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Adilson Batista

Batista in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-03-16) 16 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Adrianópolis, Brazil
Height	1.83 m
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
	Atlético Paranaense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1989	Atlético Paranaense	21	(1)
1989–1993	Cruzeiro	51	(5)
1993	Internacional	11	(2)
1994	Atlético Mineiro	19	(2)
1994–1996	Grêmio	30	(2)
1997–1999	Júbilo Iwata	52	(10)
2000	Corinthians	5	(0)
National team
1990–1991	Brazil	4	(0)
Teams managed
2001	Mogi Mirim
2002	América-RN
2002	Avaí
2003	Paraná
2003–2004	Grêmio
2004	Paysandu
2005	Sport Recife
2005–2006	Figueirense
2006–2007	Júbilo Iwata
2008–2010	Cruzeiro
2010	Corinthians
2011	Santos
2011	Atlético Paranaense
2011	São Paulo
2012	Atlético Goianiense
2013	Figueirense
2013–2014	Vasco da Gama
2015	Joinville
2018	América Mineiro
2019	Ceará
2019–2020	Cruzeiro
2022	Londrina
2023	Botafogo-SP
2024	Amazonas
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Adilson Dias Batista (born 16 March 1968) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player.

His professional playing career as a centre-back spanned 13 years, during which he was mainly associated with Cruzeiro and Grêmio. Adilson also represented the Brazil national team in four occasions.

Playing career

Born in Adrianópolis, Paraná, he was known as Adilson during his playing days, and finished his formation with Atlético Paranaense. Promoted to the first-team in 1987 by head coach Levir Culpi, he was a regular starter before moving to Cruzeiro in 1989.

Adilson subsequently represented Internacional, Atlético Mineiro and Grêmio before moving abroad in 1997 and joining Júbilo Iwata. He returned to his home country in 2000, signing for Corinthians and retiring with the club shortly after.

Coaching career

Batista started his coaching career with Mogi Mirim in 2001. In the following season, he was in charge of América-RN and Avaí.

On 27 May 2003, Batista was named head coach of Paraná in the Série A, but moved to fellow league team Grêmio on 22 August. On 4 June 2004, he was dismissed by the latter.

Batista subsequently took over Paysandu before being appointed head coach of Sport in 2005. Late in the year he was at the helm of Figueirense, but returned to Japan and Júbilo Iwata in 2006.

Batista in 2009

On 6 December 2007, Batista was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Cruzeiro. With the club he reached the finals of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, losing it to Estudiantes. On 3 June 2010, he announced his resignation.

On 24 July 2010, Batista replaced Mano Menezes at the helm of Corinthians. On 10 October, after five winless matches, he stepped down.

On 8 November 2010, Batista was announced as the new Santos head coach for the 2011 season. He was sacked the following 27 February, as the club was struggling in the 2011 Copa Libertadores.

On 5 April 2011, Batista returned to Atlético Paranaense, now as head coach. He resigned on 25 June, and took over São Paulo on 16 July; he was relieved from his duties on 16 October.

On 4 April 2012, Batista was named Atlético Goianiense head coach, being sacked on 30 May despite suffering only one defeat during his tenure. On 8 November, he returned to Figueirense.

On 29 October 2013, Batista was appointed in charge of Vasco da Gama, being sacked the following 30 August. In June 2015, after nearly one year unemployed, he took over Joinville, being relieved from his duties on 26 July.

On 24 July 2018, after nearly three years of inactivity, Batista was named head coach of América Mineiro, being relieved from his duties on 10 November after ten winless matches. On 2 October of the following year, he was appointed in charge of Ceará also in the top tier.

On 28 November 2019, Batista was sacked by Ceará, and returned to Cruzeiro the following day, replacing Abel Braga. He was dismissed by the latter on 15 March 2020, after only one win in his last nine matches at the club.

On 6 March 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, Batista took over Londrina. He left after the season ended, and was named in charge of fellow second division side Botafogo-SP on 23 February 2023.

On 24 June 2023, Batista was dismissed by Pantera. On 16 April of the following year, he replaced Luizinho Vieira at the helm of Amazonas also in division two, but left the club by mutual consent on 23 May, amidst rumours of a return to Cruzeiro as youth coordinator.

Career statistics

Club

International

Coaching statistics

Honours

Player

Atlético Paranaense

• Campeonato Paranaense: 1988

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 1990, 1992
• Supercopa Libertadores: 1991, 1992

Grêmio

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1995,1996
• Copa Libertadores: 1995
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1996

Júbilo Iwata

• Asian Champions League: 1998, 1999
• J1 League: 1997, 1999
• J.League Cup: 1998

Corinthians

• FIFA Club World Cup: 2000

Coach

América-RN

• Campeonato Potiguar: 2002

Figueirense

• Campeonato Catarinense: 2006

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 2008, 2009

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1990

See also

In Spanish: Adílson Batista para niños