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 .
Career
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.
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Coaching career
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.
Honours
As a player
São Paulo
Atlético Mineiro
Corinthians
As a manager
Sport
Internacional
Figueirense
São Caetano
Brazil U20
Brazil Olympic Team
References
External links
Alexandre Gallo – managerial positions