| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muricy Ramalho | ||
| Date of birth | November 30, 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Santos (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1973–1978 | São Paulo | 48[1] | (6) |
| 1979–1985 | Puebla | 149[2] | (57[2]) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993 | Puebla | ||
| 1994–1996 | São Paulo | ||
| 1997 | Guarani | ||
| 1998 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| 1999 | Ituano | ||
| 1999 | Botafogo | ||
| 2000 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 2001–2002 | Náutico | ||
| 2002 | Figueirense | ||
| 2002–2003 | Internacional | ||
| 2004 | São Caetano | ||
| 2004–2005 | Internacional | ||
| 2006–2009 | São Paulo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2010–2011 | Fluminense | ||
| 2011– | Santos | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Muricy Ramalho (born November 30, 1955) is a Brazilian head coach and former football player. On July 23, 2010 it was reported that he had been offered the post of the coach of the Brazilian national football team,[3] replacing the sacked Dunga. However, Fluminense, his team at the time, refused to release him for the job.[4][5] Between 2006 and 2008 he led São Paulo to three consecutive national championships. In 2010 he also led Fluminense from Rio to the title. He is currently managing Santos.
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Born in São Paulo, São Paulo state, during his playing career, in the 1970s, he was a midfielder at São Paulo.[6] Between 1973 and 1978, he played 177 games for the club, scoring 26 goals.[7] Later in his career, he transferred to the Mexican football, being almost unknown in Brazil during that time.[6] He was not called up for the 1978 World Cup due to a knee injury.[8] After retiring, he started his career as a head coach.[6]
Muricy Ramalho started his head coaching career as the head coach of Mexican club Puebla.[8] He managed several clubs, including São Paulo, and Internacional.[9]
He was the São Paulo youth squad head coach between 1994 and 1996.[6] He was the manager of the São Paulo team that won the Copa CONMEBOL in 1994. The team contesting in that competition were formed from reserve and youth players, receiving the nickname Expressinho.[6] Despite the technical limitations of the team, São Paulo won the cup, defeating Peñarol of Uruguay in the final.[6] Players such as Denílson and Rogério Ceni were discovered by Muricy Ramalho during the competition.[6]
He was the head coach of São Paulo Futebol Clube for three years, winning the Série A three times in a row.[9] His methods and the playing style of his team did not win universal admiration, however.[10] After being eliminated from the Libertadores Cup in 2009 to Cruzeiro, his fourth consecutive elimination from the tournament, the board fired him.[11]
After almost one month of negotiations and even though to be given as locked up all the possibilities of a rightness due to wage settlement, Muricy Ramalho came back behind in his decision and reiterated his desire to direct the team of Palmeiras, signing contract on July 22, 2009.[12]
After six months as Palmeiras head coach, he was fired on February 18, after a defeat against São Caetano by 1-4. On April 25, Muricy was announced as the new head coach of Fluminense. It is his second time working in Rio de Janeiro. On July 23, Muricy was appointed as the head coach of Brazil,[13] but he was not released by the Rio de Janeiro-based team, so he was replaced by Mano Menezes.[14]
By the end of the season, Muricy Ramalho has led Fluminense to its third national championship, after 1970 and 1984. Fluminese's Argentine midfielder Darío Conca was universally acknowledged as the player of the tournament.
On April 6, 2011, it was announced that Muricy would take charge of Santos until the end of the 2011 season.[15] He led Santos to the 2011 Campeonato Paulista title and later to the Copa Libertadores da América title.
| Nat | Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
| São Paulo | 1994 | 1997 | 108 | 55 | 33 | 20 | 50.93 | ||||
| São Paulo | 2006 | 2009 | 252 | 139 | 67 | 46 | 55.16 | ||||
| Palmeiras | 2009 | 2010 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38.24 | ||||
| Fluminense | 2010 | 2011 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 51.85 | ||||
| Santos | 2011 | — | |||||||||
| Total | 448 | 235 | 126 | 87 | 52.54 | ||||||
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Celso Roth |
Copa Libertadores winning managers 2011 |
Succeeded by Incubent |
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