Adriano Félix Teixeira (born 7 April 1973) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is a manager.

Adriano Teixeira
Personal information
Full name Adriano Félix Teixeira
Date of birth (1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1991 Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Ferroviário
1993–1996 Sport 46 (0)
1996–2000 Celta 23 (0)
1997–1998Fluminense (loan) 30 (1)
2000–2003 Compostela 116 (10)
2003–2004 Cultural Leonesa 29 (7)
2005 Vasco da Gama 2 (0)
2005–2007 Santa Cruz 66 (2)
Total 312 (20)
International career
1995 Brazil U20
Managerial career
2014–2018 Santa Cruz (assistant)
2014 Santa Cruz (interim)
2016 Santa Cruz (interim)
2016 Santa Cruz (interim)
2017 Santa Cruz (interim)
2017 Santa Cruz (interim)
2018 Santa Cruz (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Adriano was born in Fortaleza, Ceará, and made his debut as a senior with Ferroviário in 1992, in Série C. The following year he moved to neighbouring Sport, spending three full seasons in Série A.

Adriano moved abroad in the 1996 summer, signing for La Liga club Celta de Vigo. He made his debut in the competition on 8 December, coming on as a first half substitute in a 2–1 home win against Racing de Ferrol.

Despite appearing in 20 matches during his first year, Adriano returned to his homeland in 1997 after agreeing to a one-year loan deal at Fluminense. He returned to the Galicians in the following year, and appeared rarely before moving to Segunda División club SD Compostela in January 2000.[1]

At Compos Adriano established himself as a regular starter, scoring a career-best seven goals in 2001–02 as his side achieved promotion from Segunda División B. In 2003, after suffering relegation (his second at the club), he joined third-tier club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

Adriano returned to Brazil in 2005, and subsequently represented Vasco da Gama[2] and Santa Cruz, retiring with the latter in 2007 at the age of 34. In 2014, he returned to the latter, being appointed assistant manager.[3]

In 2016 Adriano was in charge of the first team during three times, all of them as an interim, following the dismissals of Marcelo Martelotte,[4] Milton Mendes[5] and Doriva.[6]

Honours

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Club

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Sport

International

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Brazil U20

References

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  1. ^ "Adriano Teixeira" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en Celta. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Vasco contrata zagueiros Adriano, ex-Flu, e Marcos, ex-Vitória" [Vasco sign stoppers Adriano, formerly of Flu, and Marcos, formerly of Vitória] (in Portuguese). NetVasco. 28 December 2004. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Ex-zagueiro Adriano volta ao Arruda, como Auxiliar-técnico" [Former stopper Adriano returns to the Arruda, as an assistant manager] (in Portuguese). Santa Cruz. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Interino, Adriano Teixeira projeta duelo decisivo contra o América-PE" [Interim, Adriano Teixeira predicts decisive duel against América-PE] (in Spanish). ESPN Brasil. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Adriano Teixeira assume o Santa Cruz no jogo contra o Vitória" [Adriano Teixeira takes over Santa Cruz in the match against Vitória] (in Portuguese). Terra. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Nova interinidade no Santa Cruz não faz Adriano Teixeira pensar em ser técnico efetivo" [New interim role does not make Adriano Teixeira think about being a full-time manager] (in Portuguese). CoralNET. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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