Alberto Valentim do Carmo Neto (born 22 March 1975) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a right back. He is the current head coach of Ponte Preta.

Alberto Valentim
Valentim in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alberto Valentim do Carmo Neto
Date of birth (1975-03-22) 22 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Oliveira, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Ponte Preta (head coach)
Youth career
América Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Guarani 4 (0)
1995–1996 Inter de Limeira
1996–1999 Atlético Paranaense 73 (1)
1997São Paulo (loan) 0 (0)
1997Cruzeiro (loan) 0 (0)
1998Flamengo (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2005 Udinese 86 (3)
2005Siena (loan) 15 (0)
2005–2008 Siena 62 (0)
2008–2009 Athletico Paranaense 8 (0)
Total 248 (4)
International career
1995 Brazil U20 5 (0)
1995 Brazil U23 5 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Athletico Paranaense (assistant)
2013 Athletico Paranaense (interim)
2014–2016 Palmeiras (assistant)
2014 Palmeiras (interim)
2014 Palmeiras (interim)
2015 Palmeiras (interim)
2016 Palmeiras (interim)
2017 Red Bull Brasil
2017 Palmeiras (assistant)
2017 Palmeiras (interim)
2018 Botafogo
2018 Pyramids
2018–2019 Vasco da Gama
2019 Avaí
2019–2020 Botafogo
2021 Cuiabá
2021–2022 Athletico Paranaense
2022 CSA
2023 Atlético Goianiense
2024 Ituano
2025– Ponte Preta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Brazil

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Born in Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Alberto started his professional career at Guarani of São Paulo state. After a spell at Inter de Limeira, then spent 4 seasons at Athletico Paranaense, which also loaned to São Paulo and Flamengo for Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Carioca, and Cruzeiro for the 1997 Intercontinental Cup.

Udinese

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In January 2000, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Udinese via Rentistas for US$6.65 million.[1] He played his first Serie A match on 23 January, replaced Roberto Sosa in the 79th minutes. The match Udinese won Venezia 5–2. He played 14 league matches in the first season. But in September 2000, along with Warley, were found using a fake Portuguese passport by Polish officials while heading to Poland for the match against Polonia Warsaw.[2] It followed by an investigation of Italian police, and found 2 more teammate namely Jorginho Paulista and Alejandro Da Silva were using fake passport. It is because Serie A restricted each club could only had 5 non-European Union footballers and 3 in each match, a fake passport could increase their chance to win a contract with Italian club. However, that season Alberto played 27 league matches and scored 2 goals, as the quota system was abolished in the mid of season.[3] In June 2001, Alberto, along with a dozen other including 3 of Alberto's teammate, were banned, 10 of them including Alberto for a year and 3 youth players for 6 months.[1][4] but allowed to remain at Italy. The ban was later reduced. On 14 April 2002, he played his first league match after the ban, but replaced by Siyabonga Nomvethe at half-time. The match Udinese lost 0–1 to Verona.

The then played 2 more seasons, for Udinese.

Siena

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In January 2005, after just played 2 league matches for the Udine club, he joined another Serie A side Siena. In July 2005, Siena signed him from Udinese in co-ownership deal. He played 31 league matches that season for the Serie A struggler and the Tuscany side choose to sign him permanently in 2006. But in 2006–07 season, he just played 10 starts in 16 Serie A appearances and in 2007–08 season with only 2 starts.

Return to Brazil

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In September 2008, he signed a 1+12-year contract with Club Athletico Paranaense but only played 8 matches in national leagues.

Managerial career

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Valentim with Palmeiras in 2016

In 2012, Valentim returned to Atlético Paranaense as an assistant manager. He left the club in the following year, and joined Palmeiras in 2014, also as an assistant.

On 13 December 2016, Valentim was announced as Red Bull Brasil manager.[5] The following 18 April, after a poor campaign in the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked.[6]

On 24 June 2017, Valentim returned to Palmeiras, again as an assistant.[7] On 13 October, he was appointed interim manager in the place of sacked Cuca.[8] Despite finishing second, he was released by the club on 5 December.[9]

On 13 February 2018, Valentim was named manager of Botafogo.[10] On 19 June, he resigned after accepting an offer from an Egyptian Club, Pyramids FC.[11]

On 18 August 2018, Valentim left Pyramids FC following a dispute with the club's owner Turki Al-Sheikh regarding the future of the team's striker Ribamar.[12] Just one week later, he has joined Vasco da Gama for the remainder of the Campeonato Brasileiro campaign.

