Valdeir "Badú" Vieira (born 11 July 1944 in Marília, São Paulo) is a Brazilian

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manager.

Career

Playing career

Like many Brazilian players in the 1960s, Badu was discovered in the ever-expanding futsal scene. It is from the indoors that Vieira gets his nickname "Badu", which describes a specific way of scoring a goal. He signed his first contract as a professional with the 2nd division Dracena F.C. at age 17. Two years later he played as attacker in the 1st division with CE Aymoré – São Leopoldo, where Luiz Felipe Scolari was just starting his career as a defender in the youth team. Badu was later the first Brazilian to play respectively for the clubs: Central Español (Uruguay),

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(Malta) and Croissant Club Sigois (Algeria). Plagued by injuries and more interested in studying the sciences of sports, he finished his career playing non-league football in Germany.

Coaching career

Badu has managed several clubs and national football teams. He managed

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during 1996 and Oman from 1998 to 1999. He managed Iran during their successful qualification for the

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. On 28 December 2013, Vieira signed with

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