João Dermival Brigatti (born 14 March 1964) is a Brazilian professional

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current football coordinator of Ponte Preta.

Career

Born in

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, Brigatti was a Ponte Preta youth graduate. However, he never established himself as a regular starter at the club, and had subsequent spells at

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, America-SP, Rio Branco-SP, Desportiva,

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, Santa Cruz and Caldense. He retired in 1996, aged 32, with Santa. Shortly after retiring, Brigatti started working as a goalkeeping coach at his first team Ponte Preta. In 2011, he joined

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's staff at the Jamaica national team, again as a goalkeeping coach. After working in the same role at Chunnam Dragons FC, he was appointed

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's assistant at Paysandu for the 2014 season. After following Mazola at

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and CRB, Brigatti returned to Ponte on 7 December 2016, as an assistant coach. He also acted as interim head coach on three occasions for the ''Macaca'' before leaving in 2018. On 3 September 2018, Brigatti returned to Paysandu, now being named head coach of the first team. He was sacked the following 18 March, and was appointed in charge of

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on 27 June. Brigatti returned to Ponte on 20 February 2020, replacing sacked Gilson Kleina. Sacked on 2 October, he rejoined Paysandu for a third spell late in the month. After narrowly missing out promotion in the 2020 Série C, Brigatti left ''Papão'' on 18 January 2021, and was named in charge of another club he represented as a player, Santa Cruz, on 19 February. Dismissed on 11 April, he took over fellow third division side Oeste on 26 July, but resigned on 10 July, after just four matches. Brigatti returned to Sampaio on 30 October 2021, and managed to avoid relegation with the club in the 2021 Série B. Sacked on 20 March of the following year, he was named

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head coach on 1 May 2022, but left on 28 June to take over Manaus FC. Brigatti resigned from Manaus on 19 July 2022, after having discrepancies with the club's board. On 25 July 2023, after more than a year unemployed, he returned to Ponte as a technical coordinator. On 2 October 2023, Brigatti was named head coach of Ponte again, after Pintado was sacked. The following 29 February, he renewed his contract with the club, but resigned on 27 May. On 6 November 2024, Brigatti returned to Ponte for the final three matches of the season. Unable to avoid relegation, he returned to a coordinator role on 22 November.

Honours

Player

Remo *

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: 1994 Santa Cruz *

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: 1995

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brigatti, Joao 1964 births Living people Footballers from Campinas Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Associação Desportiva Ferroviária Vale do Rio Doce players Clube do Remo players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Caldense players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Associação Atlética Ponte Preta managers Paysandu Sport Club managers Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube managers Santa Cruz Futebol Clube managers Oeste Futebol Clube managers América Futebol Clube (RN) managers Manaus Futebol Clube managers Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in football Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen