Cristóvão Borges

Cristóvão Borges
Personal information
Full name Cristóvão Borges dos Santos
Date of birth (1959-06-09) 9 June 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Bahia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 Bahia
1979–1983 Fluminense
1983 Operário-MS
1983 Atlético Paranaense
1984 Santa Cruz
1985 Atlético Paranaense
1986–1987 Corinthians
1987–1989 Grêmio
1990 Guarani
1990–1992 Portuguesa
1993 Atlético Mineiro
1994 Rio Branco-SP
International career
1989 Brazil 7 (3)
Managerial career
1998 Bangu (assistant)
1999 Sport Recife (assistant)
1999–2000 Vitória (assistant)
2000 Guarani (assistant)
2001 Coritiba (assistant)
2002 Juventude (assistant)
2002–2004 Brazil U23 (assistant)
2004 Fluminense (assistant)
2004 Flamengo (assistant)
2008–2009 Al Shabab (assistant)
2011 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
2011–2012 Vasco da Gama
2013 Bahia
2014–2015 Fluminense
2015 Flamengo
2015–2016 Atlético Paranaense
2016 Corinthians
2017 Vasco da Gama
2020 Atlético Goianiense
2023 Figueirense
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Juan Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristóvão Borges dos Santos (born 9 June 1959) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.[1]

Playing career

Born in Salvador, Cristóvão played for Fluminense, Atlético Paranaense, Corinthians, Grêmio among other clubs, Cristóvão began his career in Bahia. He won titles with Fluminense, Atlético-PR and Grêmio.

Cristóvão retired in 1994, after representing Rio Branco-SP. At international level, he represented Brazil on seven occasions during the 1989 season, scoring three goals and helping in their Copa América winning campaign.

Coaching career

Cristóvão began working as an assistant coach four years after retiring, with his first experience being on Bangu in 1998. In the following year, he joined Ricardo Gomes' staff at Sport Recife, and subsequently worked with Gomes for nearly ten years. Both part ways in 2005, when Gomes was appointed head coach of FC Girondins de Bordeaux; Cristóvão later worked with Toninho Cerezo at Al Shabab.

In February 2011, Cristóvão rejoined Gomes' staff, being appointed assistant coach at Vasco da Gama. In August, as Gomes suffered a stroke and had to step aside from his activities, Cristóvão took over as head coach[2][3] and guided Vasco to the Copa Sudamericana semifinals and the 2nd place on the 2011 Brazilian League.[4] He was sacked on 10 September of the following year, after a 4–0 loss against Bahia.[5]

On 17 May 2013, Cristóvão was appointed head coach of Bahia, still in the top tier.[6] On 9 December, after avoiding relegation, he left the club on mutual agreement.[7]

Cristóvão also managed other teams such as Fluminense,[8] Flamengo[9] and Atlético Paranaense.[10][11] On 19 June 2016, he was announced as Corinthians' new head coach, after Tite left the club to manage the Brazil national team,[12] but was relieved from his duties on 17 September, with less than three months in charge.[13]

On 29 November 2016, Cristóvão returned to Vasco after being appointed head coach for the ensuing season.[14] He was dismissed the following 17 March,[15] and remained unemployed for nearly three years before taking over Atlético Goianiense on 20 January 2020.[16]

Cristóvão was sacked by Atlético on 25 February 2020, after just seven matches.[17] On 17 November 2022, after nearly two years without coaching, he was appointed in charge of Figueirense,[18] but was sacked the following 19 March.[19]

Honours

Player

Club

Bahia

Fluminense

Atlético Paranaense

Grêmio

International

Brazil

References

  1. ^ "Cristóvão Borges « Lancepédia – A enciclopédia do Futebol". 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Auxiliar Cristóvão Borges assume o Vasco" [Assistant Cristóvão Borges takes over Vasco] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rede Bandeirantes. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Interino visita hospital e conta a Ricardo Gomes sobre homenagens" [Interim visits hospital and tells Ricardo Gomes about his honours] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Coach Ricardo Gomes leaves hospital after stroke". Yahoo!. Retrieved 21 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Cristóvão Borges não resiste a goleada e é demitido pelo Vasco" [Cristóvão Borges does not survive routing and is sacked by Vasco]. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Cria tricolor, Cristóvão Borges é o novo técnico do Bahia" [Youth graduate of the Tricolor, Cristóvão Borges is the new manager of Bahia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Mesmo após evitar queda para Série B, Cristóvão Borges deixa o Bahia" [Even after avoiding relegation to the Série B, Cristóvão Borges leaves Bahia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Cristóvão Borges é o novo treinador do futebol profissional do Fluminense" [Cristóvão Borges is the new manager of Fluminense's professional football team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fluminense FC. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Cristóvão Borges é o novo técnico do Flamengo" [Cristóvão Borges is the new manager of Flamengo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Atlético-PR anuncia Cristóvão Borges como novo técnico" [Atlético-PR announce Cristóvão Borges as new manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Atlético-PR anuncia acerto com técnico Cristóvão Borges" [Atlético-PR announce deal with manager Cristóvão Borges] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Cristóvão Borges é o novo treinador do Corinthians; técnico já foi ao CT" [Cristóvão Borges is the new manager of Corinthians; manager already came to the training ground] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Corinthians demite Cristóvão! Auxiliar assume até dezembro, diz presidente" [Corinthians sack Cristóvão! Assistant takes over until December, says president] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Após quatro anos, Cristóvão Borges está de volta ao comando do Vasco" [After four years, Cristóvão Borges is back in charge at Vasco] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Cristóvão Borges é demitido do Vasco após queda na Copa do Brasil" [Cristóvão Borges is sacked by Vasco after knockout in the Copa do Brasil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Globo. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Cristóvão Borges é novo técnico do Atlético Goianiense" [Cristóvão Borges is the new manager of Atlético Goianiense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Atlético Clube Goianiense. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Nota oficial – Cristóvão Borges" [Official announcement – Cristóvão Borges] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Atlético Clube Goianiense. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Figueirense acerta contratação do técnico Cristóvão Borges" [Figueirense agree the signing of manager Cristóvão Borges] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Cristóvão Borges deixa o comando técnico do Figueirense" [Cristóvão Borges leaves Figueirense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Figueirense FC. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.