Adilson Dias Batista (born 16 March 1968) is a Brazilian professional footballcoach and former player.
His professional playing career as a centre-back spanned 13 years, during which he was mainly associated with Cruzeiro and Grêmio. Adilson also represented the Brazil national team in four occasions.
Playing career
Born in Adrianópolis, Paraná, he was known as Adilson during his playing days, and finished his formation with Atlético Paranaense. Promoted to the first-team in 1987 by head coach Levir Culpi,[1] he was a regular starter before moving to Cruzeiro in 1989.
Batista started his coaching career with Mogi Mirim in 2001. In the following season, he was in charge of América-RN and Avaí.
On 27 May 2003, Batista was named head coach of Paraná in the Série A,[3] but moved to fellow league team Grêmio on 22 August.[4] On 4 June 2004, he was dismissed by the latter.[5]
Batista subsequently took over Paysandu before being appointed head coach of Sport in 2005. Late in the year he was at the helm of Figueirense, but returned to Japan and Júbilo Iwata in 2006.
Batista in 2009
On 6 December 2007, Batista was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Cruzeiro.[6] With the club he reached the finals of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, losing it to Estudiantes. On 3 June 2010, he announced his resignation.[7]
On 24 July 2010, Batista replaced Mano Menezes at the helm of Corinthians.[8] On 10 October, after five winless matches, he stepped down.[9]
On 8 November 2010, Batista was announced as the new Santos head coach for the 2011 season.[10] He was sacked the following 27 February, as the club was struggling in the 2011 Copa Libertadores.[11]
On 5 April 2011, Batista returned to Atlético Paranaense, now as head coach.[12] He resigned on 25 June,[13] and took over São Paulo on 16 July;[14] he was relieved from his duties on 16 October.
On 4 April 2012, Batista was named Atlético Goianiense head coach,[15] being sacked on 30 May despite suffering only one defeat during his tenure.[16] On 8 November, he returned to Figueirense.[17]
On 29 October 2013, Batista was appointed in charge of Vasco da Gama,[18] being sacked the following 30 August.[19] In June 2015, after nearly one year unemployed, he took over Joinville,[20] being relieved from his duties on 26 July.[21]
On 24 July 2018, after nearly three years of inactivity, Batista was named head coach of América Mineiro,[22] being relieved from his duties on 10 November after ten winless matches. On 2 October of the following year, he was appointed in charge of Ceará also in the top tier.[23]
On 28 November 2019, Batista was sacked by Ceará,[24] and returned to Cruzeiro the following day, replacing Abel Braga. He was dismissed by the latter on 15 March 2020, after only one win in his last nine matches at the club.[25]
On 6 March 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, Batista took over Londrina.[26] He left after the season ended,[27] and was named in charge of fellow second division side Botafogo-SP on 23 February 2023.[28]
On 24 June 2023, Batista was dismissed by Pantera.[29]
