 Santana in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Marques de Santana | ||
| Date of birth | (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Volta Redonda (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portuários | |||
| Santos | |||
| Jabaquara | |||
| Comercial de Registro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | América de Natal | ||
| 2010 | Confiança | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Camboriú (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Camboriú | ||
| 2011 | Pinheiros U20 | ||
| 2011 | Pinheiros | ||
| 2012 | Uberaba (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 2012 | União Suzano | ||
| 2013 | Grêmio Barueri (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | São Carlos U20 | ||
| 2014 | São Carlos (interim) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Juventus-SP | ||
| 2016 | Uberaba | ||
| 2017–2018 | URT | ||
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Mineiro U20 | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Mineiro (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2020 | Avaí | ||
| 2020 | Coritiba | ||
| 2021 | Confiança | ||
| 2023 | RANS Nusantara | ||
| 2023 | Vaca Díez | ||
| 2024 | Athletic-MG | ||
| 2024–2025 | Remo | ||
| 2025 | ABC | ||
| 2026– | Volta Redonda | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rodrigo Marques de Santana (born 29 May 1982), known asRodrigo Santana, is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as anattacking midfielder. He is the current head coach ofVolta Redonda.
Born inSantos,São Paulo, Santana played as amidfielder and retired in 2010, aged 28, after suffering a hand injury while representingConfiança.[1] He started his career asCamboriú's assistant, being named manager shortly after.
In 2011, Santana was named manager ofPinheiros' under-20 manager, being in charge of the first team afterwards. He left the club in November,[2] being immediately appointedNenê Belarmino's assistant atUberaba.
On 14 February 2012, Santana left Uberaba and was namedPortuguesa Santista manager.[3] Late in the year, he was also in charge ofUnião Suzano during a trip in Bolivia.[4]
In 2013, Santana wasGrêmio Barueri's assistant during theCampeonato Paulista Série A2.[5] On 5 November of that year, he was presented as manager of the under-20 squad ofSão Carlos for the ensuingCopa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior;[6] the following 8 February, he replaced firedRoberto Oliveira as manager of the main squad,[7] acting as an interim until the end of the competition and suffering relegation.
On 10 June 2014, Santana left São Carlos[8] and was appointed manager ofJuventus the following day.[9] He was sacked on 11 March 2016, after achieving promotion to the second division ofPaulistão the previous year.[10]
On 15 April 2016, Santana returned to Uberaba and was named manager of the main squad.[11] On 26 October, he was named at the helm ofURT.[12]
On 20 July 2018, Santana signed forAtlético Mineiro as a coordinator of the youth division.[13] On 4 October 2018, he was named manager of the under-20s.[14] On 12 April 2019, he was appointed interim first team manager after the dismissal ofLevir Culpi,[15] and on 24 June, he was named permanent manager.[16]
On 13 October 2019, Santana was sacked after a defeat toGrêmio.[17] On 16 February 2020, he took overAvaí in the place of sackedAugusto Inácio,[18] but was himself dismissed on 1 August.
On 29 October 2020, Santana replaced firedJorginho at the helm ofCoritiba in the top tier.[19] He was himself dismissed on 13 December, after winning only two points out of 15.[20]
On 12 May 2021, Santana was named manager ofConfiança in theSérie B,[21] but was sacked on 26 July after the club was in the last position.[22]
On 5 December 2022, Santana was briefly announced as one of the new assistant coaches forCorinthians 2023 season.[23] However, on the next day, the signing was cancelled due to Santana being linked toanti-democratic acts related to the2022 Brazilian general election.[24]
On 27 July 2023, after a brief period at Indonesian sideRANS Nusantara, Santana was named manager ofBolivian Primera División sideVaca Díez.[25] He returned to his home country on 9 December, after being appointed in charge ofSérie C newcomersAthletic-MG,[26] but left on a mutual agreement the following 5 March.[27]
On 23 May 2024, Santana was announced as head coach of fellow third division sideRemo.[28] He led the club to a promotion to the second division, but was sacked on 13 March 2025.[29]
On 2 July 2025, Santana was named in charge ofABC back in the third division.[30] He was dismissed on 18 August, with the club threatened with relegation.[31]
On 8 December 2025, Santana was appointedVolta Redonda head coach for the upcoming season.[32]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Atlético Mineiro (interim) |  | 12 April 2019 | 24 June 2019 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 047.06 | [33] |
| Atlético Mineiro | | 24 June 2019 | 13 October 2019 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 041.67 | [33] |
| Avaí | | 16 February 2020 | 1 August 2020 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 050.00 | [33] |
| Coritiba | | 6 November 2020 | 14 December 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 000.00 | [33] |
| Confiança | | 26 May 2021 | 26 July 2021 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 014.29 | [33] |
| RANS Nusantara |  | 2 February 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 000.00 | [33] |
| Vaca Díez |  | 27 July 2023 | 9 December 2023 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 023.53 | [33] |
| Athletic-MG | | 9 December 2023 | 5 March 2024 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 055.56 | [33] |
| Remo | | 23 May 2024 | 13 March 2025 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 053.85 | [33] |
| Total | 113 | 37 | 22 | 54 | 138 | 172 | −34 | 032.74 | — | |||