Born inCuritiba,Paraná, as a child, he tried to mimic the interjection "tchê" from a neighbour but saidtcheco instead. His grandmother noticed this and nicknamed him "Tcheco".[1]
Tcheco began his career with hometown sideParaná Clube, but never established himself as a regular starter and was briefly loaned toEsportivo in 1998.[1]
Tcheco moved toMalutrom in 2000, becoming a regular starter as they won the Group Green and White of theCopa João Havelange.[1] He joinedCoritiba in May 2002, and scored 11 goals in the 2003 season before departing for Saudi clubAl-Ittihad in September of that year.[2]
On 8 January 2005, Tcheco returned to his home country after agreeing to a one-year loan deal withSantos.[3] He then returned to his parent club, before signing forGrêmio ahead of the 2006 season.
Tcheco returned to Al-Ittihad in December 2007,[4] but was presented back at Grêmio the following 3 June.[5] On 10 December 2009, he was confirmed as an addition ofCorinthians for the upcoming campaign,[6] but returned toCoxa on 7 September 2010.[7]
Initially on loan, Tcheco subsequently signed a permanent deal with Coritiba, and retired at the age of 36 in July 2012.[8]
Shortly after retiring, Tcheco became an assistant coach for Coritiba.[9] On 17 November 2013, he was named head coach of the club for the remaining three matches of the season,[10] managing to save them from relegation.
Tcheco was subsequently in charge of theCoxa's under-23 squad and left the club in March 2016 after the team was disbanded.[11] He returned to his first club Paraná in December to work as a football executive,[12] being later also an assistant coach.
On 20 December 2017, Tcheco returned to Coritiba as an assistant.[13] He was again an interim the following April, afterSandro Forner was sacked, before being permanently named head coach of the club on 13 August, in the place ofEduardo Baptista.[14]
On 22 December 2020, Tcheco was appointedFC Cascavel head coach for the upcoming campaign.[19] He left the club by mutual consent on 4 August 2022,[20] before taking overAzuriz on 3 November.[21]
Tcheco left Azuriz on 1 March 2023,[22] and was named at the helm ofCaxias on 13 April.[23] He left on 20 June, after just nine matches.[24]
Tcheco returned to Paraná on 16 February 2024, now as head coach of the first team.[25] He left on 5 August after achieving promotion from theCampeonato Paranaense Série Prata as champions[26] to take overSérie B sideChapecoense,[27] but was dismissed after just 13 days.[28]
^"Tcheco dá adeus ao Coritiba chorando" [Tcheco bids farewell to Coritiba crying] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna PR. 3 September 2003. Retrieved5 August 2024.
^"Tcheco é o novo técnico do Paraná Clube" [Tcheco is the new head coach of Paraná Clube] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Paraná Clube. 16 February 2024. Retrieved5 August 2024.
^"Obrigado, Tcheco" [Thank you, Tcheco] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Paraná Clube. 5 August 2024. Retrieved5 August 2024.
^"Comunicado Oficial | 18 de agosto de 2024" [Official announcement | 18 August 2024] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Chapecoense de Futebol. 18 August 2024. Retrieved21 August 2024.
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