List of Clube Atlético Mineiro managers

Clube Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club has played in the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, throughout all of its history with the exception of one season, as well as in all editions of the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais, while also taking part in numerous CONMEBOL-organised international competitions.

Telê Santana is Atlético Mineiro's longest serving manager, with 434 matches in three spells in charge of the club.

This chronological list comprises those who have held the position of head coach of the first team of Atlético Mineiro since 1926, the date of the first available data for a club manager. Each manager's entry includes his years of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care, where available. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of 2024, Atlético Mineiro has had 90 known full-time managers.

The first known full-time manager for Atlético Mineiro was Chico Neto, who managed the club in 1926.[1] Cuca and Levir Culpi jointly hold the record for most trophies won, with six each. Telê Santana is the club's longest-serving manager, with 434 matches during three periods in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]

List of managers

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Uruguayan Ricardo Diéz had various stints with Atlético, winning three Campeonato Mineiro titles and coaching the club in the 1950 European tour
 
Procópio Cardoso managed the club in 328 matches, winning a Copa CONMEBOL and three Campeonato Mineiros
 
Émerson Leão coached the club in the 1990s and 2000s, winning a Copa CONMEBOL in 1997
 
Levir Culpi coached Atlético in 320 matches and won six titles
 
Cuca won the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2021 Série A

Italics denote a caretaker manager.

