Claudinei dos Santos Oliveira (born 29 September 1969), known as Claudinei Oliveira, is a Brazilian professional footballcoach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current head coach of Chapecoense.
Oliveira began his managerial career as a coach at his first club Santos, joining the under-15 squad in 2009 and leading them to a Campeonato Paulista under-15 title.[4] The following year, he was promoted to under-17s and won the Campeonato Paulista of the category. In 2011, Oliveira was assigned to the under-20s. He went on to win both Campeonato Paulista in 2012 and Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior in 2013; the latter came after a 29-year absence.[5]
On 31 May 2013, after Muricy Ramalho's dismissal, Oliveira was appointed manager of the first team in Série A.[6] His first game in charge occurred the following day, a 1–1 home draw against Grêmio,[7] and his first victory came on 12 June, in a 1–0 home defeat of Atlético Mineiro.[8]
Oliveira remained in charge of the main squad until the end of the season,[9] leading the side to a seventh place overall. After being relieved from his duties and being replaced by Oswaldo de Oliveira, he signed with Goiás.[10]
On 3 September 2014, Oliveira was appointed at the helm of Atlético Paranaense.[13] Dismissed the following 15 March,[14] he was named Vitória manager two days later,[15] but was sacked on 20 May.[16]
On 25 November 2015, Oliveira returned to Paraná for the ensuing season.[17] He was relieved from his duties on 13 June of the following year,[18] and was named Avaí manager on 25 August.[19]
On 25 April 2018, Oliveira replaced sacked Nelsinho Baptista at the helm of Sport Recife.[21] On 12 August, after a 3–1 home loss against São Paulo, he left the club,[22] and returned to Paraná for a third spell three days later.[23]
On 16 October 2018, Oliveira resigned from Paraná and moved to fellow first division strugglers Chapecoense.[24] Despite avoiding relegation at the end of the season, he was sacked the following 17 March, and returned to Goiás on 23 April;[25] on 4 August, after a 6–1 loss to former side Santos, he was dismissed.
On 17 February 2020, Oliveira was appointed manager of Botafogo-SP, replacing sacked Wagner Lopes.[26] He helped the club avoid relegation in the 2020 Campeonato Paulista, but resigned on 20 November after only five wins in 22 matches.[27]
On 9 December 2020, Oliveira returned to Avaí in the place of Geninho.[28] He again led the club to another promotion to the first division in 2021, but was sacked on 6 February 2022, after a poor start of the new campaign.[29]
Oliveira was named in charge of Operário Ferroviário on 20 March 2022,[30] but was sacked exactly four months later.[31] On 24 July, he returned to Sport after nearly four years,[32] and left on a mutual agreement on 16 November, after failing to achieve promotion.[33]
On 1 December 2022, Oliveira was appointed manager of Vila Nova also in the second division.[34] He was dismissed on 4 August 2023, after a poor run of form which took the club from the first to the seventh position,[35] and returned to Chape five days later.[36]
^"Santos é campeão paulista sub-15" [Santos is the champion of the Paulista under-15] (in Portuguese). Boqnews. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
