Adilson Dias Batista (born 16 March 1968) is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player.
His professional playing career as acentre-back spanned 13 years, during which he was mainly associated withCruzeiro andGrêmio. Adilson also represented theBrazil national team in four occasions.
Born inAdrianópolis,Paraná, he was known asAdilson during his playing days, and finished his formation withAtlético Paranaense. Promoted to the first-team in 1987 by head coachLevir Culpi,[1] he was a regular starter before moving toCruzeiro in 1989.
Batista started his coaching career withMogi Mirim in 2001. In the following season, he was in charge ofAmérica-RN andAvaí.
On 27 May 2003, Batista was named head coach ofParaná in theSérie A,[3] but moved to fellow league team Grêmio on 22 August.[4] On 4 June 2004, he was dismissed by the latter.[5]
Batista subsequently took overPaysandu before being appointed head coach ofSport in 2005. Late in the year he was at the helm ofFigueirense, but returned to Japan and Júbilo Iwata in 2006.
Batista in 2009
On 6 December 2007, Batista was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Cruzeiro.[6] With the club he reached the finals of the2009 Copa Libertadores, losing it toEstudiantes. On 3 June 2010, he announced his resignation.[7]
On 24 July 2010, Batista replacedMano Menezes at the helm ofCorinthians.[8] On 10 October, after five winless matches, he stepped down.[9]
On 8 November 2010, Batista was announced as the newSantos head coach for the 2011 season.[10] He was sacked the following 27 February, as the club was struggling in the2011 Copa Libertadores.[11]
On 5 April 2011, Batista returned to Atlético Paranaense, now as head coach.[12] He resigned on 25 June,[13] and took overSão Paulo on 16 July;[14] he was relieved from his duties on 16 October.
On 4 April 2012, Batista was namedAtlético Goianiense head coach,[15] being sacked on 30 May despite suffering only one defeat during his tenure.[16] On 8 November, he returned to Figueirense.[17]
On 29 October 2013, Batista was appointed in charge ofVasco da Gama,[18] being sacked the following 30 August.[19] In June 2015, after nearly one year unemployed, he took overJoinville,[20] being relieved from his duties on 26 July.[21]
On 24 July 2018, after nearly three years of inactivity, Batista was named head coach ofAmérica Mineiro,[22] being relieved from his duties on 10 November after ten winless matches. On 2 October of the following year, he was appointed in charge ofCeará also in the top tier.[23]
On 28 November 2019, Batista was sacked by Ceará,[24] and returned to Cruzeiro the following day, replacingAbel Braga. He was dismissed by the latter on 15 March 2020, after only one win in his last nine matches at the club.[25]
On 6 March 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, Batista took overLondrina.[26] He left after the season ended,[27] and was named in charge of fellow second division sideBotafogo-SP on 23 February 2023.[28]
On 24 June 2023, Batista was dismissed byPantera.[29] On 16 April of the following year, he replacedLuizinho Vieira at the helm ofAmazonas also in division two,[30] but left the club by mutual consent on 23 May, amidst rumours of a return to Cruzeiro as youth coordinator.[31]