Anderson Simas Luciano (born 11 April 1976), commonly known as Tcheco, is a Brazilian

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coach and former

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Early life

Born in

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, as a child, he tried to mimic the interjection "'' tchê''" from a neighbour but said ''tcheco'' instead. His grandmother noticed this and nicknamed him "Tcheco".

Playing career

Tcheco began his career with hometown side

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, but never established himself as a regular starter and was briefly loaned to Esportivo in 1998. Tcheco moved to

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in 2000, becoming a regular starter as they won the Group Green and White of the

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. He joined

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in May 2002, and scored 11 goals in the 2003 season before departing for Saudi club

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in September of that year. On 8 January 2005, Tcheco returned to his home country after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with

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. He then returned to his parent club, before signing for Grêmio ahead of the 2006 season. Tcheco returned to Al-Ittihad in December 2007, but was presented back at Grêmio the following 3 June. On 10 December 2009, he was confirmed as an addition of

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for the upcoming campaign, but returned to ''Coxa'' on 7 September 2010. Initially on loan, Tcheco subsequently signed a permanent deal with Coritiba, and retired at the age of 36 in July 2012.

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring, Tcheco became an assistant coach for Coritiba. On 17 November 2013, he was named head coach of the club for the remaining three matches of the season, managing to save them from relegation. Tcheco was subsequently in charge of the ''Coxa''s under-23 squad and left the club in March 2016 after the team was disbanded. He returned to his first club Paraná in December to work as a football executive, being later also an assistant coach. On 20 December 2017, Tcheco returned to Coritiba as an assistant. He was again an interim the following April, after

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was sacked, before being permanently named head coach of the club on 13 August, in the place of

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. Tcheco left Coritiba in November 2018, before being named head coach of Barra-SC the following 12 April. On 24 September 2019, he took over Rio Branco-PR, but was dismissed amidst the

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. On 22 December 2020, Tcheco was appointed

FC Cascavel Futebol Clube Cascavel, more commonly referred to as FC Cascavel, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Cascavel, Paraná, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeon ...

head coach for the upcoming campaign. He left the club by mutual consent on 4 August 2022, before taking over Azuriz on 3 November. Tcheco left Azuriz on 1 March 2023, and was named at the helm of Caxias on 13 April. He left on 20 June, after just nine matches. Tcheco returned to Paraná on 16 February 2024, now as head coach of the first team. He left on 5 August after achieving promotion from the

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as champions to take over Série B side Chapecoense, but was dismissed after just 13 days.

Honours

Player

Paraná *

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: 1997 Coritiba *

: 2003, 2011, 2012 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

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Al Ittihad *

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: 2004, 2005 *

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: 2004 *

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: 2005 Grêmio *

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 ...

: 2006, 2007

Coach

Paraná *

: 2024

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tcheco Living people 1976 births Footballers from Curitiba Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Brazilian football managers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Paraná Clube players Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves players J. Malucelli Futebol players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players Santos FC players Grêmio FBPA players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Rio Branco Sport Club managers FC Cascavel managers Azuriz Futebol Clube managers Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul managers Paraná Clube managers Associação Chapecoense de Futebol managers