Vágner Benazzi

Vágner Benazzi

Personal information
Full name	Vágner Benazzi de Andrade
Date of birth	(1954-07-17) July 17, 1954
Place of birth	Osasco, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
1967–1969	Nacional (SP)
1970–1971	Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1972	Operário (MS)
1973	Portuguesa
1974	Sampaio Corrêa
1975–1977	Juventude
1978	XV de Jaú
1979–1980	Comercial
1981–1982	Palmeiras
1983–1986	São José (SP)
1987	Sãocarlense
Teams managed
1989–1990 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1992–1993 1994 1994 1995 1996 1996 1996 1997 1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006–2008 2008 2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2015–	Sãocarlense Lençoense União Barbarense Comercial-SP Sãocarlense Lemense Taquaritinga Sãocarlense Comercial Portuguesa Santista União Barbarense Bragantino Paulista Paraguaçuense União Barbarense Gama Paulista São José (SP) Santo André Atlético Sorocaba Santo André Figueirense Santo André Náutico Figueirense Brasiliense Criciúma Paysandu Fortaleza Joinville Avaí Portuguesa Ponte Preta Vila Nova Portuguesa Avaí Bahia Vitória Botafogo-SP Bragantino Atlético Sorocaba Bragantino Paysandu Comercial-SP Guarani Portuguesa Bragantino
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Vágner Benazzi de Andrade (born July 17, 1954), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a right back, and is a current manager.

Managerial career

Born in Osasco, Benazzi made his managerial debuts with Grêmio Sãocarlense, his last professional club, in 1989. With the club he also won the Campeonato Paulista Série A3.

After being highly known for taking lower clubs to promotion places, Benazzi joined Avaí in 2006, helping the club to achieve a place in 2007 Copa do Brasil. He subsequently moved to Portuguesa, being promoted with the club and also winning the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.

On 10 October 2010, after managing Ponte Preta, Vila Nova and Portuguesa, Benazzi returned to Avaí,^[1] with the club narrowly avoiding relegation in the year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. On 14 February of the following year, however, he was relieved from his duties.^[2]

Benazzi also managed Bahia, and after being dimissed joined fierce rivals Vitória, leaving the latter in December 2011. He was later in charge of Botafogo-SP,^[3] Bragantino (two stints)^[4][5] Atlético Sorocaba, Paysandu,^[6] Comercial-SP^[7] and Guarani.^[8] He rescinded with the latter on 14 September,^[9] joining Portuguesa a day after.^[10]

References

External links

• Ogol profile (Portuguese)
• Official website (Portuguese)