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

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coach and former player. His professional playing career as a

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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 Atlético Paranaense. 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 Internacional,

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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

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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 Figueirense, but returned to Japan and Júbilo Iwata in 2006. Adilson batista

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

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, 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

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. 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

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, 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

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also in the top tier. On 28 November 2019, Batista was sacked by Ceará, and returned to Cruzeiro the following day, replacing Abel Braga. He was dismissed by the latter on 15 March 2020, after only one win in his last nine matches at the club. On 6 March 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, Batista took over

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. He left after the season ended, and was named in charge of fellow second division side Botafogo-SP on 23 February 2023. On 24 June 2023, Batista was dismissed by ''Pantera''. On 16 April of the following year, he replaced Luizinho Vieira at the helm of Amazonas also in division two, but left the club by mutual consent on 23 May, amidst rumours of a return to Cruzeiro as youth coordinator.

Career statistics

Club

International

Coaching statistics

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Honours

Player

;Atlético Paranaense *

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: 1988 ;Cruzeiro *

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: 1990, 1992 *

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

;Grêmio *

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: 1995,1996 *

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

;Júbilo Iwata *

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: 1998, 1999 *

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

* J.League Cup:

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;Corinthians *

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Coach

;América-RN *

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: 2002 ;Figueirense *

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: 2006 ;Cruzeiro *

: 2008, 2009

Individual

* Bola de Prata: 1990

References

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