Hélio dos Anjos

Born in Januária, Minas Gerais, Hélio dos Anjos moved to Belo Horizonte as a teenager, where he featured in the youth sides of ESAB. From the side, he moved to Flamengo after being spotted by Sebastião Lazaroni, youth coordinator at the time. Known as just Hélio during his playing days, his spell at Fla was mainly as a third-choice behind Raul Plassmann and Cantarele. He was swapped with Joinville in 1981, with Lico moving in the opposite direction. In 1982, aged just 23, Hélio suffered an injury in training which broke two of his vertebras; he was paralyzed for 45 days, and later retired.

After retiring, Hélio dos Anjos worked as a scout for Diede Lameiro at JEC, before taking over the club's youth sides. An interim coach of the main squad in 1986, he became a permanent head coach of the club in 1988, leaving in the following year. In the 1990s, Hélio dos Anjos was in charge of Avaí, Catanduvense, Juventude, Vitória (three spells), Ceará (achieving promotion in the 1992 Série B with the club), Sãocarlense, Joinville, Novorizontino, Náutico, Santo André, Atlético Paranaense, XV de Piracicaba, Remo (winning the 1995 Campeonato Paraense in an unbeaten status), Goiás (two spells), Sport Recife (winning two consecutive Campeonato Pernambucano titles), Grêmio and América Mineiro. He achieved two consecutive promotions from the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 1993 and 1994, with Santo André and XV, respectively, and won the 1999 Série B and two Campeonato Goiano trophies with Goiás. Ahead of the 2001 season, Hélio dos Anjos became Eurico Miranda's first head coach at Vasco da Gama, but only lasted 16 matches. He later took over Guarani on 7 June 2001. Sacked by Bugre on 13 August 2001, he subsequently returned to Juventude and Goiás, and was in charge of Gama in the first rounds of the 2002 Série A, leaving in September to take over Paysandu. He returned to Sport for a second spell for the 2003 campaign, winning the year's Pernambucano before leaving in the following year; for the remainder of the 2004 season, he was in charge of Fortaleza and Vitória. Hélio dos…

Hélio dos Anjos' son Guilherme also works with football; both have been working together since 2012, with Guilherme as his assistant. He is also a businessman, member of the Construction G4. In June 2016, Hélio dos Anjos was ordered by the Justice to pay an indemnization to player Edmílson Paulista after calling him a "homosexual" during a press conference in 1992, when both were at Joinville. In October 2023, he was suspended for nine matches after uttering homophobic curses to a referee.

Player

Flamengo

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980 Campeonato Carioca: 1978, 1979

Coach

Vitória

Campeonato Baiano: 1992 Remo

Campeonato Paraense: 1995 Sport Recife

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1996, 1997, 2003 Goiás

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1999 Campeonato Goiano: 1999, 2000, 2009, 2015, 2018 Copa Centro-Oeste: 2000 Paysandu

Campeonato Paraense: 2020, 2024 Copa Verde: 2024 Náutico

Campeonato Pernambucano: 2021 Ponte Preta

Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2023