Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca (born 29 September 1965) is a Brazilian football manager. He is the current head coach of the UAE Pro League club Al Wahda.
Early and personal life Chamusca and his brother Marcelo Chamusca, who is also a coach, were born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Coaching career Chamusca coached Japanese club Oita Trinita since September 2005, then brought the first J.League Cup title to the club in 2008. But in the very next season, the club suffered a 14th straight defeat in the league due to injuries of regular players. He was fired on July 14, and Ranko Popović took his position.Popovic replaces Chamusca at Oita FIFA.com
On July 31 2009, he assigned with Sport to coach the Pernambucano team. He replaced Emerson Leão.Péricles Chamusca é o novo técnico do Sport JC Online On November 7 2009, the coach quit Sport in agreement with the club chairman Sílvio Guimarães, the team placed the bottom in the Brasileirão championship standings.Chamusca não é mais técnico do Sport
On 29 June 2022, Chamusca was appointed as manager of Al-Taawoun.
On 29 May 2024, Chamusca was appointed as manager of First Division side Neom. He guided the club to victory in the Saudi First Division, achieving their first-ever promotion to the Saudi Pro League, before departing on 3 July 2025. In the meantime, it was announced that he would return to Al-Taawoun, with his reappointment set for 20 July.
In June 2026, Chamusca became the head coach of the UAE Pro League club Al Wahda.
Managerial statistics J.League Data Site TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin % Vitória1 January 199431 December 1995 Santa Cruz1 January 199631 December 1996 Mirassol1 January 199717 March 1997 Rio Branco-SP19 March 199718 May 1997 América de Natal24 May 199723 December 1997 Porto-PE19981998 CSA19981998 Corinthians Alagoano1 March 200130 May 2001 Vitória1 July 200131 December 2001 Confiança8 January 200223 March 2002 Brasiliense30 March 200218 June 2002 Caxias10 July 200220 September 2002 Santa Cruz6 October 200230 April 2004 Santo André1 May 200420 July 2004 São Caetano21 July 200421 December 2004 Goiás1 January 200524 April 2005 Botafogo1 July 200528 August 2005 Oita Trinita5 September 200513 July 2009 Sport31 July 20097 November 2009 Avaí10 December 20091 July 2010 Al-Arabi7 July 20103 June 2011 El-Jaish15 June 201130 May 2012 Portuguesa13 December 201215 April 2013 Coritiba30 September 201316 November 2013 Júbilo Iwata1 February 201424 September 2014 Al-Gharafa25 May 201519 November 2015 Al-Shaab21 December 20161 May 2017 Al-Faisaly14 October 201831 May 2021 Al-Hilal (loan)27 April 201920 May 2019 Al-Shabab1 June 202123 March 2022 Al-Taawoun29 June 202228 May 2024 Neom29 May 20243 July 2025 Al-Taawoun20 July 202530 June 2026Total
Honours Managerial Vitória Campeonato Baiano: 1995
CSA Campeonato Alagoano: 1999
Santo André Copa do Brasil: 2004
Oita Trinita J. League Cup: 2008
Avaí Campeonato Catarinense: 2010
Al-Arabi Sheikh Jassim Cup: 2010
Al-Faisaly King Cup: 2020–21
Neom Saudi First Division League: 2024–25
Individual Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: October 2021, November 2021, May 2023
See also List of football managers with the most matches
References
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