Aderbal Domingos Lana (born 10 November 1946), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who is the current technical coordinator of Amazonas.

Lana is known as the oldest active coach in Brazil.

Playing career Known as Aderbal as a player, he began his career with hometown side Uberlândia. A left-back, also played for Anápolis, Itumbiara and Atlético Goianiense before retiring with Itumbiara in 1973, aged 26, to become the club's head coach.

Coaching career After three years in charge of Itumbiara, Lana was appointed head coach of Goiânia in 1976, with the club in the Série A. He later returned to Itumbiara, having two distinct spells at the club and being in charge of Atlético Goianiense, Uberlândia and Mixto before taking over Goiás in 1982.

In 1985, after being in charge of Vila Nova and Anápolis, Lana took over Nacional-AM and led the club to a Campeonato Amazonense title in that year. In the following year, after a short period at Mixto, he returned to Nacional, again winning the state league.

After three years at Nacional, Lana moved to Rio Negro-AM in 1989, also leading the club to a state league title. He later returned to Nacional in 1991, and moved abroad to Al Raed in Saudi Arabia in the following year.

Lana only returned to the Amazonas state in 1996, after a period back at Itumbiara, to take over São Raimundo-AM. He remained at the club for nearly six years, winning three consecutive Amazonense titles (1997, 1998 and 1999) and two Copa Norte titles (1999 and 2000), also being a runner-up in 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C against Fluminense, in addition to achieving a historic victory against São Paulo in the 2003 Copa do Brasil. Lana left São Raimundo for Fortaleza in September 2001.

Lana returned to Nacional in October 2001, but left on 22 April of the following year to take over Goiânia, before returning to São Raimundo in September 2002. He left the latter in August 2003.

After starting the 2004 season back at Itumbiara, Lana returned to Vila Nova in August of that year, remaining in charge until 15 October. After a short period at ADAP, he took over Série B side Anapolina in April 2005, leaving in July. He later led newly-created Canedense to a promotion from the Campeonato Goiano Terceira Divisão.

Lana returned to Amazonas in March 2006, and led Fast Clube to the finals of the state league. He was later in charge of Canedense in their first-ever Campeonato Goiano campaign, returning to Fast shortly after and then back to Canedense in January 2008.

Lana returned to Nacional on 11 March 2008, and began the 2009 season at the helm of Anápolis. He spent a short period at Penarol-AM before returning to Fast, and then leading Nacional in the Série D.

Back to Fast for the 2010 campaign, Lana moved to Sul América in the following year, before being officially presented as head coach of Princesa do Solimões on 2 December 2011. In April, however, he left to take over Nacional, winning the Amazonense title before returning to Penarol on 17 July 2012.

On 12 March 2013, Lana again returned to Nacional, but was sacked on 1 August. Back to Fast for the 2014 campaign, he returned to Nacional in December of that year; initially a youth coordinator, he later became the club's head coach again, being dismissed on 11 August 2015.

Lana returned to Rio Negro on 20 August 2016, and began the following season back at Nacional before returning to Rio Negro on 7 February. He later took over Manaus in April, and led the club to their first-ever Amazonense title before departing in June.

Back to Rio Negro for the 2018 season, Lana subsequently returned to Manaus before becoming an assistant coach at Iranduba's women's team. He was again named head coach of Nacional for the following year, leaving for Fast on 29 April but returning to his previous side on 16 June.

Lana left Naça in February 2020, being later named Penarol head coach. He subsequently moved to Baré, but left the club on 7 October after alleging squad shortage.

On 17 February 2021, Lana returned to Princesa. He left the club to return to Manaus on 1 November 2023, but left by mutual consent the following 12 February.

Lana took over on 20 February 2024, He was presented at Monte Roraima on 16 April, before leaving on 29 May.

On 8 November 2024, Princesa announced the signing of Lana for the ensuing season, but he departed the club 11 days later, amidst rumours to take over Amazonas FC. On 7 January 2025, he was in charge of the latter club during the pre-season, returning to a second division side after nearly 20 years, but left the role to become a technical coordinator on 23 February.

On 30 October 2025, Lana returned to the role of head coach at Amazonas for the remaining four matches of the season. After failing to avoid relegation, he returned to his previous role.

Coaching statistics

+ Coaching record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Itumbiara1 January 197331 December 1975Goiânia1 January 197631 December 1976Itumbiara1 January 197731 December 1977Atlético Goianiense1 January 19784 September 1978Uberlândia7 September 197831 December 1978Itumbiara1 January 197929 December 1979Mixto30 December 197920 February 1982Goiás10 March 19828 August 1983Vila Nova10 August 19831 December 1983Anápolis19841984Nacional-AM19851985Mixto19851985Nacional-AM19861989Rio Negro-AM19891989Nacional-AM19911991Al Raed1 June 199230 May 1994Itumbiara1 August 199410 December 1995São Raimundo-AM1 January 19964 July 2001Fortaleza1 August 20011 December 2001Nacional-AM18 December 20018 April 2002Goiânia10 April 20022 May 2002São Raimundo-AM10 May 20021 October 2003Uberaba10 April 200422 June 2004Vila Nova12 August 200419 October 2004ADAP28 November 200427 March 2005Anapolina10 March 200516 July 2005Canedense20052005Fast Clube3 January 200610 September 2006Canedense5 January 20075 February 2007Fast Clube4 March 200711 October 2007Canedense10 January 20083 February 2008Nacional-AM14 March 20085 April 2008Anápolis14 January 20099 February 2009Penarol-AM28 February 20096 April 2009Fast Clube8 April 200924 June 2009Nacional-AM9 July 200930 August 2009Fast Clube1 February 201026 February 2011Sul América28 February 201115 May 2011Princesa do Solimões12 January 20125 March 2012Nacional-AM20 March 201228 May 2012Penarol-AM20 June 201226 March 2013Nacional-AM2 April 20132 August 2013Fast Clube10 January 201415 April 2014Nacional-AM9 March 20151 August 2015Rio Negro-AM1 August 201621 October 2016Nacional-AM16 February 20176 April 2017Rio Negro-AM8 April 201714 May 2017Manaus20 May 201712 June 2017Rio Negro-AM8 January 20188 March 2018Manaus8 March 20181 August 2018Nacional-AM1 January 20198 March 2019Fast Clube10 March 201927 April 2019Nacional-AM25 July 20191 February 2020Penarol-AM20202020Baré5 March 20207 October 2020Princesa do Solimões17 February 20211 November 2023Manaus1 November 202312 February 2024Unidos do Alvorada20 February 202414 April 2024Monte Roraima16 April 202429 May 2024Princesa do Solimões8 November 202419 November 2024Amazonas28 December 202423 February 2025Amazonas30 October 202530 November 2025Total—

Honours

Coach Nacional-AM Campeonato Amazonense: 1986, 1991, 2012, 2015

Rio Negro-AM Campeonato Amazonense: 1989

São Raimundo-AM Copa Norte: 1999, 2000, 2001 Campeonato Amazonense: 1997, 1998, 1999

Manaus Campeonato Amazonense: 2017

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