 Mozart playing forSpartak Moscow in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mozart Santos Batista Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-11-08)8 November 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[citation needed] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coritiba (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997 | Paraná | ||
| 1998 | Bordeaux | ||
| 1998–1999 | Coritiba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Coritiba | 32 | (0) |
| 2000 | Flamengo | 26 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Reggina | 138 | (9) |
| 2005–2009 | Spartak Moscow | 68 | (7) |
| 2009 | Palmeiras | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Livorno | 21 | (0) |
| 2012 | Nanchang Bayi | ||
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Brazil U23 | 15 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 | Canoinhas [pt] | ||
| 2013 | Sport Jaraguá [pt] | ||
| 2014–2015 | Reggina (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Coritiba U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2019 | Coritiba U20 | ||
| 2019–2020 | Coritiba (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Coritiba (interim) | ||
| 2020–2021 | CSA | ||
| 2021 | Chapecoense | ||
| 2021 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2021–2022 | CSA | ||
| 2022–2023 | Guarani | ||
| 2023 | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 2023–2024 | Mirassol | ||
| 2025– | Coritiba | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mozart Santos Batista Júnior, usually known simply asMozart (born 8 November 1979) is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played in both thedefensive midfielder andattacking midfielder positions. He is the current head coach ofCoritiba.
Born inCuritiba,Paraná, Mozart started his career withParaná Clube, before moving to France withFC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1998, although he did not play any games for them.[1] He returned to play in Brazil forCoritiba, joining the club in July 1998 and being initially assigned to the under-20s.[2]
Promoted to the first team for the 1999 season, Mozart subsequently became a starter for the club,[2] and joined fellow top tier sideFlamengo in March 2000, for a fee ofUS$ 3.5 million.[3] At that time, he also appeared for theOlympic national team in the2000 Summer Olympics.
In October 2000, Mozart was sold toSerie A'sReggina Calcio, for a fee of US$4 million.[4] He subsequently became a regular starter for the side, helping in their promotion back to the first division in2003.
In August 2005, Mozart moved toSpartak Moscow, for a fee of around€6 million.[1] He terminated his contract with Spartak in March 2009, and the following month he signed forPalmeiras.[5]
Mozart's time at Palmeiras ended in August 2009 when he joinedLivorno.[6] He left the club in July 2010, staying more than a year without a club before signing for Chinese sideNanchang Bayi.[7] After that short stint he retired, initially dedicating his time to producingcachaça in his native state.[8]
Mozart was in theBrazil squad for the2000 Summer Olympics.[5]
In June 2013, Mozart was named manager ofCanoinhas [pt] for the second division of theCampeonato Catarinense, but was dismissed without managing the team in a single match, after altercations with the club's board. Late in the month, he took overSport Jaraguá [pt] in the same state's third division.[9]
On 21 July 2014, Mozart was namedFrancesco Cozza's assistant atReggina 1914.[10] In the following year, he returned to Coritiba, being initially named assistant manager of the under-20 squad and later appointed manager of the side in December.[11]
Mozart was later appointed assistant manager of the main squad during the 2019 season, and was named interim manager on 20 August 2020 after the dismissal ofEduardo Barroca.[12] He was in charge for one match, and returned to his assistant role after the arrival ofJorginho.
On 18 September 2020, Mozart was named manager ofSérie B sideCSA.[13] He renewed his contract for a further season on 28 December,[14] and subsequentlynarrowly missed out promotion to the first division.
On 18 April 2021, Mozart resigned from CSA and took overChapecoense, newly promoted to the top tier.[15] He was sacked on 27 May, after losing the year'sCampeonato Catarinense,[16] and took overCruzeiro back in the second division on 10 June.[17]
On 30 July 2021, Mozart resigned from Cruzeiro,[18] and returned to CSA exactly one month later.[19] On 13 June 2022, he resigned from the latter side,[20] and took over fellow second division sideGuarani fifteen days later.[21]
On 19 February 2023, Mozart was sacked byBugre after a poor start of the campaign,[22] and took over fellow second division sideAtlético Goianiense on 11 March.[23] On 1 May, despite winning the2023 Campeonato Goiano, he was sacked,[24] and was named in charge ofMirassol in the same category three days later.[25]
On 26 November 2024, after leading Mirassol to their first-ever promotion to the top tier, Mozart left the club,[26] and returned toCoxa just hours later, now as permanent head coach.[27]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coritiba | 1999 | Série A | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| Flamengo | 2000[28] | Série A | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Reggina | 2000–01[29] | Serie A | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
| 2001–02[29] | Serie B | 36 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 3 | ||||
| 2002–03[29] | 28 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | |||||
| 2003–04[29] | Serie A | 26 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2004–05[29] | 35 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 138 | 9 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 142 | 10 | |||||
| Spartak Moscow | 2005[30] | Russian Premier League | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2006[30] | 22 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 10[e] | 1 | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| 2007[30] | 18 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 9[f] | 1 | 1[g] | 0 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2008[30] | 21 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[h] | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 9 | |||
| Palmeiras | 2009[30] | Série A | 6 | 0 | — | — | 2[i] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Livorno | 2009–10[30] | Série A | 21 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 262 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 343 | 20 | ||
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Canoinhas [pt] |  | 7 February 2013 | 17 April 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Sport Jaraguá [pt] | | 20 June 2013 | November 2013 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 072.22 | [31] |
| Coritiba (interim) | | 20 August 2020 | 23 August 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| CSA | | 18 September 2020 | 18 April 2021 | 45 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 73 | 36 | +37 | 044.44 | [32] |
| Chapecoense | | 18 April 2021 | 27 May 2021 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 037.50 | [16] |
| Cruzeiro | | 10 June 2021 | 3 August 2021 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 015.38 | [16] |
| CSA | | 2 September 2021 | 13 June 2022 | 51 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 045.10 | |
| Guarani | | 28 June 2022 | 20 February 2023 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 042.42 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | | 14 March 2023 | 1 May 2023 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 042.86 | |
| Mirassol | | 4 May 2023 | 26 November 2024 | 83 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 94 | 68 | +26 | 044.58 | |
| Coritiba | | 26 November 2024 | present | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 048.00 | |
| Total | 261 | 117 | 77 | 67 | 399 | 251 | +148 | 044.83 | — | |||
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