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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1966-07-22)22 July 1966 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vargem Alegre, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Atlético Mineiro (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2004 | Cruzeiro (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Cruzeiro (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Cruzeiro (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Cruzeiro (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Ipatinga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Atlético Paranaense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Brazil U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Vitória | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Vitória | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Goiás | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Chapecoense | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Goiás | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Cruzeiro | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | CSA | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Joinville | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | ABC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ney Franco da Silveira Júnior (born 22 July 1966), known asNey Franco, is a Brazilianfootballcoach.
Born inVargem Alegre,Minas Gerais, Franco worked inAtlético Mineiro andCruzeiro's youth categories before being named the latter's interim manager on three occasions, one in 2002 and two in 2004.[1][2] Ahead of the 2005 campaign, he was appointed manager ofIpatinga as the club agreed to a partnership deal with Cruzeiro, and lifted the year'sCampeonato Mineiro.
On 22 May 2006, after again reaching the finals of the state league, Franco was named manager ofFlamengo, replacing sackedWaldemar Lemos.[3] He wonthat year's Copa do Brasil in July, defeatingVasco da Gama in the finals; Franco previously took Ipatinga to the semifinals of the very same competition, the club's best-ever position. In the 2007 season, he won theTaça Guanabara and theCampeonato Carioca, but was sacked on 29 July, being later replaced byJoel Santana.[4]
Appointed at the helm ofAtlético Paranaense on 30 August 2007,[5] Franco was sacked in May of the following year. On 11 July 2008, he was hired byBotafogo,[6] but left the club on 10 August 2009; hours later, he was announced atCoritiba,[7] suffering relegation at the end ofthe campaign.
On 23 September 2010, Franco was appointed as coach ofBrazil under-20 team.[8] He remained in charge of Coritiba until the end of the year, winning theSérie B and returning to the top tier at first attempt. For the national team, he won the2011 South American Youth Championship, qualifying to the2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup (also won by Brazil) and the2012 Summer Olympics.
On 5 July 2012, Franco replacedEmerson Leão atSão Paulo, signing for the rest of season.[9] Exactly one year after his signing, and in spite of winning the2012 Copa Sudamericana, he was dismissed after being knocked out of the2013 Copa Libertadores.[10][11]
On 2 September 2013, Franco was appointedVitória manager,[12] and finishedthe season in the fifth position. The following 13 May he returned to Flamengo,[13] but went back to Vitória on 21 August.[14] In December, he resigned from the latter club.
On 8 June 2015, Franco returned to Coritiba, but was sacked on 3 November, with five matches left onthe season.[15] On 27 March 2017, after more than a year without coaching, he took overSport,[16] being relieved from his duties on 25 May after only 58 days in charge.[17]
On 6 May 2018, Franco was announced atGoiás in the second division.[18] In December, afterachieving promotion to the first division, he resigned.
On 28 March 2019, Franco replacedClaudinei Oliveira atChapecoense.[19] He was sacked on 24 July,[20] and returned to Goiás on 8 August, again replacing Claudinei Oliveira.[21]
Franco was sacked by theEsmeraldino on 20 August 2020, following a 3–1 home loss againstFortaleza.[22] On 8 September, he replacedEnderson Moreira at the helm of his first club Cruzeiro, now in the second division;[23] his reign at the latter club only lasted seven matches, however.
On 9 July 2021, after nearly one year without a club, Franco was named manager ofCSA,[24] but was still sacked on 30 August after 12 matches.[25]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Cruzeiro (interim) |  | 14 August 2002 | 14 August 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| Cruzeiro (interim) | | 30 July 2004 | 6 August 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| Cruzeiro (interim) | | 15 November 2004 | 20 December 2004 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 016.67 | |
| Ipatinga | | 14 January 2005 | 21 May 2006 | 44 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 045.45 | |
| Flamengo | | 22 May 2006 | 29 July 2007 | 74 | 33 | 17 | 24 | 98 | 95 | +3 | 044.59 | |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 21 August 2007 | 20 May 2008 | 48 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 060.42 | |
| Botafogo | | 11 July 2008 | 10 August 2009 | 75 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 133 | 94 | +39 | 045.33 | |
| Coritiba | | 11 August 2009 | 19 September 2010 | 65 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 102 | 73 | +29 | 056.92 | |
| Brazil U20 | | 20 September 2010 | 5 July 2012 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 12 | +30 | 075.00 | |
| São Paulo | | 6 July 2012 | 5 July 2013 | 79 | 41 | 16 | 22 | 129 | 73 | +56 | 051.90 | |
| Vitória | | 3 September 2013 | 12 May 2014 | 47 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 87 | 65 | +22 | 046.81 | |
| Flamengo | | 13 May 2014 | 23 July 2014 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 000.00 | |
| Vitória | | 22 August 2014 | 10 December 2014 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 034.48 | |
| Coritiba | | 8 June 2015 | 3 November 2015 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 029.03 | |
| Sport Recife | | 27 March 2017 | 24 May 2017 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 042.86 | |
| Goiás | | 6 May 2018 | 26 November 2018 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 051.43 | |
| Chapecoense | | 28 March 2019 | 24 July 2019 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 031.58 | |
| Goiás | | 9 August 2019 | 20 August 2020 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 67 | 67 | +0 | 043.75 | |
| Cruzeiro | | 10 September 2020 | 11 October 2020 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 028.57 | |
| CSA | | 12 July 2021 | 1 September 2021 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 016.67 | |
| Joinville | | 4 July 2024 | 20 October 2024 | — | − | − | − | − | − | !— | — | |
| ABC | | 15 November 2024 | 23 February 2025 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 055.56 | |
| Total | 646 | 303 | 153 | 190 | 982 | 761 | +221 | 046.90 | — | |||
Ipatinga
Flamengo
Botafogo
Coritiba
São Paulo
Brazil U20
