Muricy Ramalho

Muricy Ramalho
Personal information
Full name Muricy Ramalho
Date of birth November 30, 1955 (1955-11-30) (age 56)
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).

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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Playing career

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]

Head coaching career

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]

"Expressinho"

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]

2006-2009

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]

2009

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]

2010

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.

2011

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.

Career statistics

Head coach

Nat Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
São Paulo 1994 1997 &10000000000000108000000108 &1000000000000005500000055 &1000000000000003300000033 &1000000000000002000000020 &1000000000000005092999950.93
São Paulo 2006 2009 &10000000000000252000000252 &10000000000000139000000139 &1000000000000006700000067 &1000000000000004600000046 &1000000000000005515999955.16
Palmeiras 2009 2010 &1000000000000003400000034 &1000000000000001300000013 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000001000000010 &1000000000000003824000038.24
Fluminense 2010 2011 &1000000000000005400000054 &1000000000000002800000028 &1000000000000001500000015 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000005185000051.85
Santos 2011
Total 448 235 126 87 52.54
As of February 18, 2010

Head coaching honors

Fluminense
Internacional
Náutico
São Caetano
São Paulo
Santos
Shanghai Shenhua

References

  1. ^ Medio Futpédia stats with SPFC
  2. ^ a b Medio Tiempo Player stats with Puebla FC
  3. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/584/brazil/2010/07/23/2038936/muricy-ramalho-to-be-new-brazil-coach
  4. ^ http://pitacodogringo.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/fluminense-refuse-to-release-muricy-ramalho/
  5. ^ http://eurosport.yahoo.com/23072010/58/international-football-brazil-snubbed-fluminense.html
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 435. ISBN 85-88651-01-7. 
  7. ^ "Instabilidade pode atrapalhar trabalho de Muricy Ramalho" (in Portuguese). Estadão. April 12, 2008. http://www.estadao.com.br/esportes/not_esp155728,0.htm. Retrieved November 11, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b "Muricy Ramalho (ex-meia do São Paulo)" (in Portuguese). Milton Neves. October 14, 2008. http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=62411. Retrieved November 11, 2008. 
  9. ^ a b "Muricy Ramalho". Sambafoot. June 20, 2009. http://www.en.sambafoot.com/trainers/146_Muricy_Ramalho.html. Retrieved June 20, 2009. 
  10. ^ http://pitacodogringo.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/sao-paulos-sweeney-todd-how-muricy-ramalho-is-killing-the-game/
  11. ^ "Muricy Ramalho é demitido do São Paulo". Lancenet. June 19, 2009. http://msn.lancenet.com.br/sao-paulo/noticias/09-06-19/566231.stm?muricy-ramalho-e-demitido-do-sao-paulo. Retrieved June 20, 2009. 
  12. ^ "M. Ramalho zu Palmeiras" (in German). transfermarkt.de. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/29886/m-ramalho-zu-palmeiras.html. Retrieved July 22, 2009. 
  13. ^ Thiago Lavinas (July 23, 2010). "Muricy é o novo técnico da Seleção". GloboEsporte.com. http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/2010/07/muricy-e-o-novo-tecnico-da-selecao.htm. Retrieved July 23, 2010. 
  14. ^ "CBF convida Mano Menezes e já fala na primeira convocação". GloboEsporte.com. http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/selecao-brasileira/noticia/2010/07/mano-menezes-e-convidado-para-ser-tecnico-da-selecao-brasileira.html. Retrieved July 24, 2010. 
  15. ^ "Santos FC contrata técnico Muricy Ramalho" (in Portuguese). Santos Futebol Clube. April 5, 2011. http://www.santosfc.com.br/noticias/conteudo.asp?id=24141. Retrieved April 6, 2011. 
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Celso Roth
Copa Libertadores winning managers
2011
Succeeded by
Incubent