Paulo Turra
Turra in 2023
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Turra
Date of birth (1973-11-14) 14 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Tuparendi, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1990–1992 Caxias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2000 Caxias 156 (4)
1997 → Botafogo (loan) 4 (0)
2000–2001 Palmeiras 25 (2)
2001–2004 Boavista 91 (1)
2004–2006 Vitória de Guimarães 19 (0)
2006 Novo Hamburgo 5 (0)
2007 Sertãozinho 5 (0)
2007 Avaí 15 (0)
Total 317 (7)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Novo Hamburgo (assistant)
2009 Novo Hamburgo
2010 Esportivo
2010 Glória
2010–2011 Brusque
2011 Brasil de Farroupilha
2012–2013 Cianorte
2013 Operário Ferroviário
2013 Marcílio Dias
2014 Avaí
2015 Caxias
2016 Cianorte
2016–2017 Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant)
2018–2019 Palmeiras (assistant)
2020–2021 Cruzeiro (assistant)
2021 Grêmio (assistant)
2022 Athletico Paranaense (assistant)
2023 Athletico Paranaense
2023 Santos
2023 Vitória de Guimarães
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo César Turra (born 14 November 1973), known as Paulo Turra, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

Playing career

Born in Tuparendi, Rio Grande do Sul, Turra started playing football with local side Caxias, making his first team debut in 1991. In 1997, he moved on loan to Série A side Botafogo, but only featured rarely.

Back to Caxias, Turra helped his the side to win their first-ever Campeonato Gaúcho in 2000, under the management of Tite. On 5 July of that year, he joined Palmeiras in the top tier.[1]

In July 2001, after winning the previous year's Copa dos Campeões and Copa Mercosur, Turra moved abroad and signed for Boavista in Portugal.[2] He was runner-up of Primeira Liga once and played against young Cristiano Ronaldo, Sporting CP's player at that time; he also played for Boavista in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup semi-final against Celtic.

On 24 August 2004, Turra agreed to a one-year contract with Vitória de Guimarães, also in the Portuguese top tier.[3] In January 2006, after falling down the pecking order, he went on a trial at Scottish side Hibernian,[4] but nothing came of it.

In 2006, after his contract with Vitória expired, Turra returned to Brazil and joined Novo Hamburgo.[5] Ahead of the 2007 season, he moved to Sertãozinho, but left the side for Avaí in March of that year.[6]

Turra retired in December 2007, aged 34.

Coaching career

After retiring, Turra returned to Novo Hamburgo in 2008, as an assistant coach. On 27 February 2009, after head coach Gilmar Iser left for Juventude, he was named head coach of the club.[7]

Turra was sacked on 26 October 2009, after a 4–1 loss to Brasil de Pelotas.[8] The following January, he replaced Celso Freitas at the helm of Esportivo,[9] but was dismissed on 8 March, with the club in an eight-match losing run.[10]

On 15 November 2010, Turra was appointed Brusque manager for the upcoming season,[11] but was relieved from his duties the following 14 February.[12] He then worked at Brasil de Farroupilha before being named in charge of Cianorte on 23 November 2011.[13]

Turra was sacked from Cianorte on 18 February 2013, after a poor start of the season.[14] He then took over Paraná state side Operário Ferroviário late in the month,[15] before being moved to Marcílio Dias with his technical staff in May, as the club was playing in the Série D.[16]

After a failed move to Daegu FC in February 2014,[17] Turra returned to Avaí on the 14th of that month, replacing Emerson Nunes.[18] On 7 March, however, after only three matches, he was sacked.[19]

On 15 October 2014, Turra was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Caxias.[20] He was dismissed on 12 March of the following year,[21] and returned to Cianorte on 19 November 2015.[22]

Turra left Cianorte on 2 December 2016,[23] to join Luiz Felipe Scolari (his head coach during his playing days at Palmeiras) at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, as his assistant. He followed Scolari under the same capacity in the following years, at Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Grêmio and Athletico Paranaense.

