Mário Felipe Perez (3 October 1953 – 9 February 2022), better known as Tata, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager who played as a

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Player career

As a player, Tata played as a midfielder, and spent his career with teams in São Paulo. With Santos FC, did 26 appearances and scored 7 goals in 1976. For São José, his hometown club, Tata played 232 games and scored 53 goals.

Managerial career

Started his managerial career being assistant of Vail Mota at São José in 1988, and with

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at Palmeiras in 1989. Returned to São José in 1990 with Leão, and took over as coach definitively. In 1994, he had a great campaign with Paysandu in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Partnership with Muricy Ramalho

Tata reached his peak in Brazilian football as Muricy Ramalho's main assistant, starting in 1999 when they worked at Portuguesa Santista. The partnership ended in 2016 when they both faced health problems and decided to retire.

Honours

São José

;Player *

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...

: 1980 *Torneio Incentivo: 1981 ;Manager *Copa Vale do Paraíba: 1996

As assistant manager

;Náutico *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

(2): 2001, 2002 ;Internacional *

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 ...

: 2003, 2005 ;São Caetano *

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: 2004 ;São Paulo *

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 ...

(3): 2006, 2007, 2008 ;Fluminense *

: 2010 ;Santos *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

: 2011 *

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 ...

: 2012 *

(2): 2011, 2012

Death

Tata died in São Paulo at age 68, due to a

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