Givanildo Oliveira

Club

Born in Olinda, Pernambuco, Givanildo Oliveira represented Santa Cruz as a youth and made his first team debut in 1969. A part of the club's five consecutive Campeonato Pernambucano titles, he also became team captain in the process. In 1976 Givanildo Oliveira moved to Corinthians, but was sparingly used and subsequently returned to Santa in the following year. In 1980, after a short stint at Fluminense, he joined state rivals Sport, eventually retiring with the club in 1983 at nearly 35 years of age.

International

Givanildo Oliveira represented Brazil on 13 occasions (six of them official), with his debut occurring on 31 May 1976 in a 4–1 routing of Italy for the 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament.

Givanildo Oliveira's first managerial job came on 1983 at Sport, immediately after retiring. His first accolade as a manager occurred in 1986, as he won the Campeonato Alagoano with CRB. In 1987, while in charge of Paysandu, Givanildo Oliveira won the year's Campeonato Paraense, and subsequently returned to his first club Santa Cruz in 1989. He left the club in the following year, and was subsequently in charge of CSA (two stints), Paysandu, Sport (three stints), Central, Ponte Preta (two stints), Remo, Bragantino, CRB, Náutico (two stints), Guarani, Bahia and América Mineiro; with the latter he achieved promotion to the Série A in 1997. In 1998, Givanildo Oliveira rejoined Santa after leaving América, and went back to Paysandu in April 2000, leading the latter club to the top tier in 2001 and winning the 2002 Copa dos Campeões, which qualified his side to the 2003 Copa Libertadores. He resigned in September 2002, and subsequently took over Náutico. In April 2003, Givanildo Oliveira was named manager of Remo, and left the club in December. For the 2004 season, he was named manager five times in four clubs; starting with Paysandu, he only lasted one month before turning out to Fortaleza. He eventually returned to Papão in April, being dismissed in August and taking over Remo, but finished the campaign in charge of Santa Cruz. Givanildo Oliveira remained in charge of Santa Cruz until April 2006, when he resigned to take over Atlético Paranaense. Dismissed in July, he led Sport…

Player

Santa Cruz Campeonato Pernambucano: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979 Corinthians Campeonato Paulista: 1977 Fluminense Campeonato Carioca: 1980 Sport Campeonato Pernambucano: 1980, 1981, 1982

Manager

CRB Campeonato Alagoano: 1986 Paysandu Campeonato Paraense: 1987, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2001 Copa dos Campeões: 2002 Copa Norte: 2002 CSA Campeonato Alagoano: 1990 Remo Campeonato Paraense: 1993, 1994, 2018 Sport Campeonato Pernambucano: 1992, 1994, 2010 Copa do Nordeste: 1994 América Mineiro Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 2009 Campeonato Mineiro: 2016 Santa Cruz Campeonato Pernambucano: 2005 Vitória Campeonato Baiano: 2007 Ceará Campeonato Cearense: 2017