 Valentim in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Valentim do Carmo Neto | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-03-22)22 March 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Oliveira, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | América Mineiro (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| América Mineiro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995 | Guarani | 4 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Inter de Limeira | ||
| 1996–1999 | Atlético Paranaense | 73 | (1) |
| 1997 | →São Paulo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | →Cruzeiro (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | →Flamengo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Udinese | 86 | (3) |
| 2005 | →Siena (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Siena | 62 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Athletico Paranaense | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 248 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Brazil U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 1995 | Brazil U23 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Athletico Paranaense (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Athletico Paranaense (interim) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Palmeiras (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2014 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2015 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2016 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Red Bull Brasil | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2018 | Botafogo | ||
| 2018 | Pyramids | ||
| 2018–2019 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2019 | Avaí | ||
| 2019–2020 | Botafogo | ||
| 2021 | Cuiabá | ||
| 2021–2022 | Athletico Paranaense | ||
| 2022 | CSA | ||
| 2023 | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 2024 | Ituano | ||
| 2025 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2025– | América Mineiro | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alberto Valentim do Carmo Neto (born 22 March 1975) is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as aright back. He is the current head coach ofAmérica Mineiro.
Born inOliveira, Minas Gerais, Alberto started his professional career atGuarani ofSão Paulo state. After a spell atInter de Limeira, then spent 4 seasons atAthletico Paranaense, which also loaned toSão Paulo andFlamengo forCopa do Brasil,Campeonato Paulista andCampeonato Carioca, andCruzeiro for the1997 Intercontinental Cup.
In January 2000, he was signed by Italian Serie A clubUdinese viaRentistas for US$6.65 million.[1] He played his first Serie A match on 23 January, replacedRoberto Sosa in the 79th minutes. The match Udinese wonVenezia 5–2. He played 14 league matches in the first season. But in September 2000, along withWarley, were found using a fake Portuguese passport by Polish officials while heading to Poland for the match againstPolonia Warsaw.[2] It followed by an investigation of Italian police, and found 2 more teammate namelyJorginho Paulista andAlejandro Da Silva were using fake passport. It is becauseSerie A restricted each club could only had 5 non-European Union footballers and 3 in each match, a fake passport could increase their chance to win a contract with Italian club. However, that season Alberto played 27 league matches and scored 2 goals, as the quota system was abolished in the mid of season.[3] In June 2001, Alberto, along with a dozen other including 3 of Alberto's teammate, were banned, 10 of them including Alberto for a year and 3 youth players for 6 months.[1][4] but allowed to remain at Italy. The ban was later reduced. On 14 April 2002, he played his first league match after the ban, but replaced bySiyabonga Nomvethe at half-time. The match Udinese lost 0–1 toVerona.
The then played 2 more seasons, for Udinese.
In January 2005, after just played 2 league matches for theUdine club, he joined another Serie A sideSiena. In July 2005, Siena signed him from Udinese inco-ownership deal. He played 31 league matches that season for the Serie A struggler and the Tuscany side choose to sign him permanently in 2006. But in 2006–07 season, he just played 10 starts in 16 Serie A appearances and in 2007–08 season with only 2 starts.
In September 2008, he signed a1+1⁄2-year contract withClub Athletico Paranaense but only played 8 matches in national leagues.
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In 2012, Valentim returned to Atlético Paranaense as an assistant manager. He left the club in the following year, and joinedPalmeiras in 2014, also as an assistant.
On 13 December 2016, Valentim was announced asRed Bull Brasil manager.[5] The following 18 April, after a poor campaign in the2017 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked.[6]
On 24 June 2017, Valentim returned to Palmeiras, again as an assistant.[7] On 13 October, he was appointed interim manager in the place of sackedCuca.[8] Despite finishing second, he was released by the club on 5 December.[9]
On 13 February 2018, Valentim was named manager ofBotafogo.[10] On 19 June, he resigned after accepting an offer from an Egyptian Club,Pyramids FC.[11]
On 18 August 2018, Valentim left Pyramids FC following a dispute with the club's ownerTurki Al-Sheikh regarding the future of the team's strikerRibamar.[12] Just one week later, he has joinedVasco da Gama for the remainder of the Campeonato Brasileiro campaign.
Valentim was sacked on 21 April 2019, after losing the year'sCampeonato Carioca. On 18 June, he took over fellow top-tier sideAvaí, replacing firedGeninho,[13] but returned to Botafogo on 11 October.[14] He was dismissed byBota for the second time on 9 February 2020, after a poor campaign in theCarioca.[15]
On 1 April 2021, Valentim was named manager of top tier newcomersCuiabá.[16] He won the year'sCampeonato Mato-Grossense, but was dismissed on 29 May after seven wins in ten matches.[17]
On 1 October 2021, Valentim was named manager ofAthletico Paranaense, still in the top tier.[18] He left on a mutual agreement the following 10 April, after a 0–4 loss toSão Paulo in the2022 Série A opener.[19]
On 15 June 2022, Valentim replacedMozart at the helm ofCSA.[20] On 8 August, however, he was dismissed.[21]
On 5 May 2023, after nearly one year without coaching, Valentim was named in charge ofAtlético Goianiense in division two,[22] but was dismissed on 10 July.[23] On 26 February 2024, he was appointed head coach of fellow second division sideItuano.[24]
Valentim suffered relegation with Ituano in the2024 Campeonato Paulista, and was relieved from his duties on 20 October of that year, with the side also in the relegation zone of the2024 Série B.[25] On 26 November, he was announced as head coach ofPonte Preta.[26]
Valentim opted to leave Ponte on 11 August 2025, amidst a financial crisis, after accepting an offer fromAmérica Mineiro.[27]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Atlético Paranaense (interim) |  | 12 July 2013 | 14 July 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 | [28] |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 8 May 2014 | 1 June 2014 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 057.14 | [29] |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 2 September 2014 | 4 September 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | [29] |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 9 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | [29] |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 10 March 2016 | 14 March 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 | [29] |
| Red Bull Brasil | | 13 December 2016 | 18 April 2017 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 026.67 | |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 13 October 2017 | 5 December 2017 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 054.55 | [29] |
| Botafogo | | 13 February 2018 | 19 June 2018 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 042.31 | [30] |
| Pyramids |  | 20 June 2018 | 16 August 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 | [31] |
| Vasco da Gama | | 24 August 2018 | 21 April 2019 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 041.46 | |
| Avaí | | 18 June 2019 | 13 October 2019 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 020.00 | [32] |
| Botafogo | | 14 October 2019 | 9 February 2020 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 038.89 | [33] |
| Cuiabá | | 1 April 2021 | 29 May 2021 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 070.00 | [17] |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 1 October 2021 | 10 April 2022 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 028.57 | [34] |
| CSA | | 15 June 2022 | 8 August 2022 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 010.00 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | | 5 May 2023 | 10 July 2023 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 025.00 | |
| Ituano | | 26 February 2024 | 20 October 2024 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 026.47 | |
| Ponte Preta | | 26 November 2024 | 11 August 2025 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 048.15 | |
| América Mineiro | | 12 August 2025 | present | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 036.36 | |
| Career total | 270 | 101 | 67 | 102 | 300 | 329 | −29 | 037.41 | — | |||
Guarani
Inter de Limeira
São Paulo
Udinese
Athletico Paranaense
Brazil U20
Individual
Botafogo
Vasco da Gama
Cuiabá
Athletico Paranaense