Rodrigo Marques de Santana (born 29 May 1982), known as Rodrigo Santana, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rodrigo Marques de Santana | ||
Date of birth | (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982 (age 39) | ||
Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Portuários | |||
Santos | |||
Jabaquara | |||
Comercial de Registro | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004 | América-RN | ||
2010 | Confiança | ||
Teams managed | |||
2010 | Camboriú (assistant) | ||
2010 | Camboriú | ||
2011 | Pinheiros U20 | ||
2011 | Pinheiros | ||
2012 | Uberaba (assistant) | ||
2012 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
2012 | União Suzano | ||
2013 | Grêmio Barueri (assistant) | ||
2013–2014 | São Carlos U20 | ||
2014 | São Carlos (interim) | ||
2014–2016 | Juventus-SP | ||
2016 | Uberaba | ||
2017–2018 | URT | ||
2018–2019 | Atlético Mineiro U20 | ||
2019 | Atlético Mineiro (interim) | ||
2019 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
2020 | Avaí | ||
2020 | Coritiba | ||
2021 | Confiança | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Santana played as a midfielder and retired in 2010, aged 28, after suffering a hand injury while representing Confiança.[1] He started his career as Camboriú's assistant, being named manager shortly after.
In 2011, Santana was named manager of Pinheiros' under-20 manager, being in charge of the first team afterwards. He left the club in November,[2] being immediately appointed Nenê Belarmino's assistant at Uberaba.
On 14 February 2012, Santana left Uberaba and was named Portuguesa Santista manager.[3] Late in the year, he was also in charge of União Suzano during a trip in Bolivia.[4]
In 2013, Santana was Grêmio Barueri's assistant during the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.[5] On 5 November of that year, he was presented as manager of the under-20 squad of São Carlos for the ensuing Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior;[6] the following 8 February, he replaced fired Roberto Oliveira as manager of the main squad,[7] acting as an interim until the end of the competition and suffering relegation.
On 10 June 2014, Santana left São Carlos[8] and was appointed manager of Juventus the following day.[9] He was sacked on 11 March 2016, after achieving promotion to the second division of Paulistão the previous year.[10]
On 15 April 2016, Santana returned to Uberaba and was named manager of the main squad.[11] On 26 October, he was named at the helm of URT.[12]
On 20 July 2018, Santana signed for Atlético Mineiro as a coordinator of the youth division.[13] On 4 October 2018, he was named manager of the under-20s.[14] On 12 April 2019, he was appointed interim first team manager after the dismissal of Levir Culpi,[15] and on 24 June, he was named permanent manager.[16]
On 13 October 2019, Santana was sacked after a defeat to Grêmio.[17] On 16 February 2020, he took over Avaí in the place of sacked Augusto Inácio,[18] but was himself dismissed on 1 August.
On 29 October 2020, Santana replaced fired Jorginho at the helm of Coritiba in the top tier.[19] He was himself dismissed on 13 December, after winning only two points out of 15.[20]
On 12 May 2021, Santana was named manager of Confiança in the Série B,[21] but was sacked on 26 July after the club was in the last position.[22]
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Atlético Mineiro (interim) | ![]() |
12 April 2019 | 24 June 2019 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 047.06 | [23] |
Atlético Mineiro | ![]() |
24 June 2019 | 13 October 2019 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 041.67 | [23] |
Total | 41 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 043.90 | — |
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