Mauro Geraldo Galvão (born 19 December 1961) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a sweeper, having won the title of Brazilian Champion four times, playing for Internacional (1979), Grêmio Portoalegrense (1996) and Vasco da Gama (1997 and 2000), along a span of 21 years; won the Libertadores Cup in 1998 and lost the finals of the 1999 Intercontinental Cup and of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
After contributing rarely to Grêmio's fifth place in the 2001 Série A, also winning his second Brazilian Cup – the first was also conquered with that club, four years before – Galvão retired from football, at the age of 40.
In 2003 Galvão replaced Antônio Lopes as Vasco's head coach, starting his coaching career.[3] He managed the club in 28 games, finally preventing its relegation to the Série B, after finishing 17th.[3] The following year he was appointed at Botafogo taking Levir Culpi's place, but was himself fired before the end of the season.[3]