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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cristóvão Borges dos Santos | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1959-06-09)9 June 1959 (age 66) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Bahia | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Bahia | |||||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Operário-MS | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Atlético Paranaense | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | Santa Cruz | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | Atlético Paranaense | |||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Grêmio | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | Guarani | |||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Portuguesa | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | Atlético Mineiro | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | Rio Branco-SP | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Brazil | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Bangu (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Sport Recife (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Vitória (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Guarani (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Coritiba (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Juventude (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Brazil U23 (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Fluminense (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Flamengo (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Al Shabab (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Vasco da Gama (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Bahia | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Flamengo | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Atlético Paranaense | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Atlético Goianiense | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Figueirense | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Cristóvão Borges dos Santos (born 9 June 1959) is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player who played as amidfielder.[1]
Born inSalvador, Cristóvão played forFluminense,Atlético Paranaense,Corinthians,Grêmio among other clubs, Cristóvão began his career inBahia. He won titles with Fluminense, Atlético-PR and Grêmio.
Cristóvão retired in 1994, after representingRio Branco-SP. At international level, he representedBrazil on seven occasions during the 1989 season, scoring three goals and helping in theirCopa América winning campaign.
Cristóvão began working as an assistant coach four years after retiring, with his first experience being onBangu in 1998. In the following year, he joinedRicardo Gomes' staff atSport Recife, and subsequently worked with Gomes for nearly ten years. Both part ways in 2005, when Gomes was appointed head coach ofFC Girondins de Bordeaux; Cristóvão later worked withToninho Cerezo atAl Shabab.
In February 2011, Cristóvão rejoined Gomes' staff, being appointed assistant coach atVasco da Gama. In August, as Gomes suffered a stroke and had to step aside from his activities, Cristóvão took over as head coach[2][3] and guided Vasco to theCopa Sudamericana semifinals and the 2nd place on the2011 Brazilian League.[4] He was sacked on 10 September of the following year, after a 4–0 loss againstBahia.[5]
On 17 May 2013, Cristóvão was appointed head coach of Bahia, still in the top tier.[6] On 9 December, afteravoiding relegation, he left the club on mutual agreement.[7]
Cristóvão also managed other teams such as Fluminense,[8]Flamengo[9] and Atlético Paranaense.[10][11] On 19 June 2016, he was announced asCorinthians' new head coach, afterTite left the club to manage theBrazil national team,[12] but was relieved from his duties on 17 September, with less than three months in charge.[13]
On 29 November 2016, Cristóvão returned to Vasco after being appointed head coach for the ensuing season.[14] He was dismissed the following 17 March,[15] and remained unemployed for nearly three years before taking overAtlético Goianiense on 20 January 2020.[16]
Cristóvão was sacked by Atlético on 25 February 2020, after just seven matches.[17] On 17 November 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, he was appointed in charge ofFigueirense,[18] but was sacked the following 19 March.[19]
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Fluminense
Atlético Paranaense
Grêmio
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