Adilson Dias Batista (born 16 March 1968) is a Brazilian professional

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and former player. His professional playing career as a centre-back spanned 13 years, during which he was mainly associated with Cruzeiro and Grêmio. Adilson also represented the Brazil national team in four occasions.

Playing career

Born in

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, Paraná, he was known as Adilson during his playing days, and finished his formation with

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. Promoted to the first-team in 1987 by head coach

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, he was a regular starter before moving to Cruzeiro in 1989. Adilson subsequently represented

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and Grêmio before moving abroad in 1997 and joining

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. He returned to his home country in 2000, signing for

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and retiring with the club shortly after.

Coaching career

Batista started his coaching career with Mogi Mirim in 2001. In the following season, he was in charge of América-RN and

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. On 27 May 2003, Batista was named head coach of Paraná in the Série A, but moved to fellow league team Grêmio on 22 August. On 4 June 2004, he was dismissed by the latter. Batista subsequently took over Paysandu before being appointed head coach of

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in 2005. Late in the year he was at the helm of

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, but returned to Japan and Júbilo Iwata in 2006. On 6 December 2007, Batista was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Cruzeiro. With the club he reached the finals of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, losing it to Estudiantes. On 3 June 2010, he announced his resignation. On 24 July 2010, Batista replaced

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at the helm of

. On 10 October, after five winless matches, he stepped down. On 8 November 2010, Batista was announced as the new Santos head coach for the 2011 season. He was sacked the following 27 February, as the club was struggling in the 2011 Copa Libertadores. On 5 April 2011, Batista returned to Atlético Paranaense, now as head coach. He resigned on 25 June, and took over

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on 16 July; he was relieved from his duties on 16 October. On 4 April 2012, Batista was named

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head coach, being sacked on 30 May despite suffering only one defeat during his tenure. On 8 November, he returned to Figueirense. On 29 October 2013, Batista was appointed in charge of Vasco da Gama, being sacked the following 30 August. In June 2015, after nearly one year unemployed, he took over

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, being relieved from his duties on 26 July. On 24 July 2018, after nearly three years of inactivity, Batista was named head coach of América Mineiro, being relieved from his duties on 10 November after ten winless matches. On 2 October of the following year, he was appointed in charge of Ceará also in the top tier. On 28 November 2019, Batista was sacked by Ceará, and returned to Cruzeiro the following day, replacing

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Career statistics

Club

International

Coaching statistics

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Honours

Player

;Atlético Paranaense *

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: 1988 ;Cruzeiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 1990, 1992 *

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: 1991, 1992 ;Grêmio *

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: 1995,1996 *

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* Recopa Sudamericana: 1996 ;Júbilo Iwata *

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: 1998, 1999 *

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: 1997, 1999 *

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: 1998 ;Corinthians * FIFA Club World Cup:

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Coach

;América-RN *

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: 2002 ;Figueirense *

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: 2006 ;Cruzeiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 2008, 2009

Individual

* Bola de Prata: 1990

References

External links

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