Alberto Valentim

Brazil

Born in Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Alberto started his professional career at Guarani of São Paulo state. After a spell at Inter de Limeira, then spent 4 seasons at Athletico Paranaense, which also loaned to São Paulo and Flamengo for Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Carioca, and Cruzeiro for the 1997 Intercontinental Cup.

Udinese

In January 2000, he was signed by Italian Serie A club Udinese via Rentistas for US$6.65 million. He played his first Serie A match on 23 January, replaced Roberto Sosa in the 79th minutes. The match Udinese won Venezia 5–2. He played 14 league matches in the first season. But in September 2000, along with Warley, were found using a fake Portuguese passport by Polish officials while heading to Poland for the match against Polonia Warsaw. It followed by an investigation of Italian police, and found 2 more teammate namely Jorginho Paulista and Alejandro Da Silva were using fake passport. It is because Serie A restricted each club could only had 5 non-European Union footballers and 3 in each match, a fake passport could increase their chance to win a contract with Italian club. However, that season Alberto played 27 league matches and scored 2 goals, as the quota system was abolished in the mid of season. In June 2001, Alberto, along with a dozen other including 3 of Alberto's teammate, were banned, 10 of them including Alberto for a year and 3 youth players for 6 months. but allowed to remain at Italy. The ban…

In 2012, Valentim returned to Atlético Paranaense as an assistant manager. He left the club in the following year, and joined Palmeiras in 2014, also as an assistant. On 13 December 2016, Valentim was announced as Red Bull Brasil manager. The following 18 April, after a poor campaign in the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked. On 24 June 2017, Valentim returned to Palmeiras, again as an assistant. On 13 October, he was appointed interim manager in the place of sacked Cuca. Despite finishing second, he was released by the club on 5 December. On 13 February 2018, Valentim was named manager of Botafogo. On 19 June, he resigned after accepting an offer from an Egyptian Club, Pyramids FC. On 18 August 2018, Valentim left Pyramids FC following a dispute with the club's owner Turki Al-Sheikh regarding the future of the team's striker Ribamar. Just one week later, he has joined Vasco da Gama for the remainder of the Campeonato Brasileiro campaign. Valentim was sacked on 21 April 2019, after losing the year's Campeonato Carioca. On 18 June, he took over fellow top-tier side Avaí, replacing fired Geninho, but returned to Botafogo on 11 October. He was dismissed by Bota for the second time on 9 February 2020, after a poor campaign in the Carioca. On 1 April 2021, Valentim was named manager of top tier newcomers Cuiabá. He won the year's Campeonato Mato-Grossense, but was dismissed on 29 May after seven wins in ten matches. On 1 October 2021, Valentim was named manager of Athletico…

Player

Guarani

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 1994 Inter de Limeira

Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 1996 São Paulo

Campeonato Paulista: 1998 Udinese

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000 Athletico Paranaense

Campeonato Paranaense: 2009 Brazil U20

Toulon Tournament: 1995 Individual

Bola de Prata: 1996

Manager

Botafogo

Campeonato Carioca: 2018 Vasco da Gama

Taça Guanabara: 2019 Cuiabá

Campeonato Mato-Grossense: 2021 Athletico Paranaense

Copa Sudamericana: 2021