| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wesley Oliveira de Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-06-04)4 June 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Itapetinga, Brazil | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Vitória | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Vitória U17 | ||
| 2012–2017 | Vitória U20 | ||
| 2015 | Vitória (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Vitória (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras U20 | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Palmeiras U20 | ||
| 2018 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2022 | Athletico Paranaense U23 | ||
| 2022 | Athletico Paranaense (interim) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Athletico Paranaense (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Athletico Paranaense (interim) | ||
| 2024– | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Cruzeiro (interim) | ||
Wesley Oliveira de Carvalho (born 4 June 1974) is a Brazilianfootballcoach. He is the current assistant coach ofCruzeiro.
Born inItapetinga,Bahia, Carvalho played was a goalkeeper inVitória's youth setup, beingDida's backup during the 1993Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.[1] He never played professionally during his career, but still joined the very same club in 1997, as a goalkeeping coach.[2]
Carvalho left the club in 2003, and returned on two more occasions, being manager of the under-17s and the under-20s in the latter.[3] On 20 May 2015, afterClaudinei Oliveira's dismissal, he was named interim manager of the main squad in theSérie B;[4] he left the post a couple of weeks later, with three wins in four matches.[5]
On 2 May 2017, Carvalho was again interim of the first team, replacing sackedArgel Fucks.[2] Late in the month, after winning the year'sCampeonato Baiano, he moved toPalmeiras and took over the under-20 squad.[6] In October, he becameAlberto Valentim's assistant in the first team,[7] but returned to his previous role ahead of the 2018 season.
In July 2018, Carvalho wasVerdão's interim for one match, a 3–0 win overParaná.[8] On 24 August 2021, he left the club on a mutual agreement.[9]
On 25 January 2022, it was announced that Carvalho would be the new under-20 manager ofSantos,[10] but instead he moved toAthletico Paranaense to become their under-23 manager on 9 February.[11] On 5 May, after the club dismissed assistantsMaurício Souza andBruno Lazaroni, he was named interim head coach of the side for one match.[12]
An assistant of the first team for the 2023 campaign, Carvalho was named Athletico's interim head coach on 16 June 2023, after the sacking ofPaulo Turra.[13] He returned to the assistant role at the end of the season, and left the club on 15 March 2024.[14]
On 11 August 2024, Carvalho joinedCruzeiro as a permanent assistant coach.[15] The following 27 January, he was named interim head coach, afterFernando Diniz was sacked.[16]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Vitória (interim) |  | 20 May 2015 | 6 June 2015 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 075.00 | [5] |
| Vitória (interim) | | 2 May 2017 | 11 May 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| Palmeiras (interim) | | 26 July 2018 | 29 July 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense U23 | | 9 February 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 060.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense (interim) | | 5 May 2022 | 7 May 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense (interim) | | 16 June 2023 | 7 December 2023 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 037.50 | |
| Cruzeiro (interim) | | 27 January 2025 | 9 February 2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 | |
| Career total | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 045.83 | — | |||
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