Valentim was sacked on 21 April 2019, after losing the year's Campeonato Carioca. On 18 June, he took over fellow top-tier side Avaí, replacing fired Geninho,[13] but returned to Botafogo on 11 October.[14] He was dismissed by Bota for the second time on 9 February 2020, after a poor campaign in the Carioca.[15]

On 1 April 2021, Valentim was named manager of top tier newcomers Cuiabá.[16] He won the year's Campeonato Mato-Grossense, but was dismissed on 29 May after seven wins in ten matches.[17]

On 1 October 2021, Valentim was named manager of Athletico Paranaense, still in the top tier.[18] He left on a mutual agreement the following 10 April, after a 0–4 loss to São Paulo in the 2022 Série A opener.[19]

On 15 June 2022, Valentim replaced Mozart at the helm of CSA.[20] On 8 August, however, he was dismissed.[21]

On 5 May 2023, after nearly one year without coaching, Valentim was named in charge of Atlético Goianiense in division two,[22] but was dismissed on 10 July.[23] On 26 February 2024, he was appointed head coach of fellow second division side Ituano.[24]

Valentim suffered relegation with Ituano in the 2024 Campeonato Paulista, and was relieved from his duties on 20 October of that year, with the side also in the relegation zone of the 2024 Série B.[25] On 26 November, he was announced as head coach of Ponte Preta.[26]

Managerial statistics

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As of 8 August 2022.
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Atlético Paranaense (interim)   12 July 2013 14 July 2013 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 [27]
Palmeiras (interim)   8 May 2014 1 June 2014 7 4 1 2 7 4 +3 057.14 [28]
Palmeiras (interim)   2 September 2014 4 September 2014 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00 [28]
Palmeiras (interim)   9 June 2015 14 June 2015 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00 [28]
Palmeiras (interim)   10 March 2016 14 March 2016 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00 [28]
Red Bull Brasil   13 December 2016 18 April 2017 15 4 4 7 19 22 −3 026.67
Palmeiras (interim)   13 October 2017 5 December 2017 11 6 1 4 23 16 +7 054.55 [28]
Botafogo   13 February 2018 19 June 2018 26 11 8 7 34 31 +3 042.31 [29]
Pyramids   20 June 2018 16 August 2018 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 066.67 [30]
Vasco da Gama   24 August 2018 21 April 2019 41 17 11 13 46 40 +6 041.46
Avaí   18 June 2019 13 October 2019 15 3 4 8 9 26 −17 020.00 [31]
Botafogo   14 October 2019 9 February 2020 18 7 2 9 16 24 −8 038.89 [32]
Cuiabá   1 April 2021 29 May 2021 10 7 3 0 18 5 +13 070.00 [17]
Athletico Paranaense   1 October 2021 10 April 2022 28 8 8 12 25 34 −9 028.57 [33]
CSA   15 June 2022 8 August 2022 10 1 4 5 6 12 −6 010.00
Atlético Goianiense   5 May 2023 10 July 2023 12 3 6 3 12 18 −6 025.00
Ituano   26 February 2024 20 October 2024 34 9 4 21 37 57 −20 026.47
Ponte Preta   26 November 2024 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Career total 234 84 57 93 260 295 −35 035.90

