Divaldo Da Silva Teixeira Alves is a Portuguese football manager for
Liga 1 club
Persik Kediri. He is a
UEFA Pro Licence holder.
Career
A former youth coach and scout at
Benfica also youth coach at Atlético do Cacém and Encarnação Olivais Senior team, Alves success came in Indonesia where he first worked as assistant coach of
PSMS Medan in 2009, as the club qualified to the quarter finals of the
2009 AFC Cup
The 2009 AFC Cup was the sixth season of the AFC Cup and is competed among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.
With the Asian Football Confederation reviewed the format of the AFC Champions League and made sig ...
and semi-finals of 2009
Copa Indonesia. Alves later coached
Persebaya 1927
Persatuan Sepakbola Surabaya ( 'Football Association of Surabaya'), commonly known as Persebaya Surabaya or simply Persebaya, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Surabaya, East Java. It currently plays in the Liga 1, the top fl ...
to second place in the
2011-12 Indonesia Premier League he holds the LPI national record with 10 consecutive matches with 2 draws and 8 wins. He also coached
Persijap Jepara
Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jepara, also known as Persijap is an Indonesian football club based in Jepara, Central Java. After winning 2019 Liga 3, they compete in the Liga 2. Their nickname is ''Laskar Kalinyamat'' (Kalinyamat Warriors) and ' ...
and
Minangkabau staying 3 points from the second position in LPI competition, working with low profile players, Minangkabau was a club named
PSP Padang.
In early 2013 Alves was named as the coach of the
Malaysia Super League club
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...
. However, he left the club in a mutual agreement in May 2013, before end of season.
Alves was appointed as Technical Advisor of
Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
in June 2014, succeeding
Karl-Heinz Weigang
Karl-Heinz Weigang (24 August 1935 – 12 June 2017) was a German professional football manager. He had vast experience in coaching international football, having managed the likes of Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Mali, Ghana and Gabon over a career th ...
. His role is to work together with head coach
Abu Bakar Fadzim
Abu Bakar bin Fadzim (born 29 August 1971) is a Malaysian football coach and former football player. He is the head coach of Malaysia Premier League club Perak FA II.
Playing career
Abu Bakar played for Perak from 1991 to 2003, except in 199 ...
in handling the Perak's first team squad.
as technical advisor and head coach in September 2014. Season 2017–2018 in Oman the club ended top 6, after Coach Divaldo Alves went out of professional football for one season for private reasons.
Manager Divaldo Alves has new challenge this time in West of Africa, sign for
Sofapaka for the coming season 2019/2020 and the objective is to achieve the top of the table of
Kenyan Premier League.
Personal life
Besides his native Portuguese, Alves is also fluent in Indonesian, Malay, English, and Spanish.
Honours
;Persebaya Surabaya
*
Malaysia-Indonesia Unity Cup: 2011
*
Indonesia Premier League
Indonesian Premier League (IPL; Indonesian: ''Liga Prima Indonesia'') was the highest level competition for football clubs in Indonesia from 2011 to 2013. This competition was managed by ''PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo'', under supervision ...
** ''Runner-Up:
2011–12''
References
External links
Profile at MyBestPlay.com
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1978 births
Living people
Portuguese football managers