)
1999 Botafogo 9 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Figueirense
2005 Fortaleza
2005 Criciúma
2005 Juventude
2005–2006 Sport Recife
2006 Avaí
2006–2007 São Caetano
2007 Cruzeiro
2008 Coritiba
2009 Vasco da Gama
2010 Santos
2010–2011 Atlético Mineiro
2011– Internacional
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dorival Silvestre Júnior, usually known as Dorival Júnior (born 25 April 1962 in Araraquara, Brazil) is a football manager and former midfielder. He is nephew of the former Brazilian player Dudu.[1]

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Career

As a player he began his professional career in his hometown in 1982, playing for Ferroviária. Two years later he moved to Guarani, of Campinas. In 1985, he began playing in the state of Santa Catarina, first for Avaí and later on for Joinville. In 1988 he went back to the state of São Paulo, this time to play for São José, but during the same year he moved to Coritiba. In 1989 he went to Palmeiras, where he stayed until 1992. A year later in 1993 he was sold to Grêmio, and in the following year he continued to play in the state Rio Grande do Sul, but this time for Juventude, where he ended his career in 1995.[2]

Dorival Júnior started his managerial career in 2003 with Figueirense and won the Campeonato Catarinense in 2004. In 2005, he went to Fortaleza and won the 2005 Campeonato Cearense. He later went to Criciúma and Juventude, still in 2005. In 2006, he won the Campeonato Pernambucano with Sport Recife and also managed Avaí in the same year.

In 2007, Dorival Junior had a great campaign with São Caetano, and helped them to become runner-up in the 2007 edition of the Campeonato Paulista. In that campaign he eliminated big clubs such as: Corinthians and São Paulo. After winning against São Paulo in the semi-finals, São Caetano were runners-up in the Campeonato Paulista, losing in the finals to Santos. A day after the finals, Dorival Júnior left São Caetano and went to Cruzeiro.

After a promising campaign, in which Cruzeiro were second in the championship for most of the year, Cruzeiro slipped up in the last few rounds and barely qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008, Dorival Júnior was fired. Although Cruzeiro managed to qualify for the Libertadores, Cruzeiro decided to fire Dorival Júnior for a manager more capable of leading the team to a good Libertadores campaign.

Career statistics

Manager

Nat Team From To Record
G W L D Win % GF GA +/-
Vasco da Gama 2009 2009 62 38 16 8 61.29 111 47 +64
Total 62 38 16 8 61.29 111 47 +64
As of November 28, 2009

References

  1. ^ http://br.sambafoot.com/treinadores/614_Dorival_Junior.html
  2. ^ "Futpedia: Dorival Júnior (Dorival Silvestre Júnior)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/dorival-junior. Retrieved 2010-02-15. 
CR Vasco da Gama – managers
S.C. Internacional – managers