 Bergantin training withHannover 96 in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vinícius Bergantin | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Salto, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Avaí (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2000 | Ituano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Ituano | 24 | (3) |
| 2001 | →São Caetano (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2002 | →Gama (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | →Hannover 96 (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2003–2010 | Hannover 96 | 144 | (9) |
| 2011 | Americana | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017 | Ituano (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2021 | Ituano | ||
| 2021–2022 | Inter de Limeira | ||
| 2022–2023 | Santo André | ||
| 2023 | CSA | ||
| 2023–2024 | Retrô | ||
| 2024 | Ferroviária | ||
| 2024–2025 | Flamengo (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Ferroviária | ||
| 2025– | Avaí | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vinícius Bergantin (born 31 July 1980) is a Brazilian professionalfootball coach and former player. He is the current head coach ofAvaí.
Acentral defender, Bergantin began his career withItuano, but spent most of his playing career withHannover 96.[1]
Vinícius was born inSalto. He began his career at the academy ofItuano Futebol Clube in 1998 and signed a professional deal at the club in 2000 after impressing the coaching staff there. His first and only season at the club was very successful, as he impressed many with his ability to make forward runs and finished the season with three league goals in twenty-four appearances. This good form attracted the interest of other clubs, includingAssociação Desportiva São Caetano, who signed him in 2001.
However Vinícius rarely featured for São Caetano, making just two league appearances and scoring once. In 2002, he was signed bySociedade Gama. Here he regularly made appearances for the club, taking part in nineteen games in the league without scoring. He was showing a lot of potential and European clubs began to show an interest.
Gama agreed to loan Vinícius out to GermanBundesliga outfitHannover 96 for the 2002–03 season. He made seventeen appearances, scoring twice during this loan spell and impressed the manager at the time.[2] Hannover signed Vinícius for£700,000 in 2003. Vinícius had aspinal disc herniation and so he could not play from 2008 to 2010. Hannover 96 did not extend his contract because of his injury, but he remained at the club to keep in shape.
Three months after being without a club following his departure from Hannover, he joined theAmericana Futebol in January 2011.
After his retirement, Bergantin started working as an assistant manager in his first club Ituano in 2017, being appointed manager later in the same year. He resigned from Ituano on 6 June 2021, after nearly four years in charge of the club.[3]
Bergantin subsequently worked atInter de Limeira andSanto André in his native state, before being named head coach ofCSA on 21 February 2023.[4] He was sacked by the latter club on 21 June.[5]
On 30 January 2024, after a short period atRetrô, Bergantin was appointed in charge ofFerroviária.[6] He left the club to joinTite's staff atFlamengo on 20 July.[7]
Bergantin returned toAFE on 17 February 2025, with the club now in division two.[8] He was sacked on 17 September, after four winless matches,[9] and took over fellow league teamAvaí seven days later.[10]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Ituano |  | 21 July 2017 | 6 June 2021 | 115 | 43 | 27 | 45 | 151 | 136 | +15 | 037.39 | |
| Inter de Limeira | | 17 September 2021 | 30 March 2022 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 021.43 | |
| Santo André | | 5 October 2022 | 21 February 2023 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 040.00 | |
| CSA | | 21 February 2023 | 21 June 2023 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 038.10 | |
| Retrô | | 11 September 2023 | 23 January 2024 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 050.00 | |
| Ferroviária | | 30 January 2024 | 20 July 2024 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 046.15 | |
| Ferroviária | | 17 February 2025 | 17 September 2025 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 031.25 | |
| Avaí | | 24 September 2025 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Career total | 224 | 83 | 68 | 73 | 270 | 239 | +31 | 037.05 | — | |||