| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Gonçalves Torres de Oliveira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (age 43)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[3] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Centre back[5] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Democrata-SL | |||
| Goiás | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | West Florida Argonauts | 59 | (9) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Panama City Beach Pirates | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | West Florida Argonauts (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Panama City Beach Pirates (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Brazil Women (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Fluminense U17 | ||
| 2020–2022 | Fluminense U20 | ||
| 2022 | Cuiabá (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Atlético Mineiro U20 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Botafogo U20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eduardo Gonçalves Torres de Oliveira (born 26 May 1982), known asEduardo Oliveira, is a Brazilianfootballcoach.
Born inRio de Janeiro,[3] Oliveira started to play football at young age in his hometown, before being invited to play inMinas Gerais[5] withDemocrata de Sete Lagoas.[3] He subsequently played forGoiás before being invited to play college soccer in the United States.[5]
Oliveira joinedUniversity of West Florida'sWest Florida Argonauts in 2003.[4] He started in 57 of his 59 matches during his four-year spell, scoring nine goals and providing one assist.[4] In 2006, he was named inNCAA Division II'sAll-America team, being the first player from the UWF to be included.[3]
In 2009, Oliveira played in fourUSL Premier Development League matches forPanama City Beach Pirates.[6]
In 2007, Oliveira remained with the Argonauts, as an assistant coach.[4] In the summer of 2009, he moved to the Panama City Beach Pirates after being hired as an assistant coach.[4]
Oliveira returned to his home country in 2010, after being invited by theBrazilian Football Confederation to work as a fitness coach of theBrazil women's under-20 team.[5] He later became an assistant fitness coach ofthe full side in the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup,[5] being also an assistant ofJorge Barcellos for a brief period in 2011.[7]
Oliveira joinedBotafogo in 2012, as a technical coordinator, and was subsequently invited byNike in 2014 and 2015 to manage the Rio de Janeiro-based team for the Nike Most Wanted trials, which later selected players for theNike Academy.[5][8][9] He joinedFluminense in 2017, as a youth coordinator.[5] He took over the under-17 team in May 2018,[5] and was appointed in charge of the under-20s on 16 December 2019.[10]
On 21 January 2022, Fluminense announced the departure of Oliveira from his under-20 role, after stating that he resigned after "receiving an offer"; he was replaced by his brother.[11] Just hours later,ge revealed that he had accepted an offer fromCuiabá to manage the club in theCampeonato Mato-Grossense;[12] the deal was officially announced three days later, as he was named the club's permanent assistant manager and interim for the state league.[13]
Oliveira made his managerial debut forDourado on 26 January 2022, in a 2–1 away win overUnião Rondonópolis.[14] After another three matches in charge, he moved to the assistant role after the appointment ofPintado.[15]
On 7 May 2022, Oliveira left Cuiabá,[16] and returned to the under-20 category after being named in charge ofAtlético Mineiro.[17]
Oliveira's younger brotherGuilherme is also a football manager, and both worked together at Fluminense and Botafogo.[18] Their fatherEraldo Torres was a footballer, and played for the likes ofAmerica-RJ,Bangu,São Cristóvão andAmericano before becoming a manager.[18]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Cuiabá |  | 21 January 2022 | 6 February 2022 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 075.00 | [15] |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 075.00 | — | |||