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Alexandre Gallo
Brazilian footballer (born 1967)
Alexandre Tadeu Gallo (born 29 May 1967), known as Alexandre Gallo or just Gallo, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
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 Gallo in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandre Tadeu Gallo | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-05-29) 29 May 1967 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos (technical coordinator) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 1991 | Vitória | ||
| 1992–1996 | Santos | ||
| 1996 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1997 | Guarani | ||
| 1997–1998 | São Paulo | ||
| 1999 | Botafogo FR | ||
| 1999–2000 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2001 | Corinthians | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Villa Nova | ||
| 2005 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2005 | Santos | ||
| 2006 | FC Tokyo | ||
| 2007 | Sport | ||
| 2007 | Internacional | ||
| 2007–2008 | Figueirense | ||
| 2008 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2009 | Bahia | ||
| 2009 | Santo André | ||
| 2010 | Náutico | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Ain | ||
| 2011 | Avaí | ||
| 2012–2013 | Náutico | ||
| 2013–2015 | Brazil U20 | ||
| 2013 | Brazil U17 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Qadisiyah | ||
| 2016 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2016 | Náutico | ||
| 2017 | Vitória | ||
| 2020 | São Caetano[1] | ||
| 2021 | Botafogo-SP | ||
| 2021 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 2023 | Cianorte | ||
| 2023 | Londrina | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gallo started his career as a player in Botafogo-SP (city of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo), in 1986. He played for several clubs like Vitória, Santos, São Paulo, Botafogo and Atlético Mineiro, and ended his career playing for Corinthians, in 2001.[2]
After his retirement as a player, he became assistant-coach, working with coach Carlos Alberto Parreira in Corinthians, in 2002. Also, he worked as assistant-coach with Darío Pereyra in Grêmio in 2003 and with Wanderlei Luxemburgo in Santos in 2004.
In 2004, he started his career as head-coach with the club Villa Nova. Still in 2004 he was invited by the famous Brazilian coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo to work with him as assistant-coach in Santos club; winning together the title of Brazilian Championship.
At the beginning of 2005, he was invited to coach Portuguesa club during São Paulo State League. Due to an excellent work with Portuguesa de Desportos, soon after coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was assigned as Real Madrid's coach in the second half of the 2004/2005 season, Gallo was invited to take over Santos club as head-coach.
Since then, Gallo has been Head-Coach, leading many great clubs like Portuguesa de Desportos, Santos, FC Tokyo e Sport.
Gallo coached the big Brazilian club Internacional in 20 games and conquered the Recopa Sudamericana (SouthAmerican Re-Cup 2007) during Brazilian Championship, when he moved to Figueirense. On 5 September 2009 Esporte Clube Santo André, officials dismissed him after seven games with no wins.
As a player
- São Paulo
- Campeonato Paulista: 1998
- Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1999, 2000
- Corinthians
- Campeonato Paulista: 2001
As a manager
- Sport
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 2007
- Internacional
- Figueirense
- Campeonato Catarinense: 2008
- São Caetano
- Brazil U20
- Brazil Olympic Team
- "São Caetano surpreende e anuncia Alexandre Gallo como treinador". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 January 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "Futpedia: Gallo (Alexandre Tadeu)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- Alexandre Gallo manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Media related to Alexandre Gallo at Wikimedia Commons
