Moraci Sant'Anna

Moraci Sant'Anna
Personal information
Full name Moraci Vasconcelos Sant'Anna
Date of birth (1951-07-06) 6 July 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Santana de Parnaíba, Brazil
Position(s) Fitness coach
Managerial career
Years Team
1974–1980 Palmeiras
1980–1982 Brazil
1983–1985 Al-Ahli
1985–1986 Brazil
1987–1990 United Arab Emirates
1990–1994 São Paulo
1994 Brazil
1994–1995 Valencia
1995–1996 Fenerbahçe
1996 São Paulo
1996–1998 Saudi Arabia
1999–2000 Fluminense
2001 Guarani
2002–2004 Corinthians
2004–2006 Brazil
2006 Palmeiras
2007–2008 Fenerbahçe
2008 Atlético Paranaense
2009–2010 Olympiacos
2011 Grêmio Barueri (football director)
2011–2012 Iraq
2013 Atlético Paranaense
2014 Botafogo
2014 Baniyas Club
2015–2016 FC Goa
2018–2019 Red Bull Brasil
2019–2020 Red Bull Bragantino
2022–2023 Inter de Limeira (football director)

Moraci Sant'Anna (born 6 July 1951), is a Brazilian professional fitness coach.[1]

Professional career

Moracy tried to be a professional soccer player, and became part of São Paulo FC youth sector, but gave up before moving up to the main team. Started his career as fitness coach at the age of 23 at Palmeiras, and managed to work on six different editions of FIFA World Cup: 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2006, since he had an excellent relationship with coaches Telê Santana and Carlos Alberto Parreira. Alongside Telê, he participated in the main achievements of São Paulo FC in the early 1990s. With Parreira, he worked in the UAE and Saudi Arabia national teams and in European football at Valencia and Fenerbahçe. also worked with Zico on most of his projects.

On 2018, Moraci joined the Red Bull project taking charge of the technical preparation of Red Bull Brasil, and later, of Red Bull Bragantino.[2][3] At the end of 2022, he signed with Inter de Limeira, to be director of football.[4]

Honours

Brazil
Saudi Arabia
São Paulo
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Fluminense
Al-Ahli
Fenerbahçe

References

  1. ^ "Que fim levou? Moracy Sant'Anna". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ "RB Brasil contrata Moraci Sant'Anna, campeão mundial por São Paulo e Seleção". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Discípulos de Telê: Zago e Moraci Sant'Anna seguem ensinamentos de ex-técnico no Bragantino". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Moraci Sant´Anna assume como executivo da Inter de Limeira". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2023.