Dorival Silvestre Júnior (born 25 April 1962) is a Brazilian professional football

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Known only as Júnior during his playing days, he was born in

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, and made his debuts as a senior with hometown's Ferroviária in 1982. Two years later, after a brief stint at

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, he moved to Guarani. In 1985, Júnior began playing in the state of Santa Catarina, first for Avaí and later for

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. In 1988, he went back to his native state, representing São José, but during the same year he moved to Coritiba. In 1989 Júnior joined

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, remaining with the club until 1992. In the following year he was sold to Grêmio, and subsequently joined Juventude in 1994. Júnior had subsequent spells at

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, Matonense and Botafogo-SP, retiring with the latter in 1999, aged 37.

Coaching career

Júnior started his coaching career in 2002 with his first club Ferroviária, after being an assistant coach at Figueirense. He left the club in May of that year to return to Figueirense, as a director of football, but was named head coach of ''Figueira'' in September 2003 and won the

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in the following year. In 2005, he was appointed

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head coach, but was dismissed on 30 March. In the same year, Júnior managed

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and Juventude. In 2006, he won the

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with

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and also managed Avaí in the same year before leaving the club in October to take over São Caetano. On 8 May 2007, after impressing with the ''Azulão'' during that year's

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, Júnior was named Cruzeiro head coach. On 3 December, despite finishing fifth, he was fired and subsequently joined Coritiba. After not renewing contract with the latter, he was appointed at the helm of

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, and was promoted from 2009 Série B. On 5 December 2009, Júnior was named head coach of Santos. After notably winning the

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with an extremely offensive football, with

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and

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as its key units, he was dismissed on 21 September, after an altercation with Neymar. Júnior subsequently managed

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, Internacional,

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, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense and

, without the same success. On 9 July 2015 he returned to Santos, replacing

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. Júnior finished second in both

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and

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, aside from winning the

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. On 4 June 2017, after a 1–0 away defeat to rivals

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and with the club in a poor form overall (only three points out of twelve), he was sacked. On 5 July 2017, Júnior took over

, signing a contract until the end of 2018. He was sacked the following 9 March. Júnior returned to Flamengo on 28 September 2018, being in charge until the end of the season. On 27 December of the following year, he was appointed head coach of fellow top tier side Athletico Paranaense. On 28 August 2020, Júnior was dismissed by Athletico after the club suffered four consecutive defeats, despite him being sidelined in three of those defeats after testing positive for

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. On 28 March 2022, after more than one year without coaching, he took over

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also in the top tier. On 10 June 2022, Júnior left Ceará to return to Flamengo, replacing sacked

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. He led the side to the

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and

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titles, but left on 25 November, after not renewing his contract.

Personal life

Júnior is the nephew of the former Brazilian player Dudu. His son, Lucas Silvestre, is also his assistant since 2010. In September 2019, Júnior was diagnosed with

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, which he removed in the following month.

Career statistics

Coaching statistics

Honours

Player

Joinville *

: 1987 Grêmio *

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: 1993 Juventude *

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Manager

Figueirense *

: 2004 Sport Recife *

: 2006 Coritiba *

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: 2008 Vasco da Gama *

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Santos *

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, 2016 *

Internacional *

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: 2011 *

: 2012 Athletico Paranaense *

: 2020 Flamengo *

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References

External links

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Terceiro Tempo profile

Grande Área profile
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