Brazilian footballer and head coach (born 1941)
Antônio Lopes dos Santos , usually known asAntônio Lopes (born June 12, 1941) is a Brazilianfootball head coach and former footballer.
Before being a football head coach, he worked as a chief police officer in Rio de Janeiro city.
Antônio Lopes was the assistant manager of theBrazil national football team , managed byÉmerson Leão , in 2000. He was also the assistant manager of the Brazil national team, managed byLuiz Felipe Scolari , during the successful2002 FIFA World Cup campaign.
In 2005, he was the manager ofCorinthians , replacingMárcio Bittencourt , during most of theCampeonato Brasileiro Série A season. The club, with Antônio Lopes as its head coach, won the competition.
He played forOlaria from 1958 to 1961, and played forBonsucesso in 1962.
During his career, he managed several clubs, including foreign clubs likeAl Wasl of the United Arab Emirates,Belenenses of Portugal,Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, and Brazilian clubs likeFluminense ,Flamengo ,Sport Recife ,Portuguesa ,Internacional ,Santos ,Atlético Paranaense ,Grêmio ,Vasco da Gama ,Coritiba ,Paraná ,Corinthians andGoiás .[ 1] On March 9, 2010, Atlético Paranaense executive board had decided to suddenly dismiss the coach for undisclosed reasons and despite the fact that the team's results were satisfactory, so far (six wins, four draws and only one loss). Leandro Niehues has been named interim coach until a full-time replacement is found.[ 2] On July 12, 2011, Antônio Lopes was hired asAmérica-MG 's head coach.[ 3]
His son,Júnior Lopes , is also a football manager.
Managerial statistics [ edit ] As of match played 20 January 2025 Managerial record by team and tenure Team Nat From To Record G W D L GF GA GD Win % Olaria January 1980 December 1980 13 2 4 7 8 18 −10 0 15.38 America-RJ 7 January 1981 3 February 1981 7 3 1 3 6 7 −1 0 42.86 Vasco da Gama 4 February 1981 10 May 1983 110 60 31 19 197 97 +100 0 54.55 Kuwait national football team 1 March 1983 1 April 1985 17 5 6 6 13 15 −2 0 29.41 Vasco da Gama 3 April 1985 2 January 1986 37 13 14 10 55 37 +18 0 35.14 Fluminense 9 January 1986 14 April 1987 64 36 14 14 75 40 +35 0 56.25 Flamengo 19 April 1987 14 September 1987 20 11 6 3 23 13 +10 0 55.00 Ivory Coast 1 March 1988 21 March 1988 3 0 3 0 2 2 +0 00 0.00 Sport Recife 25 March 1988 30 June 1988 15 10 4 1 27 7 +20 0 66.67 Al Wasl 30 June 1988 1 June 1989 22 13 5 4 44 18 +26 0 59.09 Portuguesa 6 June 1989 29 October 1990 70 18 36 16 78 66 +12 0 25.71 Belenenses 1 November 1990 6 January 1991 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1 0 30.00 Vasco da Gama 10 January 1991 10 December 1991 45 18 19 8 72 45 +27 0 40.00 Internacional 24 January 1992 28 December 1992 58 29 18 11 89 45 +44 0 50.00 Santos FC 24 June 1993 14 October 1993 16 7 4 5 22 19 +3 0 43.75 Portuguesa 15 October 1993 16 November 1993 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 0 50.00 Internacional 10 January 1994 29 June 1994 25 15 8 2 41 13 +28 0 60.00 Al-Hilal 30 June 1994 29 December 1994 11 6 3 2 20 8 +12 0 54.55 Cruzeiro 1 February 1995 26 February 1995 6 2 1 3 7 3 +4 0 33.33 Cerro Porteño 1 July 1995 31 May 1996 43 23 11 9 77 41 +36 0 53.49 Paraná 6 August 1996 8 September 1996 9 2 1 6 7 16 −9 0 22.22 Vasco da Gama 1 January 1997 12 January 2000 196 106 44 46 332 203 +129 0 54.08 Grêmio 1 April 2000 7 August 2000 20 9 6 5 26 23 +3 0 45.00 Athletico Paranaense 1 October 2000 26 November 2000 11 5 2 4 14 11 +3 0 45.45 Vasco da Gama 1 July 2002 17 July 2003 41 19 11 11 69 50 +19 0 46.34 Coritiba 20 December 2003 5 May 2005 94 43 28 23 130 94 +36 0 45.74 Athletico Paranaense 24 May 2005 25 September 2005 31 12 9 10 53 48 +5 0 38.71 Corinthians 26 September 2005 13 March 2006 36 19 7 10 74 42 +32 0 52.78 Goiás 12 May 2006 14 August 2006 11 3 2 6 11 16 −5 0 27.27 Fluminense 23 August 2006 29 September 2006 10 1 5 4 10 14 −4 0 10.00 Athletico Paranaense 12 June 2007 20 August 2007 16 3 7 6 23 24 −1 0 18.75 Vasco da Gama 31 March 2008 7 August 2008 33 13 8 12 58 42 +16 0 39.39 Athletico Paranaense 8 August 2008 30 November 2009 90 38 20 32 131 118 +13 0 42.22 Avaí 6 July 2010 20 September 2010 16 4 5 7 21 25 −4 0 25.00 Vitória 7 October 2010 16 May 2011 34 16 10 8 54 34 +20 0 47.06 América Mineiro 12 July 2011 1 August 2011 4 0 2 2 2 8 −6 00 0.00 Athletico Paranaense 2 September 2011 4 March 2012 31 15 7 9 49 34 +15 0 48.39 Career total 1,282 585 368 329 1,921 1,271 +650 0 45.63
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