Paulo Autuori de Mello (born 25 August 1956), known as Paulo Autuori, is a Brazilian football executive and manager who is the current manager of

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Early life

A football fan since early childhood and a

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player, Paulo Autuori had to give up his dream of becoming a professional footballer after contracting poliomyelitis in his teens. The disease left him with an atrophied leg and a permanent limp on his walk, which prevented him from playing. However, he did not give up his dream of being part of the footballing world, and decided to learn other aspects of the game, specifically becoming a manager. Autuori's first jobs were working as a physical coach for clubs such as Portuguesa (RJ), and Nacional in Portugal. At Nacional, Paulo Autuori was promoted to manager of the main team, and has enjoyed a successful coaching career ever since. Autuori graduated in

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at Universidade Castelo Branco; and attended a Sport Admninstration course at

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and a Soccer Coach Course at

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Managing career

Autuori's first major title was winning the 1995 Campeonato Brasileiro with

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. In

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, he won the Copa Libertadores with Cruzeiro. In 1998, he joined Flamengo, where he guided them to an 11th-placed finished in the Campeonato Brasileiro, and a group stage exit in the

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. The following year, he joined

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, and then Santos, and shortly after that rejoined Cruzeiro for the 1999-2000 season. In 2000, he joined Vitoria Guimaraes. In 2003, he joined the Peru national team as manager to lead them through

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and the

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. His first official match was on the first matchday of the World Cup Qualifiers, which finished in a 4–1 win against Paraguay. Peru finished ninth in the table, with 18 points. In April 2005, shortly after the 2–2 draw with Ecuador, he quit Peru, with the reasoning being that he declined to declare in front of a Congress, due to the Peru national team scandals. Shortly after quitting Peru, he was hired by

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to replace

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, who had just gone to Japan. In that year, he won the

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and the

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. Ten days after winning the Club World Championship, on 29 December 2005, he left São Paulo to sign with Japanese club Kashima Antlers, with the financial opportunity being the main reason for the decision. At the end of 2006 he announced his new club as Cruzeiro, this was his third time at the club. From 2007 to 2009, Autuori managed Qatari club

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. In May 2009, Gremio announced Autuori as their new manager with a contract until 2009. However, on 12 November 2009,, Autuori decided to leave Grêmio and return to Al-Rayyan. On 21 November 2009, Qatar League side

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replaced Brazilian coach Marcus Paqueta with his compatriot Paulo Autuori. The latter only left the club six months ago to join Gremio in his homeland, but made a swift return after signing a three-year contract. Autuori became the coach of the Qatar Olympic team on 27 August 2011. He replaced Frenchman Bernard Simondi. His first assignment was to lead the team during the 2012 London Olympics Qualification stage. Qatar failed to qualify for the Olympics, after finishing third in their group. On 20 February 2012 The 55-year-old Brazilian became the fourth manager of the Qatar national team in the previous year. He was fired by the QFA on 15 January 2013 after his team failed to qualify for the knockout round of the 2013 Gulf Cup. Shortly after, he was hired by Vasco da Gama. However, he left the club on 10 July 2013, due to poor results and internal conflicts. The following day, Autuori signed with

, returning to the club after eight years. This time, however, Autuori arrived in

to solve a crisis, with the club having lost its five last games. On the following day, Autuori was introduced as the new coach despite the preference of many fans, who wanted

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's return. The new coach of São Paulo said that, if the choice were his he would have signed Ramalho who Autuori considered a "winner". Autuori affirmed that he felt "a lot of satisfaction to return to this glorious institution, with big aims." The former ''vascaíno'' coach said that "I have not come to be loved; I have come to be champion." Even in a middle of a crisis, Autuori has improved the ambient in São Paulo, a bad one in comparison to period that

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was the coach.

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's removal from staff, according some people of club, was essential for this. On 9 September 2013, Autuori was fired after a 2–0 loss against

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, a result that kept the club in relegation zone of Brazilian League. In a report from the official site of club, there is a praising about his work. His substitute was

, who also replaced him in 2006 in club from Morumbi Stadium. On 5 June 2018 Autuori was announced as the new Director of football in the Bulgarian champion Ludogorets Razgrad, but on the next day he was presented as the new manager of the team, since Dimitar Dimitrov wanted to leave the club. He stepped down from his position in October 2018, citing personal reasons.

Managerial statistics

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Honours

;Botafogo * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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;Cruzeiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 1997 * Copa Libertadores:

;Alianza Lima *

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: 2001 ;Sporting Cristal *

: 2002 ;São Paulo * Copa Libertadores: 2005 * FIFA Club World Cup: 2005 ;Al Rayyan *

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: 2010, 2011 ;Atlético Paranaense * Campeonato Paranaense:

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;Ludogorets Razgrad *

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References

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