José Roberto Viana dos Santos (born 4 May 1956), simply known as Viana, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager who played as a

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Career

Since he had a baby tooth in São Paulo's youth categories, Viana was a multi-champion, being part of the Brazilian champion squad in 1977 and the state champion squad in 1980. Loaned to Botafogo de Paraíba in 1976, he also won the Paraíba state title. He also had successful spells at Comercial-MS and São Bento.

Managerial career

Viana went to Japan to work as a technical assistant, and for 4 years coached the Fujieda Meisei High School team in

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. Returned to Brazil to coach Comercial-MS during the

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, and later became the first champion coach with CENE. He also worked at FFMS and later trained AA Moreninhas and Paulistano de São Roque. He currently owns a football school in the city of

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Honours

Player

;São Paulo * Campeonato Brasileiro:

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

;Botafogo-PB *

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: 1976 ;Comercial-MS *

Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense The Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional State football leagues in Brazil, state football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Mato Grosso do Sul. It is run by the Federação de Futebol de Mato Grosso do S ...

: 1982 ;São Bento * Copa 50 anos da FPF: 1985

Manager

;CENE *

: 2002

References

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