Umberto Lourenço Louzer Filho (born 24 February 1980) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Criciúma.
Playing career
Known as Umberto during his playing days, he was a Paulista youth graduate. In 2005 he joined Marília, but moved to Guarani in May of that year.
After two years featuring sparingly at Bugre, Umberto signed for Atlético Sorocaba. On 27 January 2010, after representing Sendas and Ituiutaba, he was presented at Juventude.
On 11 October 2011, Umberto agreed to a contract with Caxias. He returned to his first club Paulista in 2013, and retired in the following year at the age of 34.
Coaching career Louzer began his coaching career with his first club Paulista's youth setup in 2016, being promoted to assistant of the first team in the following year. In February 2017, he was announced assistant of another club he represented as a player, Guarani.
On 3 January 2018, Louzer was appointed head coach of Guarani. On 19 April, after leading the club to a Campeonato Paulista Série A2 title, he renewed his contract for a further year.
Louzer was sacked on 13 November 2018, and was subsequently in charge of Vila Nova and Coritiba during the 2019 season. On 17 February 2020, he was named head coach of Chapecoense.
Louzer left Chape on 14 April 2021, after winning the 2020 Campeonato Catarinense and the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The following day, he was named head coach of fellow top tier side Sport Recife.
On 23 August 2021, Louzer left Sport on a mutual agreement. The following 22 February, he took over Atlético Goianiense also in the first division.
On 15 May 2022, Louzer was sacked after a poor start in the 2022 Série A. On 22 June, he replaced Eduardo Baptista at the helm of fellow top tier side Juventude, but was himself dismissed on 3 October.
On 5 November 2022, Louzer was named in charge of CRB in the second division for the 2023 season. Despite winning the 2023 Campeonato Alagoano, he was sacked on 27 May 2023, after a poor start in the 2023 Série B.
On 13 June 2023, Louzer returned to Guarani, replacing Bruno Pivetti. Sacked the following 9 February, he returned to Chape two days later.
On 4 August 2024, Louzer left Chapecoense to return to Atlético Goianiense the following day. On 29 October, however, he resigned, and returned to CRB on 30 November.
On 27 March 2025, despite winning the year's Campeonato Alagoano, Louzer left CRB by mutual consent, and took over fellow league team Novorizontino nine days later. On 25 August, he was sacked from the latter after five winless matches, and returned to Vila exactly one month later.
On 18 March 2026, after being knocked out of the 2026 Copa do Brasil, Louzer was sacked by Vila Nova. On 31 May, he became América Mineiro's third head coach of the season.
Sacked by Coelho on 22 August 2026, Louzer returned to Guarani two days later. On 23 September, he took over Criciúma in the second division until the end of the year.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordGuarani3 January 201813 November 2018Vila Nova26 November 201821 February 2019Coritiba24 February 201921 September 2019Chapecoense17 February 202014 April 2021Sport Recife15 April 202123 August 2021Atlético Goianiense22 February 202215 May 2022Juventude22 June 20223 October 2022CRB10 January 202328 May 2023Guarani23 June 20239 February 2024Chapecoense11 February 20244 August 2024Atlético Goianiense5 August 202429 October 2024CRB30 November 202427 March 2025Novorizontino4 April 202525 August 2025Vila Nova25 September 202518 March 2026América Mineiro31 May 202622 August 2026Guarani24 August 202623 September 2026Criciúma23 September 2026presentTotal—
Honours Manager Guarani Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2018
Chapecoense Campeonato Catarinense: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2020
Atlético Goianiense Campeonato Goiano: 2022É campeão! Atlético-GO vira sobre Goiás na Serrinha e fatura Goianão, O Popular, 2 April 2022
CRB Campeonato Alagoano: 2023, 2025
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