Gerson Sodré

Gerson Sodré
Personal information
Full nameGerson José Sodré
Date of birth14 July 1957
Place of birthItabuna, Brazil
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Portuguesa (assistant)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976Itabuna
1977–1978América-RJ
1979–1980Itabuna
1980–1984Portuguesa
1985Guarani
1986Ceará
1987Ferroviária
1988–1990Ceará
1991América-SP
1991Bandeirante
1992CRB
1992–1993Grêmio Maringá
1993Atlético Sorocaba
1994Uberlândia
Teams managed
1994Uberlândia (player-manager)
1999Alecrim
2000Estrela de Vinhedo
2000Campo Limpo Paulista
2006CRB
2010Sport Barueri
2014Portuguesa (interim)
2015Portuguesa (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gerson José Sodré (born 14 July 1957), known as Gerson Sodré, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current assistant manager of Portuguesa.

Playing career

Born in Itabuna, Bahia, Sodré represented Itabuna, América-RJ, Portuguesa, Guarani, Ceará, Ferroviária, América-SP, Bandeirante, CRB, Grêmio Maringá, Atlético Sorocaba and Uberlândia, retiring with the latter in 1994.[1]

Post-playing career

Sodré acted as a player-manager with his last club Uberlândia, and was later appointed as a youth coach in another of his former clubs, Portuguesa. In 1999 he was named Alecrim manager, but returned to São Paulo shortly after, taking over União de Mogi's youth setup.

After another managerial jobs in the same state, Sodré worked exclusively as Estevam Soares' assistant, only stepping out of his role to manage CRB in 2006 and Sport Barueri in 2010.[2] In 2012 he returned to Lusa and its youth setup, being appointed assistant of the main squad in the following year.[3]

In 2014 Sodré was in charge of the club during a Série B match as an interim, being subsequently replaced by Marcelo Veiga.

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