Name Nationality From To Honours
Chico Netto   Brazil 1926 1929 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Jenő Medgyessy   Hungary 1928 1931
Ivo Melo   Brazil 1931 1933 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Floriano Peixoto Corrêa   Brazil 1934 1936
Said   Brazil 1936 1936 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Floriano Peixoto Corrêa   Brazil 1937 1937 1 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais
Hummel Guimarães   Brazil 1937 1938 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ewando Becker   Brazil 1938 1939 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Said   Brazil 1939 1941
Gregório Suárez   Argentina 1944 1944
Said   Brazil 1944 1945
Ewando Becker   Brazil 1945 1945
Félix Magno   Uruguay 1946 1948 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Darío Letona   Peru 1947 1947
Ayrton Moreira   Brazil 1949 1949
Chico Trindade   Brazil 1949 1949
Ricardo Diéz   Uruguay 1950 1951 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1950 European Tour
Abdo Arges   Brazil 1951 1951
Yustrich   Brazil 1951 1953 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco   Brazil 1955 1955
Abdo Arges   Brazil 1954 1954
Ondino Viera   Uruguay 1954 1955
Ricardo Diéz   Uruguay 1954 1956 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Said   Brazil 1956 1956
Ewando Becker   Brazil 1956 1956
Délio Neves   Brazil 1957 1957
Paulo Benigno   Brazil 1957 1958 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ricardo Diéz   Uruguay 1958 1959
Abdo Arges   Brazil 1959 1959
Ayrton Moreira   Brazil 1959 1959
Artur Nequessaurt   Brazil 1959 1960
Ricardo Diéz   Uruguay 1960 1960
Osni Pereira   Brazil 1960 1961
Kafunga   Brazil 1961 1962
Lucas Miranda   Brazil 1962 1962 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Antoninho   Brazil 1962 1963
Marão   Brazil 1963 1964 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco   Brazil 1964 1964
Afonso Silva   Brazil 1964 1964
Marão   Brazil 1964 1965
Wilson de Oliveira   Brazil 1965 1965
Paulo Amaral   Brazil 1966 1966
Gradim   Brazil 1966 1966
Wilson de Oliveira   Brazil 1966 1966
Barbatana   Brazil 1966 1966
Válter Miraglia   Brazil 1966 1966
Gérson dos Santos   Brazil 1966 1967
Manuel Fleitas Solich   Paraguay 1967 1968
Dequinha   Brazil 1968 1968
Totinha   Brazil 1968 1968
Haroldo Lopes   Brazil 1968 1968
Yustrich   Brazil 1968 1969
José Luís Barbosa   Brazil 1969 1970
Mussula   Brazil 1970 1970
Barbatana   Brazil 1970 1970
Telê Santana   Brazil 1970 1972 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Barbatana   Brazil 1972 1972
Paulo Benigno   Brazil 1973 1973
Sinval Martins   Brazil 1973 1973
Telê Santana   Brazil 1973 1975
Mussula   Brazil 1975 1976
Barbatana   Brazil 1976 1978 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros
Mussula   Brazil 1978 1978
Jorge Vieira   Brazil 1978 1978
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 1978 1981 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Pepe   Brazil 1981 1981
Carlos Alberto Silva   Brazil 1981 1982 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Barbatana   Brazil 1982 1982
Antônio Lacerda   Brazil 1982 1982 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Paulinho de Almeida   Brazil 1983 1983
Mussula   Brazil 1983 1983 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Rubens Minelli   Brazil 1984 1984
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 1984 1985
Vicente Lage   Brazil 1985 1985
Walter Olivera   Uruguay 1985 1985 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ilton Chaves   Brazil 1986 1987 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Palhinha   Brazil 1987 1987
Telê Santana   Brazil 1987 1988 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir   Brazil 1988 1988
Paulinho de Almeida   Brazil 1988 1988
Moisés   Brazil 1989 1989
Jair Pereira   Brazil 1989 1989 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Rui Guimarães   Brazil 1990 1990
Arthur Bernardes   Brazil 1990 1990
Jair Pereira   Brazil 1991 1992 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir   Brazil 1992 1992
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 1992 1992 1 Copa CONMEBOL
Nelinho   Brazil 1993 1993
Vantuir   Brazil 1993 1994
Valdir Espinosa   Brazil 1994 1994
Levir Culpi   Brazil 1994 1995 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Gaúcho   Brazil 1995 1995
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 1995 1996
Eduardo Amorim   Brazil 1996 1997
Émerson Leão   Brazil 1997 1997 1 Copa CONMEBOL
Carlos Alberto Silva   Brazil 1998 1998
Vantuir   Brazil 1998 1998
Carlos Alberto Torres   Brazil 1998 1998
Toninho Cerezo   Brazil 1999 1999
Darío Pereyra   Uruguay 1999 1999 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Humberto Ramos   Brazil 1999 2000
João Francisco   Brazil 2000 2000
Márcio Araújo   Brazil 2000 2000
Carlos Alberto Parreira   Brazil 2000 2000
Nedo Xavier   Brazil 2000 2000
Abel Braga   Brazil 2001 2001
Zé Maria   Brazil 2001 2001
Levir Culpi   Brazil 2001 2002
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2002 2002
Geninho   Brazil 2002 2002
Celso Roth   Brazil 2003 2003
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2003 2003
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 2003 2003
Paulo Bonamigo   Brazil 2004 2004
Jair Picerni   Brazil 2004 2004
Mário Sérgio   Brazil 2004 2004
Procópio Cardoso   Brazil 2004 2005
Tite   Brazil 2005 2005
Marco Aurelio   Brazil 2005 2005
Lori Sandri   Brazil 2005 2006
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2006 2006
Levir Culpi   Brazil 2006 2007 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Tico dos Santos   Brazil 2007 2007
Zetti   Brazil 2007 2007
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2007 2007
Émerson Leão   Brazil 2007 2007
Geninho   Brazil 2008 2008
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2008 2008
Alexandre Gallo   Brazil 2008 2008
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2008 2008
Émerson Leão   Brazil 2009 2009
Celso Roth   Brazil 2009 2009
Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Brazil 2010 2010 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Dorival Júnior   Brazil 2010 2011
Cuca   Brazil 2011 2013 2 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Copa Libertadores
Paulo Autuori   Brazil 2014 2014
Levir Culpi   Brazil 2014 2015 1 Recopa Sudamericana
1 Copa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini   Brazil 2015 2015
Diego Aguirre   Uruguay 2016 2016
Marcelo Oliveira   Brazil 2016 2016
Diogo Giacomini   Brazil 2016 2016
Roger   Brazil 2017 2017 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini   Brazil 2017 2017
Rogério Micale   Brazil 2017 2017
Oswaldo de Oliveira   Brazil 2017 2018
Thiago Larghi   Brazil 2018 2018
Levir Culpi   Brazil 2018 2019
Rodrigo Santana   Brazil 2019 2019
Vágner Mancini   Brazil 2019 2019
Rafael Dudamel   Venezuela 2020 2020
James Freitas   Brazil 2020 2020
Jorge Sampaoli   Argentina 2020 2021 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Lucas Gonçalves   Brazil 2021 2021
Cuca   Brazil 2021 2021 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
1 Copa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Antonio Mohamed   Argentina 2022 2022 1 Supercopa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Cuca   Brazil 2022 2022
Eduardo Coudet   Argentina 2023 2023 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Luiz Felipe Scolari   Brazil 2023 2024
Gabriel Milito   Argentina 2024 1 Campeonato Mineiro

Records

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Most games managed

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The following are the managers with the most matches in charge of the club.

Name Matches Trophies
  Telê Santana 434 Brasileirão, 2 Campeonato Mineiro
  Procópio Cardoso 328 Copa CONMEBOL, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
  Levir Culpi 320 Recopa Sudamericana, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro, Série B
  Cuca 245 Copa Libertadores, Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
  Barbatana 227 3 Campeonato Mineiro
  Ricardo Diéz 171 3 Campeonato Mineiro

References

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General
  • Atlético Mineiro managers:
    • "Futebol Profissional - Treinadores" (in Portuguese). Galo Digital. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  • Atlético Mineiro matches with manager information:
Specific
  1. ^ "Mário de Castro, Jairo e Said: o Trio Maldito" [Mário de Castro, Jairo and Said: the Unholy Trio]. Clube Atlético Mineiro official website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Levir Culpi supera marca e se torna o 3º técnico com mais jogos pelo Galo" [Levir Culpi beats mark and becomes 3rd manager with most matches with Galo]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.