| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nélson Baptista Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | (1950-07-22)22 July 1950 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1967 | Ponte Preta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1970 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 1971–1977 | São Paulo | 267 | (5) |
| 1977–1981 | Santos | 218 | (10) |
| 1982–1984 | Juventus-SP | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985 | São Bento | ||
| 1985 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 1986 | Mogi Mirim | ||
| 1986–1987 | Inter de Limeira | ||
| 1987 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 1987–1988 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 1989 | Sporting Barranquilla [es] | ||
| 1989 | São Bento | ||
| 1989 | América-SP | ||
| 1990 | Novorizontino | ||
| 1990–1991 | Corinthians | ||
| 1991 | Guarani | ||
| 1991–1992 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1992–1993 | Corinthians | ||
| 1993–1994 | Al-Hilal | ||
| 1995–1996 | Verdy Kawasaki | ||
| 1996 | Internacional | ||
| 1996–1997 | Corinthians | ||
| 1997 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1998 | São Paulo | ||
| 1999 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2000 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2000–2001 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2001–2002 | São Paulo | ||
| 2002–2003 | Goiás | ||
| 2003 | Flamengo | ||
| 2003 | São Caetano | ||
| 2003–2005 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | ||
| 2005 | Santos | ||
| 2006 | São Caetano | ||
| 2007 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2007 | Corinthians | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2009–2014 | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| 2015–2017 | Vissel Kobe | ||
| 2018 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2019–2023 | Kashiwa Reysol | ||
| 2024 | Ponte Preta | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nélson "Nelsinho"Baptista Júnior (born 22 July 1950) is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as aright-back.
Born inCampinas,São Paulo, he was known as justNelsinho during his playing days, and made his first team debut withPonte Preta on 21 May 1967, in a 1–0Campeonato Paulista Divisão de Acesso loss toSão Carlos. He becameteam captain in 1969, aged 19, and helped the side to achieve promotion to theCampeonato Paulista as champions.[1]
Nelsinho moved toSão Paulo in 1971, being a regular starter as the club won the1975 Campeonato Paulista. He played 267 matches for the club during his six-and-a-half-year spell, scoring five goals.[2][3]
In 1977, Nelsinho signed forSantos, making his debut on 6 November of that year in a 1–0 home loss toBotafogo-SP. A starter, he won the1978 Campeonato Paulista and featured in 80 matches during the 1979 campaign, being the most utilized player of the squad during that year.[4]
Nelsinho joinedJuventus in 1981, and retired in the end of the 1984 season, at the age of 34.[3]
Shortly after retiring, Baptista took up coaching and was appointedSão Bento head coach for the 1985 season.[5] He subsequently had short spells at the helm of Ponte Preta andMogi Mirim[6] before taking overInter de Limeira in 1986 in the place ofLori Sandri.[7]
In 1987, Baptista was namedAtlético Paranaense head coach, leading them to the third position of theYellow Module and winning the 1988Campeonato Paranaense.[8] He left the club at the end of the season, and moved abroad for the first time in his career to take overSporting Barranquilla [es] in the ColombianCampeonato Profesional.
Sacked by the Colombian side in April 1989,[9] Baptista was named at the helm ofAmérica-SP after a short spell back at São Bento; at América, his fitness coach wasVadão.[10] In 1990, he ledNovorizontino to the finals of the1990 Campeonato Paulista againstBragantino, which was known as theFinal Caipira.[11]
In September 1990, Baptista was namedCorinthians head coach, and led them to theirfirst-ever Série A title.[12]
Despite renewing his contract and winning the1991 Supercopa do Brasil, Baptista was sacked byTimão in April 1991, after being knocked out from the1991 Copa do Brasil and the1991 Copa Libertadores. In June, he was hired byPalmeiras, but was dismissed in August 1992.[13]
In 1992, Baptista returned to Corinthians after replacingBasílio, but was sacked in August 1993 after losing the1993 Torneio Rio-São Paulo finals to his former side Palmeiras. He subsequently worked abroad, managingAl-Hilal in Saudi Arabia andVerdy Kawasaki in Japan, before returning to his home country in 1996 withInternacional.
Baptista left Inter to return to Corinthians in November 1996,[14] where he won the1997 Campeonato Paulista. After a poor performance in the1997 Série A, he left and was namedCruzeiro head coach in August in the place ofPaulo Autuori.[15]
Baptista left Cruzeiro after losing the1997 Intercontinental Cup toBorussia Dortmund, and was named in charge of São Paulo in February 1998.[16] He wonthe year'sPaulistão before leaving in September, and was in charge of Chilean sideColo-Colo during the 1999 season.
