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List of Clube Atlético Mineiro managers

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Telê Santana is Atlético Mineiro's longest serving manager, with 434 matches in three spells in charge of the club.

Clube Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club has played in the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, throughout all of its history with the exception of one season, as well as in all editions of the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais, while also taking part in numerous CONMEBOL-organised international competitions.

This chronological list comprises those who have held the position of head coach of the first team of Atlético Mineiro since 1926, the date of the first available data for a club manager. Each manager's entry includes his years of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care, where available. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of 2024, Atlético Mineiro has had 90 known full-time managers.

The first known full-time manager for Atlético Mineiro was Chico Neto, who managed the club in 1926.[1] Cuca and Levir Culpi jointly hold the record for most trophies won, with six each. Telê Santana is the club's longest-serving manager, with 434 matches during three periods in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]

List of managers

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Uruguayan Ricardo Diéz had various stints with Atlético, winning three Campeonato Mineiro titles and coaching the club in the 1950 European tour
Procópio Cardoso managed the club in 328 matches, winning a Copa CONMEBOL and three Campeonato Mineiros
Émerson Leão coached the club in the 1990s and 2000s, winning a Copa CONMEBOL in 1997
Levir Culpi coached Atlético in 320 matches and won six titles
Cuca won the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2021 Série A

Italics denote a caretaker manager.

