 Axel in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Axel Rodrigues de Arruda | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-01-09)9 January 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos U16 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portuários | |||
| Santos | |||
| Portuguesa Santista | |||
| Santos | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Santos | 163 | (8) |
| 1994–2000 | São Paulo | 112 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | →Sevilla (loan) | 24 | (1) |
| 1998 | →Bahia (loan) | ||
| 1999 | →Atlético Paranaense (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2001 | Sport Recife | 40 | (0) |
| 2003 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | (0) |
| 2004 | Portuguesa Santista | 10 | (0) |
| 2004 | Paraná | 31 | (3) |
| 2005 | Figueirense | 19 | (0) |
| 2006 | Campinense | ||
| 2007 | Portuguesa Santista | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | Pelotas | ||
| 2008 | Santacruzense | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Jabaquara | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | Camboriú | ||
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Jabaquara U17 | ||
| 2012–2013 | Jabaquara U20 | ||
| 2013 | Jabaquara | ||
| 2014–2015 | Brazil U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Jabaquara | ||
| 2016–2017 | Taboão da Serra | ||
| 2017–2018 | Taboão da Serra | ||
| 2020–2021 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 2021–2022 | São Caetano (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | São Caetano | ||
| 2023–2024 | São Caetano | ||
| 2024– | Santos U16 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Axel Rodrigues de Arruda (born 9 January 1970), simply known asAxel, is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as amidfielder. He is the current head coach ofSantos'under-16 team.
Born inSantos,São Paulo, Axel began his career with local side Portuários, later moving to the youth sides ofSantos and thenPortuguesa Santista. After impressing with the under-17 squad of the latter, he returned toPeixe for the under-20 team, and made his senior debut in 1989.[1]
Axel became a starter for Santos in the 1990 season, forming a partnership withCésar Sampaio in the club's midfield in the following two years.[2] In January 1994, he moved toSão Paulo, withGilberto,Dinho andMacedo moving in the opposite direction.[3] Regularly used in the first campaign, he subsequently lost space and joined Spanish sideSevilla on loan on 21 July 1997.[4]
Upon returning, Axel served loans atBahia andAtlético Paranaense before returning to São Paulo in 2000.[5] On 31 January 2001, he was presented atSport Recife.[6] Despite being regularly used, he spent the entire 2002 season without a club after nursing anankle injury,[5] and had a brief spell at Japanese sideCerezo Osaka in 2003.
Axel played the2004 Campeonato Paulista for hometown sidePortuguesa Santista, before moving toParaná Clube in the top tier. He representedFigueirense in the following season,[7] and later returned toBriosa in 2007, after another unassuming spell atCampinense.
In 2008, after playing forPelotas[8] andSantacruzense, Axel announced his retirement,[5] focusing to play onlyshowbol and being named the best player in the category for two consecutive years (2008 and 2009).[5] His performances in showbol led him to return to professional football in 2009 withJabaquara,[9] and after a brief period atCamboriú,[10]
Axel made his full international debut with theBrazil national team on 23 September 1992, starting in a 4–2friendly win overCosta Rica.[11]
After retiring, Axel worked in the youth sides of Jabaquara before becoming the head coach of the first team on 1 March 2013.[12] He left at the end of the season, and became an assistant ofCláudio Caçapa andCaio Zanardi in theBrazil national under-15 andunder-17 teams, respectively.[13]
After ending his period in the national sides, Axel returned toJabuca on 19 March 2015, back as head coach.[14] On 5 February 2016, he was announced in charge ofTaboão da Serra.[15]
Axel ledCATS to a promotion to theCampeonato Paulista Série A3, and spent a period in charge ofGuarulhos before returning to Taboão da Serra on 26 July 2017.[16] He left the club after the 2018 Paulista Série A3, and spent a period without a club before taking over Portuguesa Santista on 25 September 2020.[17]
Sacked by Portuguesa on 10 May 2021,[18] Axel became an assistant ofMax Sandro atSão Caetano fifteen days later.[19] On 29 January 2022, he became the interim head coach of the latter side after Max Sandro was sacked,[20] but remained in charge of the club until 20 October, when he was himself dismissed.[21]
On 19 February 2023, however, Axel returned toAzulão as head coach.[22] He was relieved from his duties on 1 February 2024, after a winless start of the season.[23]
On 2 October 2024, Axel returned to Santos to work as an interim head coach of the under-16 squad, while also working as an assistant ofLeandro Zago in the under-20s.[24] In April of the following year, he became an assistant of former teammate César Sampaio in the first team squad, in an interim manner.[25]
On 13 February 2022, Axel, his son Daniel and Marquinhos Pitbull (his assistant coach at the time) suffered a domestic accident in his house; Axel and Marquinhos suffered mild burns and were discharged, but Daniel remained hospitalized and deceased on the 22nd.[26] He also has another five children.
| Club | Season | League | State league[a] | National cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos | 1989 | Série A | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 47 | 3 | ||||
| 1991 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 1992 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 48 | 2 | ||||
| 1993 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 68 | 4 | 95 | 4 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 8 | |||
| São Paulo | 1994[27] | Série A | 14 | 2 | 23 | 1 | — | 11[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 49 | 3 | |
| 1995[28] | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1996[29] | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 1997[30] | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2000[31] | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3[h] | 0 | 6[i] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 154 | 3 | ||
| Sevilla (loan) | 1997–98[32] | Segunda División | 24 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Atlético Paranaense (loan) | 1999 | Série A | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 2[j] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Sport Recife | 2001 | Série A | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 10[k] | 0 | 54 | 0 | |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2003 | J.League 1 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Portuguesa Santista | 2004 | Série C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Paraná | 2004 | Série A | 31 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||||
| Figueirense | 2005 | Série A | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Portuguesa Santista | 2007 | Paulista A2 | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Santacruzense | 2008 | Paulista A3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Jabaquara | 2009 | Paulista 2ª Divisão | — | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Career Total | 219 | 10 | 230 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 526 | 17 | ||
| Brazil national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
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