Aarão Alves dos Santos (born 26 August 1974), known as Aarão Alves, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a left back, and is the current manager of Baré.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aarão Alves dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-08-26) 26 August 1974 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Baré (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Portuguesa Santista | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2006 | Jabaquara U20 | ||
| 2007 | Jabaquara | ||
| 2007–2009 | Paulista U20 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Paulista | ||
| 2011–2013 | Jabaquara | ||
| 2013–2016 | Santos U17 | ||
| 2017–2018 | Santos U20 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Shandong Luneng U20 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Santos U20 | ||
| 2022– | Baré | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Alves made his senior debut with Portuguesa Santista, but played professionally for a short period. He began his managerial career with Jabaquara's under-20 team in 2005. In 2007, he was in charge of the main squad for a brief period before being named manager of Paulista's under-20s.
Alves took over Paulista's main squad for the 2009 Copa Paulista, taking the club to the finals[1] but eventually losing it to Fernando Diniz's Votoraty. On 19 February 2010, after only two wins in nine matches during the 2010 Campeonato Paulista, he was dismissed.[2]
On 9 August 2013, after working for Jabaquara again, Alves joined Santos as an under-17 manager.[3] On 20 January 2017, he was appointed at the helm of the under-20s.[4]
Alves was dismissed by Peixe on 6 April 2018, after a poor performance in the year's Copa do Brasil Sub-20.[5] He subsequently worked for Shandong Luneng before returning to his previous role in October 2020.[6]
Alves' father Manoel Maria was a footballer.[7] A winger, he notably represented Santos during the later part of the Os Santásticos (1968–1973).