Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Manager career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role. Oliveira led the club to win the São Paulo State Championship and the Brazilian Série A that same year. In 2000, he made history by taking the first FIFA Club World Championship.
After leaving Corinthians, Oliveira would coach Brazilian teams Vasco, Fluminense, São Paulo, Flamengo, Vitória, Santos, Fluminense and Cruzeiro. The only title at this period would come with São Paulo, the 2002 São Paulo State Super Championship. After tricolor lost in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002 against Santos, and lost the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for Corinthians, Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results. He also had a short spell at Al-Ahli of Qatar.
In 2007 Oliveira started to coach J. League side Kashima Antlers. So far he has had a quite successful managerial career in Japan, winning three J. League Division 1 titles, one Emperor's Cup, one Japanese Super Cup. In 2009, he became the first J. League manager to be named J. League Manager of the Year three times. In 2012, Oliveira returned to managing in Brazil when he became the manager of Rio de Janeiro side Botafogo. In the 2013 season, he led Botafogo to 4th place in the league, qualifying the team for the Copa Libertadores. After the 2013 season, Oliveira was hired by fellow Brazilian side Santos FC. In 2015, he coached Palmeiras, which made him the first manager to have worked with all four main teams of São Paulo (Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo) and four main teams of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco).
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure Team Nat From To RecordCorinthians1 January 199930 June 2000Vasco da Gama10 July 200018 December 2000Fluminense22 May 200122 April 2002São Paulo14 May 20024 May 2003Flamengo21 July 200312 October 2003Corinthians17 February 200424 May 2004Vitória1 July 200419 August 2004Santos1 January 200521 March 2005Al Ahli4 July 200528 February 2006Fluminense31 March 20067 August 2006Cruzeiro14 August 200631 December 2006Kashima Antlers6 January 200731 December 2011Botafogo1 January 201231 December 2013Santos1 January 20142 September 2014Palmeiras1 January 20158 June 2015Flamengo20 August 201528 November 2015Sport Recife27 April 201612 October 2016Corinthians31 October 201731 December 2017Al Arabi20 January 201730 June 2017Atlético Mineiro26 September 20179 February 2018Urawa Red Diamonds25 April 201828 May 2019Fluminense28 August 201927 September 2019Total
Honours Corinthians Campeonato Paulista: 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1999 FIFA Club World Championship: 2000
São Paulo Campeonato Paulista: 2002
Kashima Antlers J. League Division 1: 2007, 2008, 2009 Emperor's Cup: 2007, 2010 J. League Cup: 2011 Japanese Super Cup: 2009, 2010
Botafogo Campeonato Carioca: 2013
Urawa Red Diamonds Emperor's Cup: 2018
Individual J. League Manager of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2009
See also List of football managers with the most matches
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