José Roberto Fernandes Barros (born 5 May 1971), known as Roberto Fernandes, is a Brazilian
football
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manager
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and former player who played as a
midfielder
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.
Career
Born in
Recife
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,
Pernambuco
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, Fernandes played for
Náutico and
Santa Cruz as a youth. A
midfielder
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, he played professionally for
América-SP and
Ferroviário do Recife before retiring; he subsequently became a manager of the latter club in 1997.
Fernandes subsequently worked for
Surubim
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and
Unibol before moving to the
São Paulo state
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, where he led
Primavera to the
Campeonato Paulista Série B2
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title in 2001. He began the 2002 season with
Independente de Limeira
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, later working with
Linense (where he was stabbed by a player whom he released) and
Londrina
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's under-20 squad; he was appointed manager of the first team in the latter club for the ensuing campaign on 14 November 2002.
Fernandes achieved promotion to the
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
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with
Guaratinguetá
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in 2004, and was later in charge of
Anapolina during the
Série B. He also worked with
São Bento in that year, where he left in December to take over
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.
On 23 December 2004, Fernandes left União São João without managing a single match for the club, after accepting an offer from
Ceará
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. He was sacked the following March, being replaced by
Jair Pereira, and later went on to work at
Vila Nova.
Fernandes was in charge of five different clubs during the 2006 season:
Santo André
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, Vila Nova,
Ceilândia
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,
Ituano, and
Brasiliense; with the latter club he won the 2007
Campeonato Brasiliense
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before accepting an offer from Náutico in July of that year. He resigned from Náutico on 20 May 2008, despite leading the
Série A at the time, and was named at the helm of
Atlético Paranaense
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just hours later, replacing
Ney Franco
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Career
Born in Vargem Alegre, Minas Gerais, Franco worked in Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro's youth categories before being named the ...
; he was himself dismissed by ''Furacão'' on 4 August.
Fernandes returned to Náutico on 8 August 2008, but was sacked the following 7 March. He took over
Figueirense
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five days later,
but was relieved of his duties on 29 August.
Appointed in charge of
Fortaleza
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on 22 September 2009 in the place of
Márcio Fernandes, Fernandes subsequently worked for Brasiliense and
Atlético Goianiense
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before returning to Náutico on 30 September 2010, where he replaced
Alexandre Gallo
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. Sacked on 2 May of the following year, he was named
Paysandu manager late in the month, but his reign only lasted until 13 September.
Fernandes was named
Americana
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manager on 20 October 2011, replacing
Sérgio Guedes
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, but was sacked on 29 January of the following year, after just three matches in the campaign, as the club returned to their previous name of Guaratinguetá. He was appointed at the helm of
América de Natal
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in March 2012, winning the 2012
Campeonato Potiguar
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but being sacked in February 2013.
On 8 August 2013, Fernandes was appointed manager of América's rivals
ABC
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. He narrowly avoided relegation in the
2013 Série B, but was sacked on 16 March 2014.
In October 2014, after a short stint at
Remo
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, Fernandes returned to América. He left the club on 8 October of the following year, and subsequently worked for
Capivariano,
Confiança and
Paraná during the 2016 season.
Fernandes returned to Náutico for a fourth spell on 1 August 2017, after previously working at
Bangu and Confiança in the campaign. Despite winning the
2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, he was sacked on 6 May, and was subsequently in charge of
Santa Cruz for their
Série C campaign.
In September 2018, he replaced
Doriva
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as manager of
CRB. He left the club the following April, subsequently returning to former sides ABC and América before rejoining CRB on 18 December 2020.
On 24 May 2021, after losing the year's
Campeonato Alagoano
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2020 First Division
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, Fernandes was sacked. He returned to Náutico for a fifth spell on 17 April of the following year, being dismissed exactly three months later.
On 8 August 2022, Fernandes replaced
Alberto Valentim
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at the helm of
CSA
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, but was himself dismissed on 14 October.
Honours
Primavera
*
Campeonato Paulista Série B2
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List of champions
See also
* Campeonato Paulista
*Campeonato Paulista Série A2
*Camp ...
: 2001
Brasiliense
*
Campeonato Brasiliense
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Teams from other states can be affiliated to the Distrito Federal Football Federation (FFDF) as long as t ...
: 2007
América de Natal
*
Campeonato Potiguar
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Format
First Division
First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.
Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the to ...
: 2012, 2015
*
Copa RN
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Champions
List of the champions of the Copa RN of 2008 to 2022:
T ...
: 2012
Remo
*
Campeonato Paraense
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: 2014
Náutico
*
Campeonato Pernambucano
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:
2018
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References
External links
Roberto Fernandesat Sambafoot
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1971 births
Living people
Brazilian football managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers
Londrina Esporte Clube managers
Guaratinguetá Futebol managers
Associação Atlética Anapolina managers
Esporte Clube São Bento managers
União São João Esporte Clube managers
Ceará Sporting Club managers
Vila Nova Futebol Clube managers
Esporte Clube Santo André managers
Ceilândia Esporte Clube managers
Ituano FC managers
Brasiliense FC managers
Clube Náutico Capibaribe managers
Club Athletico Paranaense managers
Figueirense FC managers
Fortaleza Esporte Clube managers
Atlético Clube Goianiense managers
Paysandu Sport Club managers
América Futebol Clube (RN) managers
ABC Futebol Clube managers
Clube do Remo managers
Capivariano Futebol Clube managers
Associação Desportiva Confiança managers
Paraná Clube managers
Bangu Atlético Clube managers
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube managers
Clube de Regatas Brasil managers
Centro Sportivo Alagoano managers
Sportspeople from Recife