Antônio Lopes

Infobox Football biography
playername = Antônio Lopes
fullname = Antônio Lopes dos Santos
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1941|6|12
cityofbirth = Rio de Janeiro
countryofbirth = Brazil
currentclub = Vasco da Gama
years = 1958-1961
1961-1962
clubs = Olaria
Bonsucesso
caps(goals) =
manageryears = 1980
1981
1981-1983
1983-1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987
1988
1988
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990
1991
1992
1993
1993
1994
1994
1995
1995-1996
1996
1997-2000
2000
2000
2002-2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2008-
managerclubs = Olaria
América
Vasco da Gama
Kuwait
Vasco da Gama
Fluminense
Flamengo
Côte d'Ivoire
Sport Recife
Al Wasl
Portuguesa
Belenenses
Vasco da Gama
Internacional
Santos
Portuguesa
Internacional
Al-Hilal
Cruzeiro
Cerro Porteño
Paraná
Vasco da Gama
Grêmio
Atlético Paranaense
Vasco da Gama
Coritiba
Atlético Paranaense
Corinthians
Goiás
Fluminense
Atlético Paranaense
Vasco da Gama

Antônio Lopes dos Santos, usually known as Antônio Lopes (born June 12, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state) is a Brazilian football (soccer) manager and former footballer.

Before being a football manager, he worked as a chief police officer in Rio de Janeiro city.

Antônio Lopes was the assistant manager of the Brazil national football team, managed by Émerson Leão, in 2000. He was also the assistant manager of the Brazilian national team, managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari, during the successful 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign.

In 2005, he was the manager of Corinthians, replacing Márcio Bittencourt, during most of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season. The club, with Antônio Lopes as its manager, won the competition.

Career as a player

He played for Olaria from 1958 to 1961, and played for Bonsucesso in 1962.

Career as a manager

During his career, he managed several clubs, including foreign clubs like Al Wasl of the United Arab Emirates, Belenenses of Portugal, Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, and Brazilian clubs like Fluminense, Flamengo, Sport Recife, Portuguesa, Internacional, Santos, Atlético Paranaense, Grêmio, Vasco da Gama, Coritiba, Paraná, Corinthians and Goiás.

Titles

* FIFA World Cup in 2002, with Brazil;
* Copa Libertadores de América in 1998, with Vasco da Gama;
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1997, with Vasco da Gama and 2005, with Corinthians;
* Campeonato Carioca in 1982, 1998 and 2003, with Vasco da Gama;
* Campeonato Paranaense in 1996, with Paraná, and 2004, with Coritiba;
* Campeonato Pernambucano in 1988, with Sport Recife.
* Campeonato Gaúcho in 1992 and 1994, with Internacional.
* Copa do Brasil in 1992, with Internacional.
* Torneio Rio-São Paulo in 1999, with Vasco da Gama

Honors

*Placar magazine's manager of year award, in 2005.

References

*"Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro", Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

External links

*pt icon [http://www.antoniolopes.com.br/ Official website]