| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilson Vaterkemper | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-09-11)11 September 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Orleans, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Criciúma (coordinator) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Criciúma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1997 | Criciúma | 298 | (19) |
| 1997 | Goiás | 24 | (0) |
| 1998 | Criciúma | 46 | (3) |
| 1999 | União Barbarense | 26 | (1) |
| 1999 | Criciúma | 30 | (5) |
| 2000 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2000 | Avaí | ||
| 2001 | Ceará | 8 | (0) |
| 2002 | União Barbarense | ||
| 2002 | Avaí | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Criciúma U20 | ||
| 2010 | Criciúma | ||
| 2011–2013 | Criciúma U20 | ||
| 2013–2015 | Criciúma (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Criciúma (interim) | ||
| 2015 | Criciúma U20 | ||
| 2019–2020 | Criciúma (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Criciúma (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Criciúma (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Criciúma (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilson Vaterkemper (born 3 September 1963), known asWilsão or justWilson, is a Brazilianfootballmanager and former player who played as acentral defender. He is the current general coordinator ofCriciúma.
Born inOrleans,Santa Catarina, Wilsão began his senior career in 1987 withCriciúma. During his first spell at the club, he won fourCampeonato Catarinense tournaments, aside from lifting the1991 Copa do Brasil and playing in the1992 Copa Libertadores, where he scored in a 3–2 home win againstSporting Cristal on 7 May.[1]
Wilsão moved toGoiás in 1997, but returned to Criciúma for the 1998 season. After one year as a starter, he helpedUnião Barbarense to achieve their best-ever campaign in theCampeonato Paulista after finishing sixth; at the latter side, he was known asWilson Criciúma.
In 2000, after another periods at Criciúma and União Barbarense, Wilsão signed forAvaí. He joinedCeará in 2001, and retired in the following year with Avaí after another spell at Barbarense.
After retiring, Wilsão started working as a manager at Criciúma's youth categories. In January 2010, after the dismissal ofItamar Schülle, he was named interim manager, and subsequently appointed in a permanent manner in February.[2] He was, however, sacked in March.[3]
Wilsão returned toTigre in 2011, again to work in the club's youth setup. He became an assistant manager of the main squad after the appointment ofSílvio Criciúma in 2013, but was fired from the club in April 2015;[4] he was also an interim manager for three matches in 2014.
Wilsão again returned to Criciúma in November 2015, as a manager of the under-20 squad.[5] He left in the end of the year before rejoining the club in May 2018, as a youth coordinator.[6]
Wilsão was an assistant manager of Criciúma for the 2019 and 2020 campaigns, being also an interim for two different periods. He left in October 2020,[7] but was announced back at the club in December under the role of director of youth football.[8]
On 1 April 2021, Wilsão was again named interim manager, in the place of sackedHemerson Maria.[9] Late in the month, after the club's first-ever relegation in the Catarinense, he was named general coordinator.[10]
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