 Copertino in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maurício de Almeida Copertino | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-04-06)6 April 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos U20 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1990 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1996 | Santos | 46 | (1) |
| 1990 | →Jabaquara (loan) | ||
| 1991 | →Tupã (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 1992 | →Oeste (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 1996 | →Caxias (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 1996 | Coritiba | 2 | (0) |
| 1997 | Portuguesa Santista | 9 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Al-Ahli | 21 | (1) |
| 1998 | Ferroviária | 8 | (0) |
| 1999 | Inter de Limeira | 14 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Panachaiki | 41 | (3) |
| 2003 | Henan Construction | 25 | (9) |
| 2005 | União São João | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Serrano | ||
| 2006–2007 | Sertãozinho (assistant) | ||
| 2007 | Botafogo-SP (assistant) | ||
| 2007 | Internacional (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Figueirense (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Atlético Mineiro (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Bahia (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Santo André (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Náutico (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Al-Ain (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Avaí (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Náutico (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Brazil U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Portuguesa U20 | ||
| 2016 | Tianjin Quanjian (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Zhejiang Yiteng | ||
| 2017 | Bahia (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Zhejiang Yiteng | ||
| 2019 | Vasco da Gama (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Palmeiras (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | ASA | ||
| 2022–2023 | Baniyas U23 | ||
| 2023 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Ferroviário | ||
| 2025– | Santos U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Maurício de Almeida Copertino (born 6 April 1970), known asMaurício Copertino, is a Brazilian professionalfootball coach and former player who played as acentre-back. He is the current head coach ofSantos'under-20 team.
Born inSantos,São Paulo, Copertino joined the youth categories ofSantos FC in 1984.[1] He made his senior debut while on loan atJabaquara in 1990, later serving another temporary spells atTupã[2] andOeste[3] before returning to his parent club for the 1993 season.[4]
In 1996, after another loan spell atCaxias,[5] Copertino joinedCoritiba. In 1997, after representingPortuguesa Santista, he moved abroad and joined Saudi clubAl-Ahli.
Back to his home country in 1998, Copertino played forFerroviária andInter de Limeira before again moving abroad in the following year, withPanachaiki in Greece.[6]
In 2003, Copertino signed for Chinese sideHenan Construction. After a period atUnião São João, he announced his retirement on 10 December 2005, aged 35.[7]
After retiring, Copertino went on to take his coaching licenses and was named head coach ofSerrano in 2006, but was dismissed soon after. In 2007, he worked as an assistant ofNenê Belarmino atSertãozinho andBotafogo-SP, before joiningAlexandre Gallo's staff atInternacional in April of that year, under the same role.[8]
Copertino continued to work as Gallo's assistant in the following years, atFigueirense,Atlético Mineiro,Bahia,Santo André,Náutico (two stints),Al-Ain,Avaí and theBrazil national under-20 team.[9] In 2016, after a period as head coach of the under-20 team ofPortuguesa,[10] he joinedVanderlei Luxemburgo's staff at Chinese sideTianjin Quanjian, also as an assistant.
On 1 December 2016, Copertino was appointed manager ofChina League One sideZhejiang Yiteng for the upcoming season.[11] Sacked the following 28 May,[12] he returned to Brazil and became an assistant ofPreto Casagrande at Bahia,[13] before being again named at the helm of Zhejiang on 2 January 2018.[14]
Again dismissed by the Chinese side on 24 September 2018,[15] Copertino reunited with Luxemburgo in 2019, being his assistant atVasco da Gama.[16] Another spells in the same role atPalmeiras andCruzeiro followed, and he was later announced as head coach ofASA on 17 April 2022.[17]
On 17 May 2022, Copertino resigned from ASA after receiving an offer from the United Arab Emirates,[18] later revealed to be the under-23 side ofBaniyas.[19] In May 2023, he returned to Brazil and Corinthians, again as Luxemburgo's assistant.[20]
On 31 January 2024, Copertino was appointed head coach ofFerroviário.[21] On 7 May, however, he was sacked after a 5–0 loss toSão Bernardo.[22]
On 27 April 2025, Copertino returned to his first club Santos, as head coach of the under-20 team.[23]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tupã (loan) | 1991 | Paulista A3 | — | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Oeste (loan) | 1992 | Paulista A3 | — | 27 | 6 | — | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
| Santos | 1993 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 31 | 1 | |||
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 1 | |||
| Caxias (loan) | 1996 | Série C | — | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Coritiba | 1996 | Série A | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Portuguesa Santista | 1997 | Série C | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Al-Ahli | 1997–98 | Saudi Premier League | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Ferroviária | 1998 | Paulista A3 | — | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Inter de Limeira | 1999[24] | Paulista | — | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| Panachaiki | 1999–2000 | Alpha Ethniki | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2000–01 | 17 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 3 | — | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||||
| União São João | 2005[25] | Série C | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 72 | 4 | 149 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 16 | ||
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Serrano |  | 1 January 2006 | 17 April 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 000.00 | |
| Zhejiang Yiteng |  | 1 December 2016 | 28 May 2017 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 041.67 | |
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 2 January 2018 | 24 September 2018 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 038.46 | ||
| ASA | | 17 April 2022 | 17 May 2022 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 050.00 | |
| Ferroviário | 31 January 2024 | 7 May 2024 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 027.27 | ||
| Total | 56 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 72 | 87 | −15 | 035.71 | — | |||
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