Baltemar Brito
Personal information
Full name Baltemar José de Oliveira Brito
Date of birth (1952-01-09) 9 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Zimbabwe (Interim coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972 Sport
1973–1974 Santa Cruz
1974–1975 Vitória Guimarães 0 (0)
1975–1977 Paços Ferreira
1977–1979 Feirense 29 (0)
1979–1980 Paços Ferreira 30 (0)
1980–1982 Rio Ave 57 (2)
1982–1983 Vitória Setúbal 30 (1)
1983–1985 Rio Ave 65 (4)
1985–1988 Varzim 45 (0)
Managerial career
1988 Varzim
1989–1994 Macedo Cavaleiros
1998–1999 Macedo Cavaleiros
1999–2000 Barrosas
2001 União Leiria (assistant)
2002–2004 Porto (assistant)
2004–2007 Chelsea (assistant)
2010 Belenenses
2010–2011 Al-Ittihad
2011 Al Dhafra
2012–2013 Grêmio Osasco
2013–2014 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2016 Espérance (assistant)
2016–2017 AEK Athens (assistant)
2018 Union Titus Pétange
2022–2023 Highlanders
2023–2024 Zimbabwe (interim)
2023–2024 Zimbabwe U-23 (interim)
2023–2024 Zimbabwe U-20 (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baltemar José de Oliveira Brito (born 9 January 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and a former player who played as a central defender,[1] who is the interim head coach of the Zimbabwe national football team.

Playing career

Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brito spent the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, representing Vitória de Guimarães (no league games played), F.C. Paços de Ferreira (two spells), C.D. Feirense, Rio Ave FC (two stints), Vitória de Setúbal and Varzim SC.

Over the course of eight seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 games and seven goals in representation of all the clubs except Paços, with which he competed solely in the second division. He retired at the end of 1987–88 at the age of 36, after suffering top flight relegation with Varzim.[2]

Coaching career

Brito was in charge of Varzim for two games in his last season as a player, managing two draws. Subsequently, he had two spells as head coach with lowly CA Macedo de Cavaleiros.

In the 2001–02 campaign, at U.D. Leiria, Brito started a link with José Mourinho that would last eight years. The assistant was part of a quartet that also included fitness coach Rui Faria, goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro and chief scout André Villas-Boas that followed the young manager from FC Porto to Chelsea.[3]

Brito also specialised in audio-visual work to prepare the team for matches.[4] As Mourinho left the Premier League side early into 2007–08, so did his entire staff.[5] On 5 June 2010, he was appointed head coach at C.F. Os Belenenses in the Portuguese second level,[6] but was sacked the following month before the season had even started.

On 18 May 2013, after a series of poor results, Brito was fired by Grêmio Esportivo Osasco.[7]

On 8 January 2018, Brito became head coach at Union Titus Pétange, a club of the first Luxembourgish league. He left the club in December 2018[8]

On 3 June 2022 Highlanders F.C. announced the appointment of Britto as their senior team' coach.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Mourinho fumes at transfer prices". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
  2. ^ Época 1987/88: Primeira Divisão (1987/88 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 15 July 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ Os homens por trás do treinador (The men behind the coach); Diário de Notícias, 30 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Kempson, Russell (22 March 2005). "Brito ready to make bench mark". The Times. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ^ Clashes with Abramovich bring Mourinho's Bridge tumbling down; The Independent, 20 September 2007
  6. ^ Baltemar Brito é o escolhido (Baltemar Brito is the chosen one); Record, 5 June 2010 (in Portuguese)
  7. ^ Paulista A2: Grêmio Osasco troca Baltemar Brito por Jaílson Pita (Paulista A2: Grêmio Osasco changes Baltemar Brito for Jaílson Pita); Futebol Interior, 18 March 2013 (in Portuguese)
  8. ^ "L'Union Titus Pétange et Baltemar Brito se séparent". Virgule (in French). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. ^ Kanjere, Peter (4 June 2022). "Zimbabwe giants Highlanders hire Jose Mourinho's former right-hand man as coach". FARPost. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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