On 13 November 2022, after Scolari announced his retirement from coaching and moved to a director role, Turra became the head coach of Athletico.[24] He won the 2023 Campeonato Paranaense with the club with an unbeaten status, the club's second time in their history since 1936,[25] but was dismissed on 16 June 2023.[26]

On 23 June 2023, Turra was named head coach of Santos, replacing Odair Hellmann.[27] On 6 August, after only one win in seven matches, he was sacked.[28]

On 21 August 2023, Turra returned to Vitória de Guimarães, being named manager of the side on a two-year contract.[29] On 3 October, following two wins in six matches, Turra was sacked[30] and replaced by Álvaro Pacheco the following day.[31]

Career statistics

Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Caxias 1991 Série B 0 0 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
1992 Gaúcho — 5 0 — — — 5 0
1993 — 3 0 — — — 3 0
1994 — 10 0 — — — 10 0
1995 Série C 8 0 12 0 — — — 20 0
1996 7 0 16 0 — — 15[a] 0 38 0
1997 0 0 20 2 — — — 20 2
1998 10 0 9 0 — — 8[b] 0 27 0
1999 14 0 17 1 2 0 — 6[c] 0 39 1
2000 Copa João Havelange 0 0 24 1 5 0 — — 29 1
Total 39 0 117 4 7 0 — 29 0 192 4
Botafogo (loan) 1997 Série A 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Palmeiras 2000[32] Copa João Havelange 16 0 — — 7[d] 1 4[e] 0 27 1
2001[33] Série A 0 0 9 2 — 3[f] 0 1[g] 0 13 2
Total 16 0 9 2 — 10 1 5 0 40 3
Boavista 2001–02 Primeira Liga 31 0 — 1 0 10[h] 0 — 42 0
2002–03 23 1 — 1 0 12[i] 0 — 36 2
2003–04 18 1 — 1 0 — — 19 1
2004–05 19 0 — 0 0 — — 19 0
Total 91 1 — 3 0 22 1 — 116 2
Vitória de Guimarães 2005–06 Primeira Liga 19 0 — — — — 19 0
Novo Hamburgo 2006 Série C 5 0 — — — 0 0 5 0
Sertãozinho 2007 Paulista — 5 0 2 0 — — 7 0
Avaí 2007 Série B 12 0 — — — — 12 0
Career total 186 1 131 6 12 0 32 2 34 0 395 9
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Daltro Menezes
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Ênio Andrade
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sul
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Mercosur
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa dos Campeões
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  7. ^ Appearance(s) in Torneio Rio–São Paulo
  8. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  9. ^ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 1 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Novo Hamburgo Brazil 27 February 2009 26 October 2009 24 10 2 12 28 32 −4 041.67
Esportivo Brazil 23 January 2010 8 March 2010 8 0 1 7 7 23 −16 000.00
Brusque Brazil 15 November 2010 14 February 2011 9 3 3 3 18 17 +1 033.33
Brasil de Farroupilha Brazil 25 March 2011 11 July 2011 26 14 8 4 49 26 +23 053.85
Cianorte Brazil 23 November 2011 18 February 2013 43 18 13 12 59 44 +15 041.86
Operário Ferroviário Brazil 28 February 2013 20 May 2013 12 6 3 3 21 13 +8 050.00
Marcílio Dias Brazil 20 May 2013 26 August 2013 8 3 2 3 10 9 +1 037.50
Avaí Brazil 14 February 2014 7 March 2014 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 000.00 [19]
Caxias Brazil 15 October 2014 12 March 2015 11 3 2 6 10 12 −2 027.27 [21]
Cianorte Brazil 19 November 2015 2 December 2016 13 8 5 0 18 7 +11 061.54
Athletico Paranaense Brazil 13 November 2022 16 June 2023 35 24 4 7 63 31 +32 068.57
Santos Brazil 23 June 2023 6 August 2023 6 1 3 2 7 10 −3 016.67
Vitória de Guimarães Portugal 21 August 2023 3 October 2023 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 033.33
Career total 204 92 47 65 298 239 +59 045.10 —

