Eduardo do Nascimento Souza (born 1 January 1980), known as Eduardo Souza or Dorita, is a Brazilian football coach.
Career Born in Votuporanga, São Paulo, Souza played youth football as a central defender for Santos and Rio Branco-SP's youth categories before retiring at the age of 19. After graduating in Physical Education at the State University of Londrina in 2002, he started to work at Londrina's youth setup as a fitness coach, and was later promoted to the first team.
Souza then went on to work with Roberto Fonseca, always as a fitness coach. In December 2013, he joined CRB as Roberval Davino's assistant, and became the club's interim coach the following March after Davino's dismissal.
On 27 March 2014, Souza was confirmed as CRB head coach, but resigned on 18 May. He then joined Doriva's staff as his assistant at Ituano, Atlético Paranaense, Vasco da Gama, Ponte Preta (two stints), São Paulo, Bahia, Santa Cruz, Atlético Goianiense, Novorizontino and again CRB.
On 9 December 2018, Souza was named head coach of Votuporanguense, but was sacked the following 12 February after only seven matches. He subsequently returned to Atlético Goianiense as a permanent assistant coach of the main squad; in October, he was interim coach for one match (a 0–0 home draw against Ponte Preta) before the signing of Eduardo Barroca.
After the dismissal of Cristóvão Borges in February 2020, Souza was again named interim of Dragão until the appointment of Vagner Mancini. He was also an interim in one further occasion, between the tenures of Mancini and Marcelo Cabo, before leaving the club on 3 March 2021 for personal reasons.
In April 2021, Souza returned to Dragão, and was again named interim in May after Jorginho resigned. He became an interim again on 7 February 2022, after Cabo left, but he himself left the club fourteen days later, stating a "desire to become a full-time head coach".
On 9 March 2022, Souza replaced Thiago Carvalho at the helm of Série C side Aparecidense. He was himself dismissed on 6 June, with the club nearing the relegation zone.
Souza returned to Atlético on 28 August 2022, as an assistant of Eduardo Baptista, but was named interim coach on 29 September. On 13 November, despite the club's relegation, he was confirmed as manager for the upcoming season.
On 3 March 2023, despite having nine wins in 13 matches during the season, Souza was sacked by Atlético. On 3 July, he became Londrina's fifth permanent manager of the season, being also dismissed on 7 September.
On 13 December 2023, Souza was named head coach of Barra-SC for the upcoming season. Sacked on 26 March of the following year, he later took over Hercílio Luz on 30 April 2024, but resigned from the side on 3 November.
On 22 November 2024, Marcílio Dias announced Souza as their head coach for the ensuing campaign. He asked to leave the club the following 3 February, and returned to Barra hours later.
Souza won the 2025 Série D and the 2026 Campeonato Catarinense with the club, their first-ever national and state titles, respectively. On 10 March 2026, he left Barra to return to Atlético Goianiense, now as permanent head coach, but left by mutual consent on 14 June.
Coaching statistics
+ Coaching record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordCRB2 March 201418 May 2014Votuporanguense9 December 201812 February 2019Atlético Goianiense (interim)12 October 201914 October 2019Atlético Goianiense (interim)25 February 202025 June 2020Atlético Goianiense (interim)12 October 20207 November 2020Atlético Goianiense28 January 20217 February 2021Atlético Goianiense (interim)15 May 202127 May 2021Atlético Goianiense (interim)27 September 202111 November 2021Atlético Goianiense (interim)7 February 202221 February 2022Aparecidense9 March 20226 June 2022Atlético Goianiense (interim)29 September 202213 November 2022Atlético Goianiense13 November 20225 March 2023Londrina3 July 20237 September 2023Barra-SC13 December 202326 March 2024Hercílio Luz30 April 20243 November 2024Marcílio Dias22 November 20243 February 2025Barra-SC3 February 202510 March 2026Atlético Goianiense10 March 202614 June 2026Total— Notes
Honours Barra Campeonato Brasileiro Série D: 2025 Campeonato Catarinense: 2026
Atlético Goianiense Campeonato Goiano runner-up: 2026
References
External links Atlético Goianiense profile