Iarley
Personal information
Iarley in 2007
Full name	Pedro Iarley Lima Dantas
Date of birth	(1974-03-29) 29 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Quixeramobim, Brazil
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	Santa Cruz-RS (head coach)
Youth career
1992–1993	Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Ferroviário	0	(0)
1995	Quixadá	0	(0)
1995–1997	Real Madrid B	27	(1)
1998–1999	Ceuta	26	(6)
2000	Melilla	23	(10)
2001–2002	Ceará	0	(0)
2003	Paysandu	14	(3)
2003–2004	Boca Juniors	27	(5)
2004–2005	Dorados	26	(5)
2005–2008	Internacional	130	(30)
2008–2009	Goiás	31	(12)
2010–2011	Corinthians	33	(8)
2011	→ Ceará (loan)	6	(1)
2011–2012	Goiás	56	(13)
2013	Paysandu	22	(2)
2014	Ferroviário	14	(5)
Total		435	(101)
Managerial career
2022	Garibaldi
2023–2024	Chapecoense U20
2024–	Santa Cruz-RS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Iarley Lima Dantas (born 29 March 1974), simply known as Iarley, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or a forward. He is the current head coach of Santa Cruz-RS.

Club career

Born in Quixeramobim, Ceará, Iarley played for Ferroviário, Ceará, and Paysandu of Brazil, Real Madrid B, AD Ceuta and UD Melilla of Spain, Boca Juniors of Argentina and Dorados de Sinaloa of Mexico. He joined Internacional for the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro from Dorados de Sinaloa, where he played during the 2004-2005 season. Although Iarley impressed at Dorados in his first season, he also struggled with injuries, appearing in only nine games, registering three assists.

At Internacional, Iarley made a good impression at first, but then lost his place in the team that eventually won the Copa Libertadores in 2006 to wonderboy Rafael Sobis. After Sobis's transfer to Real Betis, he took on the number 10 shirt and helped Inter win the FIFA Club World Cup in the same year.

In 2008, he moved on to Goiás. And in 2009, he scored 12 goals in Série A and his team made a good season occupying the first positions despite of finishing in 9th.

In the end of 2009, Iarley signed a contract with Corinthians. In the end of 2010, he moved to fellow Série A team Ceará .

Iarley retired from football on August 22, 2014, after leaving his first club Ferroviário.^[1]