Honours

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Player

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Guarani

Inter de Limeira

São Paulo

Udinese

Athletico Paranaense

Brazil U20

Individual


Manager

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Botafogo

Vasco da Gama

Cuiabá

Athletico Paranaense

References

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  1. ^ a b "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 507". Commissione Disciplinare, Lega Calcio (in Italian). 27 June 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Third Udinese player with fake passport". BBC Sport. 22 September 2000. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Italians bar non-EU imports". UEFA. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Frances (28 June 2001). "Players banned over false passport scandal". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Novo comandante! Técnico Alberto Valentim chega ao Red Bull Brasil" [New commander! Manager Alberto Valentim arrives at Red Bull Brasil] (in Portuguese). Red Bull Brasil. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Red Bull Brasil dispensa Alberto Valentim após decepção no Paulistão" [Red Bull Brasil release Alberto Valentim after disappointment at the Paulistão] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Após experiência como técnico, Alberto Valentim volta a ser auxiliar no Palmeiras" [After experience as manager, Alberto Valentim returns on being assistant at Palmeiras] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Interino pela quinta vez, Alberto Valentim deve ter maior sequência no comando do Palmeiras" [Interim for the fifth time, Alberto Valentim may have the biggest sequence in charge of Palmeiras] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Após oferecer cargo como auxiliar, Palmeiras decide demitir Alberto Valentim" [After offering role as assistant, Palmeiras opt to sack Alberto Valentim] (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Botafogo anuncia Alberto Valentim como novo técnico" [Botafogo announce Alberto Valentim as new manager] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Nota Oficial – Valentim" [Official announcement – Valentim] (in Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Valentim leaves Pyramids over Ribamar dispute". 16 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Alberto Valentim é anunciado como novo técnico do Avaí" [Alberto Valentim is announced as new manager of Avaí] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  14. ^ "De volta ao Botafogo" [Back at Botafogo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FR. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  15. ^ Gentile, Bernardo (9 February 2020). "Alberto Valentim é demitido do Botafogo após derrota em clássico para o Flu" [Alberto Valentim is dismissed from Botafogo after defeat in derby against Flu] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Alberto Valentim é o novo técnico do Cuiabá" [Alberto Valentim is the new manager of Cuiabá] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cuiabá EC. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Após empate na estreia, Alberto Valentim é demitido do Cuiabá" [After a draw on debut, Alberto Valentim is sacked from Cuiabá] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Athletico anuncia Alberto Valentim como o novo técnico para a vaga de António Oliveira" [Athletico announce Alberto Valentim as the new manager for the place of António Oliveira] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Alberto Valentim se despede do Athletico Paranaense" [Alberto Valentim bids farewell from Athletico Paranaense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Alberto Valentim é o novo técnico do CSA" [Alberto Valentim is the new manager of CSA] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Diretoria do CSA anuncia a saída do técnico Alberto Valentim" [CSA's board announce the departure of manager Alberto Valentim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Atlético-GO anuncia a contratação do técnico Alberto Valentim" [Atlético-GO announce the signing of head coach Alberto Valentim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Atlético-GO anuncia demissão do técnico Alberto Valentim" [Atlético-GO announce dismissal of head coach Alberto Valentim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Na zona de rebaixamento do Paulistão, Ituano anuncia o técnico Alberto Valentim" [In the relegation zone of the Paulistão, Ituano announce head coach Alberto Valentim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  25. ^ "Alberto Valentim é demitido do Ituano após mais uma derrota" [Alberto Valentim is sacked from Ituano after another defeat] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  26. ^ "Ponte Preta anuncia Alberto Valentim como técnico para 2025" [Ponte Preta announce Alberto Valentim as head coach for 2025] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  27. ^ "Coritiba vence clássico e volta a liderar o Brasileirão" [Coritiba win derby and lead the Brasileirão again] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Placar. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  28. ^ a b c d e "Alberto Valentim" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Verdazzo. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  29. ^ "Alberto Valentim volta para o Botafogo" [Alberto Valentim returns to Botafogo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Enfoco. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Após três jogos e atritos com dono do Pyramids, Valentim é demitido no Egito" [After three matches and altercations with Pyramids owner, Valentim is sacked in Egypt] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  31. ^ "A caminho do Botafogo, Alberto Valentim anuncia saída do Avaí" [Towards Botafogo, Alberto Valentim announce departure of Avaí] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  32. ^ "Três meses depois, Valentim fala sobre saída do Botafogo e crê que situação financeira o atrapalhou" [Three months later, Valentim talks about departure from Botafogo and believes that financial situation of the club jeopardized him] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  33. ^ "Alberto Valentim deixa o Athletico-PR" [Alberto Valentim leaves Athletico-PR] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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