Honours

Player

Caxias

Palmeiras

Manager

Cianorte

Athletico Paranaense

References

  1. ^ "Palmeiras se reforça com Paulo Turra e Titi" [Palmeiras bolster with Paulo Turra and Titi] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. 5 July 2000. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Paulo Turra (Palmeiras) no Boavista, garantem do Brasil" [Paulo Turra (Palmeiras) at Boavista, Brazilian media assures] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 July 2001. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "V. Guimarães contrata Paulo Turra" [V. Guimarães sign Paulo Turra] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Turra and Konde given Hibs trial". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Paulo Turra pode substituir Váldson no Santa Cruz" [Paulo Turra may replace Váldson at Santa Cruz] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Gaúcho. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Zagueiro Paulo Turra pode ser apresentado" [Stopper Paulo Turra may be presented] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NSC Total. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Paulo Turra é efetivado como técnico do Novo Hamburgo" [Paulo Turra is permanently appointed head coach of Novo Hamburgo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Gaúcho. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Giro pelo Interior: Paulo Turra não é mais técnico do Novo Hamburgo" [Stroll on the countryside: Paulo Turra is no longer head coach of Novo Hamburgo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Gaúcho. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Paulo Turra estreia no comando do Esportivo contra o São José-PA" [Paulo Turra debuts in charge of Esportivo against São José-PA] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Gaúcho. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Paulo Turra não é mais técnico do Esportivo" [Paulo Turra is no longer manager of Esportivo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gaúcha ZH. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  11. ^ "SC: Ex-zagueiro do Palmeiras e Botafogo é o novo técnico do Brusque" [SC: Former Palmeiras and Botafogo stopper is the new manager of Brusque] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Paulo Turra é demitido do comando do Brusque" [Paulo Turra is sacked from Brusque] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NSC Total. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Paulo Turra é o novo técnico do Cianorte" [Paulo Turra is the new manager of Cianorte] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebolparanaense.net. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Após goleada, diretoria demite Paulo Turra e comissão técnica do Cianorte" [After routing, board sacks Paulo Turra and the technical staff of Cianorte] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Paulo Turra assume comando do Operário com ambiente pesado" [Paulo Turra takes over Operário with a heavy atmosphere] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Operário-PR transfere comissão técnica e elenco para o Marcílio Dias" [Operário-PR transfer technical staff and squad to Marcílio Dias] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Peleia FC: Técnico Paulo Turra não vai mais para Coreia do Sul". Archived from the original on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  18. ^ "Paulo Turra é o novo técnico" [Paulo Turra is the new head coach] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Avaí FC. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Após apenas três jogos e sem pontuar, Paulo Turra é demitido pelo Avaí" [After only three matches and without earning points, Paulo Turra is sacked from Avaí] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Paulo Turra é o novo técnico grená" [Paulo Turra is the new head coach of the maroons] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio Caxias. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Técnico Paulo Turra deixa o Caxias" [Head coach Paulo Turra leaves Caxias] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio Caxias. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Cianorte FC anuncia técnico Paulo Turra" [Cianorte FC announce head coach Paulo Turra] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebolparanaense.net. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Turra dá adeus ao Cianorte FC; clube ainda não tem substituto" [Turra bids farewell to Cianorte FC; club still do not have a replacement] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna de Cianorte. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Com aposentadoria de Felipão, Paulo Turra assume como técnico do Athletico para 2023" [With the retirement of Felipão, Paulo Turra takes over as head coach of Athletico for 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  25. ^ ""O Athletico tem mentalidade vencedora", diz Paulo Turra após título invicto" ["Athletico have a winning mentality", says Paulo Turra after unbeaten title] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Banda B. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Mudanças no futebol do Athletico Paranaense" [Changes at Athletico Paranaense's football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  27. ^ "Paulo Turra assume como técnico do Santos FC" [Paulo Turra takes over as head coach of Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  28. ^ "Nota Oficial – Paulo Turra" [Official note – Paulo Turra]. Santos FC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  29. ^ "V. Guimarães anuncia Paulo Turra até 2025" [V. Guimarães announce Paulo Turra until 2025] (in Portuguese). Público. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  30. ^ "Comunicado" [Announcement] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 3 October 2023.
  31. ^ "Álvaro Pacheco assume comando da equipa principal" [Álvaro Pacheco takes charge of the main team] (in European Portuguese). Vitória S.C. 4 October 2023.
  32. ^ "2000" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol 80. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  33. ^ "2001" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol 80. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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