Levir Culpi

Known as Levir during his playing days, he was born in Curitiba, Paraná, and started his career with hometown club Coritiba, in 1972. After spending a six-month loan deal at Botafogo the following year, he signed for Santa Cruz in 1974. Levir subsequently represented Colorado (two stints), Atlante, Vila Nova, Figueirense and Juventude, retiring with the latter in 1985.

Immediately after retiring Culpi took up coaching, starting with his last club Juventude. After a stint at Caxias he was named Atlético Paranaense head coach in 1986, but left the club in the following year. After a period in charge of Marcílio Dias, Culpi took Internacional de Limeira to their second national title, a Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1988. He subsequently managed Criciúma, Internacional and Coritiba before returning to Criciúma in 1992 and taking the club to the quarterfinals of the 1992 Copa Libertadores (being knocked out by eventual champions São Paulo). In the following years Culpi rarely settled into a club, being in charge of Al-Ittifaq, Paraná Clube, Guarani, Atlético Mineiro, Portuguesa and Cruzeiro before moving abroad to manage Cerezo Osaka in 1997. He returned to Cruzeiro in 1998, notably winning the year's Recopa Sudamericana with a 5–0 aggregate success over River Plate. In January 2000 Culpi took over São Paulo, but was sacked in November. After spells at Sport and Atlético Mineiro in 2001, he replaced Flávio Murtosa at the helm of Palmeiras on 3 September 2002, but could not avoid the club's first-ever relegation from the top tier. In December 2002 Culpi was appointed head coach of Botafogo, taking the club back to the main category after finishing second. On 27 April 2004 he returned to Atlético Paranaense, after resigning with Bota. Culpi again managed Cruzeiro during the 2005 campaign, but was relieved from his duties in July of that year.…

Player

Coritiba

Campeonato Paranaense: 1973 Santa Cruz

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1976

Manager

Inter de Limeira

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1988 Criciúma

Campeonato Catarinense: 1989 Paraná

Campeonato Paranaense: 1993 Cruzeiro

Copa do Brasil: 1996 Campeonato Mineiro: 1996, 1998 Recopa Sudamericana: 1998 Copa Centro-Oeste: 1999 São Paulo

Campeonato Paulista: 2000 Atlético Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1995, 2007, 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2006 Recopa Sudamericana: 2014 Copa do Brasil: 2014 Fluminense

Primeira Liga: 2016