Sérgio Soares da Silva (born 11 January 1967) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of Juventus-SP.

Playing career

Born in

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, Soares began his career with hometown side

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, making his first team debut in 1985 and being sold to Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in 1993. In 1996, after a short period at Guarani, he joined

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. A backup option at ''Verdão'', Soares was loaned to Japanese club

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for the remainder of the 1996 season. After featuring more sparingly in 1997, he still left the club and moved to

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, where he featured very rarely before returning to his first club Juventus. Soares subsequently played for

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, Juventus (two stints), Etti Jundiai, São José-SP, Gama,

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(three stints) and Náutico. He retired in 2004 with Santo André, aged 37.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Soares was named assistant manager and supervisor at his last club Santo André. On 25 July 2004, he was named manager of the first team after

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left. Soares returned to his assistant role after the appointment of

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for the 2005 season, but was again named manager on 14 March 2005, after Ferreira resigned. He left in December to return to his first club Juventus, now as manager. On 26 January 2007, Soares replaced Marcelo Vilar at the helm of Grêmio Barueri, but was sacked on 8 April. He returned to Santo André on 17 May, but was dismissed on 1 November with the club struggling with relegation in the Série B. On 21 January 2008, Soares returned to Juventus. He resigned on 29 February, and subsequently rejoined Santo André for a fourth period as manager on 16 May. He led the latter side to a top tier promotion before opting to join Ponte Preta on 4 December. Soares left Ponte on 9 March 2009, and took over São Caetano three days later. He was sacked on 1 June, and was named in charge of

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five days later; he resigned on 7 September, and returned to Santo André the following day. Soares led Santo André to the second position of the

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, but resigned on 22 September after the club was in the relegation zone. On 4 October, he was named

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manager, but was sacked on 3 February 2011. Soares returned to Barueri on 11 May 2011, but was sacked on 1 August. On 6 January, he had his first managerial experience abroad after being named in charge of Japanese club

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, but was relieved of his duties on 27 August and subsequently replaced by compatriot

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. On 6 December 2012, Soares replaced Argel Fuchs at the helm of

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. Sacked the following 10 March, he was named in charge of

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on 18 August 2013, in the place of

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. Soares resigned from Ceará on 22 October 2014, and was appointed

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manager on 22 December. On 6 October of the following year, after five winless matches, he was sacked, and took over São Bernardo on 26 February 2016. Soares was announced back at Ceará on 4 April 2016, with the move being effective seven days later. On 14 November, it was announced that his contract would not be renewed, and he returned to Santo André on 28 February 2017. On 3 April 2017, Soares agreed to become the manager of another club he represented as a player, Goiás, but was sacked on 27 May after four winless matches. He returned to Santo André for the

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on 11 October 2017, and left after the competition ended. On 29 June 2018, Soares took over

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also in the second level, but was dismissed on 4 August. On 11 February 2019, he returned to São Bernardo, and later moved to

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on 15 May. Sacked by ABC on 9 June 2019, and was appointed in charge of Ferroviária the following 17 January. He was dismissed by the latter on 27 March 2020, and returned to Juventus on 4 January 2021. Soares was dismissed by Juventus on 4 May 2021, and was named manager of neighbouring Portuguesa for the 2022 campaign on 11 November. He won the 2022

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with the club, before departing on 4 October of that year. On 16 May 2023, Soares replaced

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at the helm of Altos in the Série C, but was sacked after just 40 days on 26 June. On 27 June, he took over fellow third division side Floresta, leaving on a mutual agreement on 8 August.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

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Titles

Player

; Al-Hilal *

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: 1994, 1995 ;Palmeiras *

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: 1996 ;Santo André *

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: 2003 *

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Manager

; Grêmio Barueri *

: 2006 ; Santo André *

: 2008 ; Ceará *

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: 2014 ; Bahia *

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: 2015 ; Portuguesa *

: 2022

References

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