Name Nationality From To Honours
Chico Netto  Brazil 1926 1929 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Jenő Medgyessy  Hungary 1928 1931
Ivo Melo  Brazil 1931 1933 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Floriano Peixoto Corrêa  Brazil 1934 1936
Said  Brazil 1936 1936 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Floriano Peixoto Corrêa  Brazil 1937 1937 1 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais
Hummel Guimarães  Brazil 1937 1938 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ewando Becker  Brazil 1938 1939 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Said  Brazil 1939 1941
Gregório Suárez  Argentina 1944 1944
Said  Brazil 1944 1945
Ewando Becker  Brazil 1945 1945
Félix Magno  Uruguay 1946 1948 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Darío Letona  Peru 1947 1947
Ayrton Moreira  Brazil 1949 1949
Chico Trindade  Brazil 1949 1949
Ricardo Diéz  Uruguay 1950 1951 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1950 European Tour
Abdo Arges  Brazil 1951 1951
Yustrich  Brazil 1951 1953 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco  Brazil 1955 1955
Abdo Arges  Brazil 1954 1954
Ondino Viera  Uruguay 1954 1955
Ricardo Diéz  Uruguay 1954 1956 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Said  Brazil 1956 1956
Ewando Becker  Brazil 1956 1956
Délio Neves  Brazil 1957 1957
Paulo Benigno  Brazil 1957 1958 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ricardo Diéz  Uruguay 1958 1959
Abdo Arges  Brazil 1959 1959
Ayrton Moreira  Brazil 1959 1959
Artur Nequessaurt  Brazil 1959 1960
Ricardo Diéz  Uruguay 1960 1960
Osni Pereira  Brazil 1960 1961
Kafunga  Brazil 1961 1962
Lucas Miranda  Brazil 1962 1962 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Antoninho  Brazil 1962 1963
Marão  Brazil 1963 1964 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco  Brazil 1964 1964
Afonso Silva  Brazil 1964 1964
Marão  Brazil 1964 1965
Wilson de Oliveira  Brazil 1965 1965
Paulo Amaral  Brazil 1966 1966
Gradim  Brazil 1966 1966
Wilson de Oliveira  Brazil 1966 1966
Barbatana  Brazil 1966 1966
Válter Miraglia  Brazil 1966 1966
Gérson dos Santos  Brazil 1966 1967
Manuel Fleitas Solich  Paraguay 1967 1968
Dequinha  Brazil 1968 1968
Totinha  Brazil 1968 1968
Haroldo Lopes  Brazil 1968 1968
Yustrich  Brazil 1968 1969
José Luís Barbosa  Brazil 1969 1970
Mussula  Brazil 1970 1970
Barbatana  Brazil 1970 1970
Telê Santana  Brazil 1970 1972 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Barbatana  Brazil 1972 1972
Paulo Benigno  Brazil 1973 1973
Sinval Martins  Brazil 1973 1973
Telê Santana  Brazil 1973 1975
Mussula  Brazil 1975 1976
Barbatana  Brazil 1976 1978 1 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros
Mussula  Brazil 1978 1978
Jorge Vieira  Brazil 1978 1978
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 1978 1981 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Pepe  Brazil 1981 1981
Carlos Alberto Silva  Brazil 1981 1982 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Barbatana  Brazil 1982 1982
Antônio Lacerda  Brazil 1982 1982 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Paulinho de Almeida  Brazil 1983 1983
Mussula  Brazil 1983 1983 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Rubens Minelli  Brazil 1984 1984
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 1984 1985
Vicente Lage  Brazil 1985 1985
Walter Olivera  Uruguay 1985 1985 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ilton Chaves  Brazil 1986 1987 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Palhinha  Brazil 1987 1987
Telê Santana  Brazil 1987 1988 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir  Brazil 1988 1988
Paulinho de Almeida  Brazil 1988 1988
Moisés  Brazil 1989 1989
Jair Pereira  Brazil 1989 1989 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Rui Guimarães  Brazil 1990 1990
Arthur Bernardes  Brazil 1990 1990
Jair Pereira  Brazil 1991 1992 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir  Brazil 1992 1992
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 1992 1992 1 Copa CONMEBOL
Nelinho  Brazil 1993 1993
Vantuir  Brazil 1993 1994
Valdir Espinosa  Brazil 1994 1994
Levir Culpi  Brazil 1994 1995 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Gaúcho  Brazil 1995 1995
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 1995 1996
Eduardo Amorim  Brazil 1996 1997
Émerson Leão  Brazil 1997 1997 1 Copa CONMEBOL
Carlos Alberto Silva  Brazil 1998 1998
Vantuir  Brazil 1998 1998
Carlos Alberto Torres  Brazil 1998 1998
Toninho Cerezo  Brazil 1999 1999
Darío Pereyra  Uruguay 1999 1999 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Humberto Ramos  Brazil 1999 2000
João Francisco  Brazil 2000 2000
Márcio Araújo  Brazil 2000 2000
Carlos Alberto Parreira  Brazil 2000 2000
Nedo Xavier  Brazil 2000 2000
Abel Braga  Brazil 2001 2001
Zé Maria  Brazil 2001 2001
Levir Culpi  Brazil 2001 2002
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2002 2002
Geninho  Brazil 2002 2002
Celso Roth  Brazil 2003 2003
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2003 2003
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 2003 2003
Paulo Bonamigo  Brazil 2004 2004
Jair Picerni  Brazil 2004 2004
Mário Sérgio  Brazil 2004 2004
Procópio Cardoso  Brazil 2004 2005
Tite  Brazil 2005 2005
Marco Aurelio  Brazil 2005 2005
Lori Sandri  Brazil 2005 2006
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2006 2006
Levir Culpi  Brazil 2006 2007 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Tico dos Santos  Brazil 2007 2007
Zetti  Brazil 2007 2007
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2007 2007
Émerson Leão  Brazil 2007 2007
Geninho  Brazil 2008 2008
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2008 2008
Alexandre Gallo  Brazil 2008 2008
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2008 2008
Émerson Leão  Brazil 2009 2009
Celso Roth  Brazil 2009 2009
Vanderlei Luxemburgo  Brazil 2010 2010 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Dorival Júnior  Brazil 2010 2011
Cuca  Brazil 2011 2013 2 Campeonato Mineiro
1 Copa Libertadores
Paulo Autuori  Brazil 2014 2014
Levir Culpi  Brazil 2014 2015 1 Recopa Sudamericana
1 Copa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini  Brazil 2015 2015
Diego Aguirre  Uruguay 2016 2016
Marcelo Oliveira  Brazil 2016 2016
Diogo Giacomini  Brazil 2016 2016
Roger  Brazil 2017 2017 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini  Brazil 2017 2017
Rogério Micale  Brazil 2017 2017
Oswaldo de Oliveira  Brazil 2017 2018
Thiago Larghi  Brazil 2018 2018
Levir Culpi  Brazil 2018 2019
Rodrigo Santana  Brazil 2019 2019
Vágner Mancini  Brazil 2019 2019
Rafael Dudamel  Venezuela 2020 2020
James Freitas  Brazil 2020 2020
Jorge Sampaoli  Argentina 2020 2021 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Lucas Gonçalves  Brazil 2021 2021
Cuca  Brazil 2021 2021 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
1 Copa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Antonio Mohamed  Argentina 2022 2022 1 Supercopa do Brasil
1 Campeonato Mineiro
Cuca  Brazil 2022 2022
Eduardo Coudet  Argentina 2023 2023 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Luiz Felipe Scolari  Brazil 2023 2024
Gabriel Milito  Argentina 2024 2024 1 Campeonato Mineiro

Records

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Most games managed

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The following are the managers with the most matches in charge of the club.

Name Matches Trophies
Brazil Telê Santana 434 Brasileirão, 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Procópio Cardoso 328 Copa CONMEBOL, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Levir Culpi 320 Recopa Sudamericana, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro, Série B
Brazil Cuca 245 Copa Libertadores, Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Barbatana 227 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Uruguay Ricardo Diéz 171 3 Campeonato Mineiro

References

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General
  • Atlético Mineiro managers:
    • "Futebol Profissional - Treinadores" (in Portuguese). Galo Digital. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  • Atlético Mineiro matches with manager information:
Specific
  1. ^ "Mário de Castro, Jairo e Said: o Trio Maldito" [Mário de Castro, Jairo and Said: the Unholy Trio]. Clube Atlético Mineiro official website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Levir Culpi supera marca e se torna o 3º técnico com mais jogos pelo Galo" [Levir Culpi beats mark and becomes 3rd manager with most matches with Galo]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.