Luizinho Lopes

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Souza and the second or paternal family name is Lopes.
Luizinho Lopes
Personal information
Full name Luiz Júnior de Souza Lopes
Date of birth (1981-10-08) 8 October 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Pau dos Ferros, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brusque (head coach)
Youth career
América de Natal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 América de Natal
2005 Santa Cruz de Natal
Paulista
Chapecoense
Managerial career
2013 América de Natal U20
2014 Treze (assistant)
2014 Remo (assistant)
2015 América de Natal (assistant)
2016–2018 Globo
2018 Confiança
2019 América de Natal
2019 Treze
2020 Uberlândia
2020 Manaus
2021 Manaus
2021 Jacuipense
2021–2022 Confiança
2023– Brusque
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luiz Júnior de Souza Lopes (born 8 October 1981), known as Luizinho Lopes, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Brusque.

Career[edit]

Born in Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte, Lopes was an América de Natal youth graduate, and went on to feature in the first team squad for three years before leaving. He subsequently represented Santa Cruz de Natal, Paulista and Chapecoense before retiring in 2008 at the age of 27, due to injuries.[1]

After retiring, Lopes was an under-20 coach at his first club América, and later worked as an assistant of Leandro Sena at Treze and Roberto Fernandes at Remo in the 2014 season.[1] He returned to América in 2015, now as an assistant, before being named head coach of Globo FC on 30 March 2016.[2]

Lopes led Globo to a first-ever promotion to the Série C in 2017, but asked to leave the club on 9 February 2018.[3] Eleven days later, he took over fellow third division side Confiança,[4] but was sacked on 24 July.[5]

Lopes returned to América on 20 September 2018, after being presented as head coach of the club for the 2019 season.[6] Dismissed the following 1 February,[7] he was named at the helm of Treze on 26 June 2019,[8] but was relieved from his duties on 18 July.[9]

On 17 February 2020, Lopes was named head coach of Uberlândia,[10] but left the club on 12 August to take over Manaus FC in the third tier.[11] He left the club on 1 December,[12] but returned on 11 March 2021, replacing Luizinho Vieira.[13]

Despite winning the 2021 Campeonato Amazonense, Lopes resigned from Manaus on 24 May of that year,[14] and was named Jacuipense head coach on 2 August.[15] He also resigned from the latter 21 days later, after just two matches,[16] and returned to Confiança just hours later, with the side now in the Série B.[17]

On 24 November 2021, despite the club's relegation, Lopes renewed his contract with Confiança for a further year,[18] but was sacked on 13 April 2022.[19] On 11 November, he was appointed at the helm of Brusque for the upcoming campaign.[20]

Lopes won the 2023 Recopa Catarinense with Brusque, also reaching the 2023 Campeonato Catarinense finals and achieving promotion from the 2023 Série C. On 30 October of that year, he signed a new one-year deal.[21]

Honours[edit]

Coach[edit]

Manaus

Brusque

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Jovem, estudioso e longevo: Conheça o técnico vice-campeão da Série D" [Young, studious and longevous: Know the coach runner-up of the Série D] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Higor César é demitido pelo Globo FC e Luizinho Lopes assume a equipe" [Higor César is sacked by Globo FC and Luizinho Lopes takes over the team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Luizinho Lopes deixa o comando do Globo FC após quase dois anos" [Luizinho Lopes leaves Globo FC after nearly two years] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Luizinho Lopes é o novo técnico do Confiança" [Luizinho Lopes is the new head coach of Confiança] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Infonet. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Luizinho Lopes não resiste a maus resultados e deixa o Confiança" [Luizinho Lopes does not resist to poor results and leaves Confiança] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Infonet. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Técnico Luizinho Lopes é apresentado pelo América-RN: "Responsabilidade maior"" [Head coach Luizinho Lopes is presented by América-RN: "Bigger responsibility"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Luizinho Lopes não é mais treinador do América" [Luizinho Lopes is no longer head coach of América] (in Brazilian Portuguese). América FC. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Treze acerta com Luizinho Lopes para sequência da Série C do Campeonato Brasileiro" [Treze sign with Luizinho Lopes for the remainder of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Treze confirma saída de Luizinho Lopes e efetiva Kleber Romero na reta final da Série C" [Treze confirm departure of Luizinho Lopes and permanently appoint Kleber Romero in the final rounds of the Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Luizinho Lopes é o novo treinador do Verdão" [Luizinho Lopes is the new manager of Verdão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Uberlândia EC. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Manaus FC anuncia Luizinho Lopes, ex-Uberlândia, como novo técnico para a Série C do Brasileiro" [Manaus FC announce Luizinho Lopes, formerly of Uberlândia, as new manager for the Brasileiro Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Técnico Luizinho Lopes encerra ciclo à frente do esmeraldino" [Head coach Luizinho Lopes ends cycle ahead of the esmeraldino] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Manaus FC. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  13. ^ "De volta: Manaus FC repatria técnico Luizinho Lopes para substituir Vieira" [Back at it: Manaus FC bring back head coach Luizinho Lopes to replace Vieira] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Luizinho Lopes pede demissão do Manaus e leva comissão técnica junto" [Luizinho Lopes resigns from Manaus and brings technical staff with him] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Luizinho Lopes é o novo treinador do Jacuipense" [Luizinho Lopes is the new head coach of Jacuipense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Jacuipense. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Luizinho Lopes pede demissão do Jacuipense após dois jogos no comando da equipe" [Luizinho Lopes resigns from Jacuipense after two matches in charge of the team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Após quase um mês sem técnico, Confiança define Luizinho Lopes para o cargo" [After nearly one month without a head coach, Confiança appoint Luizinho Lopes for the role] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Confiança anuncia renovação com o técnico Luizinho Lopes para 2022" [Confiança announce renewal with head coach Luizinho Lopes for 2022] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Luizinho Lopes deixa comando técnico do Confiança" [Luizinho Lopes leaves Confiança] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Brusque anuncia a contratação do técnico Luizinho Lopes para 2023" [Brusque announce the signing of head coach Luizinho Lopes for 2023] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Após acesso à Série B, Luizinho Lopes renova com o Brusque até o fim de 2024" [After promotion to the Série B, Luizinho Lopes renews with Brusque until the end of 2024] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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