Gilmar Dal Pozzo (born 1 September 1969) is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player who played as agoalkeeper. He is the current head coach ofChapecoense.
After being a regular starter for Veranópolis in the2004 Campeonato Gaúcho (also scoring in a 2–1 home win overSão José-RS on 12 May), Gilmar joinedAvaí on 7 June of that year.[2] In January 2006, he moved toSanta Cruz,[3] but signed forJoinville on 18 June.[4]
After another spell at Veranópolis in the2007Gauchão, Gilmar played forUlbra and retiring with the club in the end of that year, aged nearly 38.[5]
Immediately after retiring, Dal Pozzo was confirmed as head coach of Veranópolis for the 2008 season.[6] He ledPelotas to the 2008Copa FGF title, before returning toVEC in February 2009.[7]
On 22 March 2010, Dal Pozzo left Veranópolis by mutual consent,[8] and was namedNovo Hamburgo head coach on 10 June.[9] Dismissed from the latter in October, he returned to Pelotas in December, but was also sacked on 7 February 2011.[10]
Dal Pozzo subsequently returned to Veranópolis in March 2011, but left the side on 11 September 2012 to take overSérie C sideChapecoense.[11] He led the club to two consecutive promotions, but was sacked on 23 May 2014, after a bad start inthe year'sSérie A.[12]
On 5 September 2014, Dal Pozzo was appointed head coach ofCriciúma also in the top tier,[13] but was dismissed on 27 October.[14] He was announced at the helm ofABC in theSérie B on 25 May 2015,[15] but was relieved from his duties on 15 July.[16]
On 8 September 2015, Dal Pozzo was named in charge ofNáutico also in the second division.[17] Afternarrowly missing out promotion, he was sacked on 27 April of the following year.[18]
On 8 June 2016, Dal Pozzo was announced asDado Cavalcanti's replacement at the helm ofPaysandu, still in division two.[19] He only lasted less than two months at the club, being dismissed on 31 July after their seventh consecutive draw.[20]
On 28 November 2016, Dal Pozzo was appointedCeará head coach for the upcoming season,[21] but was sacked the following 16 February, after the club's elimination from the2017 Copa do Brasil.[22] He agreed to a contract withJuventude on 7 March 2017,[23] but was sacked on 21 October.[24]
On 20 June 2018, Dal Pozzo was appointedBrasil de Pelotas head coach,[25] but was dismissed on 29 August.[26] He returned to Náutico on 13 May 2019,[27] and finishedthe season with a promotion to the second division as champions.
Sacked by theTimbu on 12 August 2020,[28] Dal Pozzo accepted an offer fromParaná on 3 December,[29] but resigned on 5 January 2021.[30] He spent more than a year unemployed before taking overJoinville on 31 January 2022,[31] and left the club after the end of the2022 Campeonato Catarinense.
On 12 March 2022, Dal Pozzo returned to the second tier after being named head coach ofSport Recife.[32] Sacked on 26 June,[33] he returned toChape on 31 August.[34]
Dal Pozzo left Chapecoense on 9 November 2022, afternarrowly avoiding relegation,[35] and was announced asItuano head coach the following 10 February.[36] Dismissed on 21 May,[37] he returned to his previous club nine days later.[38]
Dal Pozzo was sacked from Chapecoense on 7 August 2023,[39] and spent nearly nine months without a club before taking over fellow second division side Avaí on 6 May 2024.[40]
Dal Pozzo was sacked from Avaí on 5 August 2024, after a poor run of form,[41] and returned to a fourth spell atChape fifteen days later.[42]
^"Gilmar Dal Pozzo assume a Chapecoense" [Gilmar Dal Pozzo takes over Chapecoense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Iguaçu. 11 September 2012. Retrieved7 May 2024.
^"Gilmar Dal Pozzo é novo técnico da Chapecoense" [Gilmar Dal Pozzo is the new head coach of Chapecoense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Chapecoense de Futebol. 20 August 2024. Retrieved21 August 2024.
^"Gilmar Dal Pozzo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Meu Time na Rede. Retrieved4 August 2025.
