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| Full name | Mauro Geraldo Galvão | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1961-12-19)19 December 1961 (age 63) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Sweeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1986 | Internacional | 140 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Bangu | 67 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Botafogo | 99 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1996 | Lugano | 194 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Grêmio | 59 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Vasco da Gama | 108 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Grêmio | 60 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 496 | (28) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Brazil | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Náutico | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Vila Nova | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Mauro Geraldo Galvão (born 19 December 1961) is a Brazilian retired professionalfootballer who played as adefender. Galvão won the title ofCampeonato Brasileiro Série A four times, playing forInternacional (1979),Grêmio (1996) andVasco da Gama (1997 and 2000), along a span of 21 years; won the1998 Copa Libertadores and lost the finals of the1999 Intercontinental Cup and of the2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
In his country Galvão played forSport Club Internacional,Bangu Atlético Clube,Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas,Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (two spells) andCR Vasco da Gama. In1990–91 he moved toFC Lugano in Switzerland, where he would remain for the following six seasons,[1] winning the 1993Swiss Cup after having reached the final of the competition the previous year.
After contributing rarely to Grêmio's fifth place in the2001 Série A, alsowinning his secondBrazilian Cup – the first was also conquered with that club,four years before – Galvão retired from football, at the age of 40.
He gained 24caps forBrazil, his debut coming in 1986.[2] After being an unused squad member atthat year'sFIFA World Cup, he was a starter underSebastião Lazaroni in the1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, partneringRicardo Gomes,Carlos Mozer andRicardo Rocha – all four stoppers saw time during the tournament, Galvão played all four games, three complete – in a5–3–2 formation, in an eventualround-of-16 exit.
Additionally Galvão helped the national team win the1989 Copa América, also appearing in all the matches at the1984 Summer Olympics tournament, which ended withsilver medalconquest.[3][4]
In 2003 Galvão replacedAntônio Lopes as Vasco's head coach, starting his coaching career.[3] He managed the club in 28 games, finallypreventing its relegation to theSérie B, after finishing 17th.[3] The following year he was appointed at Botafogo takingLevir Culpi's place, but was himself fired before the end ofthe season.[3]
In 2005 Galvão briefly managedClube Náutico Capibaribe, coachingVila Nova Futebol Clube in the same year.[3]
Internacional
Botafogo
Grêmio
Vasco da Gama
Brazil national team
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