After being named head coach ofPortuguesa for the 2000 campaign, Baptista resigned from the club on 3 June of that year.[17] He returned to Ponte on 4 August,[18] but was dismissed by the club on 29 May 2001, after he had agreed to a contract with São Paulo.[19]
Baptista announced his departure fromTricolor on 25 April 2002,[20] and signed forGoiás on 28 August.[21] On 21 March 2003, he was announced as head coach ofFlamengo,[22] but resigned on 17 July.[23]
Four days after leaving Flamengo, Baptista took overSão Caetano,[24] but left the club in July 2003 after accepting an offer from Japanese clubNagoya Grampus Eight.[25]
Sacked by Nagoya Grampus on 19 September 2005,[26] Baptista took over Santos twelve days later,[27] but was also dismissed on 20 November, after six winless matches which included a 7–1 loss to rivals Corinthians and a 4–0 loss to Internacional.[28] He returned to São Caetano on 14 December,[29] but was relieved from his duties on 1 June 2006.[30]
Baptista returned to Ponte for a fourth spell as head coach in 2007, but was sacked on 23 September of that year.[31] Two days later, he returned to Corinthians,[32] but was dismissed on 4 December, after failing to prevent the club'sfirst-ever relegation.[33]
Baptista was appointedSport Recife head coach on 10 December 2007,[34] and won the2008 Copa do Brasil with the club.[35] On 28 May 2009, he resigned after having altercations with the squad.[36]
On 16 July 2009, Baptista returned to Japan to manageKashiwa Reysol.[37] Despite being unable to avoid relegation toJ2 League at the end of the year, the club relented and allowed him to remain in charge. In 2011, Reysol under him won their first everJ1 League title, making history by becoming the first team to win the championship following promotion.[38] In the same year, Nelsinho Baptista received theJ. League Manager of the Year at the J. League awards inYokohama.[39]
Baptista switched Reysol forVissel Kobe in the end of the 2014 season, being sacked from the latter on 16 August 2017.[40] He returned to Sport on 13 December,[41] but announced his departure from the club the following 24 April.[42]
On 16 November 2018, Baptista agreed to return to Reysol after signing a three-year contract.[43] The club announced his departure on 17 May 2023, withMasami Ihara taking his place.[44]
On 29 May 2024, Baptista returned to Ponte after 17 years, replacingJoão Brigatti at the helm of the club.[45] On 21 October, after a 1–0 loss to rivals Guarani, he resigned.[46]
Baptista's sonEduardo is also a coach;[47] both worked together for several years until 2011, when Eduardo returned to Brazil while Nelsinho remained in Japan.[48]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| São Bento |  | 1 May 1985 | 10 August 1985 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 042.11 |
| Ponte Preta | | 14 August 1985 | 27 December 1985 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 21 | +0 | 021.05 |
| Mogi Mirim | | 1 January 1986 | 28 May 1986 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 019.05 |
| Inter de Limeira | | 1 June 1986 | 30 April 1987 | 58 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 77 | 49 | +28 | 051.72 |
| Ponte Preta | | 1 May 1987 | 5 July 1987 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 018.75 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 10 July 1987 | 30 December 1988 | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 035.71 |
| Barranquilla |  | 1 January 1989 | 30 June 1989 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 014.29 |
| América-SP | | 4 July 1989 | 28 December 1989 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 010.00 |
| Novorizontino | | 4 January 1990 | 28 August 1990 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 035.14 |
| Corinthians | | 4 September 1990 | 30 April 1991 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 044.00 |
| Guarani | | 2 May 1991 | 28 June 1991 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 060.00 |
| Palmeiras | | 1 July 1991 | 30 June 1992 | 51 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 047.06 |
| Corinthians | | 1 July 1992 | 31 December 1993 | 98 | 52 | 27 | 19 | 160 | 94 | +66 | 053.06 |
| Al Hilal |  | 1 January 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 053.85 |
| Tokyo Verdy |  | 1 February 1995 | 25 April 1996 | 72 | 45 | 5 | 22 | 146 | 85 | +61 | 062.50 |
| Internacional | | 7 May 1996 | 10 November 1996 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 041.94 |
| Corinthians | | 26 November 1996 | 1 August 1997 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 052.27 |
| Cruzeiro | | 18 August 1997 | 10 December 1997 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | +0 | 033.33 |
| São Paulo | | 1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | 59 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 108 | 82 | +26 | 044.07 |
| Colo-Colo |  | 1 January 1999 | 19 October 1999 | 58 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 74 | 74 | +0 | 039.66 |
| Portuguesa | | 5 January 2000 | 1 July 2000 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 61 | 42 | +19 | 040.63 |
| Ponte Preta | | 30 July 2000 | 24 May 2001 | 51 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 103 | 68 | +35 | 050.98 |
| São Paulo | | 25 May 2001 | 12 May 2002 | 68 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 152 | 100 | +52 | 047.06 |
| Goiás | | 27 August 2002 | 18 March 2003 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 048.65 |
| Flamengo | | 19 March 2003 | 16 July 2003 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 041.38 |
| São Caetano | | 21 July 2003 | 28 July 2003 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Nagoya Grampus | | 29 July 2003 | 20 September 2005 | 90 | 34 | 23 | 33 | 140 | 137 | +3 | 037.78 |
| Santos | | 27 September 2005 | 15 November 2005 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 030.00 |
| São Caetano | | 1 January 2006 | 1 June 2006 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 043.75 |
| Ponte Preta | | 30 January 2007 | 23 September 2007 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 041.86 |
| Corinthians | | 25 September 2007 | 31 December 2007 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 018.18 |
| Sport Recife | | 1 January 2008 | 28 May 2009 | 105 | 60 | 22 | 23 | 189 | 98 | +91 | 057.14 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | | 1 August 2009 | 31 January 2015 | 250 | 130 | 57 | 63 | 430 | 308 | +122 | 052.00 |
| Vissel Kobe | | 1 February 2015 | 15 August 2017 | 123 | 55 | 21 | 47 | 193 | 158 | +35 | 044.72 |
| Sport Recife | | 1 January 2018 | 25 April 2018 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 041.18 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | | 1 February 2019 | 17 May 2023 | 196 | 81 | 43 | 72 | 281 | 235 | +46 | 041.33 |
| Ponte Preta | | 29 May 2024 | 21 October 2024 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 032.00 |
| Total | 1,888 | 847 | 482 | 559 | 2,961 | 2,209 | +752 | 044.86 | |||
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