Aílton dos Santos Ferraz, sometimes known as just Aílton (born January 19, 1966), is a retired association footballer who played as an

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for several Série A clubs.

Career

Born in

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, Aílton Ferraz started his professional career playing with

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

. With Flamengo he played 116 Série A games and scored five goals between 1985 and 1991. He won the

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

in 1985, 1986 and 1987, the

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in 1988 and in 1989, the

Taça Rio Taça Rio ( English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had ...

in 1985 and in 1986 the Série A in

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, and the

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with the club. He left Flamengo in 1991 to play with Guarani, joining

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of Japan in 1993 and returning to Brazil in 1995 to defend

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

. He helped the club win the Campeonato Carioca in 1995. He was part of the Grêmio squad that won the 1996 Série A. After playing for several different clubs, he retired in 2002 while defending

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. He began his coaching career in 2007 as

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's head coach. After commanding weaker teams, such as Cabofriense,

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and Duque de Caxias, he was invited by Jorginho to be his assistant coach. Ferraz then worked with Jorginho at

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, Figueirense, and

, before becoming a head coach again at smaller clubs. Since 2019, he has been an assistant coach at Fluminense.

Honors

Player

;Flamengo *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

: 1986, 1991 * Copa Rio: 1991 ;Fluminense *

: 1995 ;Grêmio *

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 ...

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

: 1996 ;Botafogo *

: 1997 ;Remo *

Campeonato Paraense The Campeonato Paraense, nicknamed Parazão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is run by the Pará Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Amateur era Professional era Titles by c ...

: 1999

Manager

;Resende * Copa Rio: 2015

References

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