Fernando Diniz

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Fernando Diniz
Personal information
Full name Fernando Diniz Silva
Date of birth (1974-03-27) 27 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Patos de Minas, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fluminense (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1996 Juventus-SP
1995 → Guarani (loan) 18 (3)
1996 Palmeiras 18 (1)
1997–1998 Corinthians 26 (0)
1998–2000 Paraná 52 (6)
2000–2003 Fluminense 72 (4)
2003 Flamengo 12 (1)
2004 Juventude 0 (0)
2004 Cruzeiro 8 (0)
2005 Santos 2 (0)
2006–2007 Paulista 19 (3)
2007 Santo André 17 (1)
2008 Juventus-SP 10 (0)
2008 Gama 1 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Votoraty
2010 Paulista
2011 Botafogo-SP
2012 Atlético Sorocaba
2013–2014 Audax
2014 Guaratinguetá
2015 Audax
2015 Paraná
2016 Audax
2016 Oeste
2017 Audax
2018 Atlético Paranaense
2019 Fluminense
2019–2021 São Paulo
2021 Santos
2021 Vasco da Gama
2022– Fluminense
2023–2024 Brazil (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Diniz Silva (born 27 March 1974) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. [1] He is the current head coach of Fluminense.

Contents

Diniz is well known for his style of play with its focus on ball possession. For this reason, he is known to be the manager who consolidated the Tiki-taka style in Brazil, which earned him the nickname of '"Brazilian Guardiola". [2]

Playing career

Born in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Diniz started his career with Juventus-SP in 1993. In 1996 he moved to Guarani, but agreed to a contract with Palmeiras shortly after.

In 1997, Diniz moved to Palmeiras' fierce rivals Corinthians, featuring regularly during his two-year spell at the club. He subsequently represented Paraná, Fluminense, Flamengo, [3] Juventude, Cruzeiro [4] and Santos, [5] all in the top tier.

In 2006 Diniz signed for Paulista, and later played for Santo André and Gama. [6] He retired with the latter in 2008, aged 34.

Coaching career

Early career

One year after retiring, Diniz was appointed head coach of lowly Votoraty, [7] where he was crowned champions of both Copa Paulista and Campeonato Paulista Série A3. In 2010 he moved to Paulista, club he already represented as a player, and won another Copa Paulista with the side.

On 5 February 2011, Diniz was named Botafogo-SP head coach, [8] but was fired after only four matches in charge. [9] He was appointed at the helm of Atlético Sorocaba in 2012. Despite achieving promotion from the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, he was relieved from his duties in October of that year. [10]

In 2013 Diniz joined Audax, and introduced the tiki-taka, style of FC Barcelona, in the club. [11] [12] On 8 July 2015 he moved to another club he represented as a player, Paraná. [13] [14]

Diniz returned to Audax for the 2016 Campeonato Paulista, which he managed to lead the side to the finals, but lost to Santos. Subsequently, he was appointed head coach of Oeste after a partnership between Oeste and Audax was established. [15] [16]

Diniz returned to Audax for a third spell in 2017, but suffered relegation.

Atlético Paranaense

Diniz only returned to managerial duties in the following season; after being announced as head coach of Guarani in November 2017, he signed with Atlético Paranaense in January 2018. [17] He was dismissed from the team in June, [18] being subsequently replaced by under-23 coach Tiago Nunes.

Fluminense

On 19 December 2018, Diniz was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Fluminense. [19] He was sacked by the club on 19 August 2019. [20]

São Paulo

Diniz took over São Paulo on 27 September 2019. [21] In the 2020 Série A, he led the club to a streak of 17 matches undefeated from September to December. [22]

In January 2021, during a 2–4 loss to Red Bull Bragantino, Diniz had an argument with Tchê Tchê which led to strong media criticism due to his way of speaking to the player. [23] On 1 February, after seven winless matches, he was sacked. [24]

Santos

On 6 May 2021, Diniz agreed to a one-year contract with Santos, [25] being officially named head coach the following day. [26] On 5 September, after six matches without winning, he was sacked by Peixe. [27]

Vasco da Gama

Four days after leaving Santos, Diniz was appointed at Vasco da Gama in the second division. [28] He was dismissed on 11 November 2021, after failing to achieve promotion. [29]

Fluminense return

Diniz returned to Fluminense on 30 April 2022, after Abel Braga resigned. [30] He won the 2023 Campeonato Carioca with the club, his first major trophy as a head coach. [31] He also led them to success in the 2023 Copa Libertadores by winning the final 2–1 against Boca Juniors. [32]

Brazil national team

On 4 July 2023, Diniz was appointed as interim head coach of the Brazil national team on a one-year deal. [33] On 21 November, Brazil lost 1–0 to Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium, which was the nation's first-ever defeat at home in a World Cup qualification match. [34]

On 5 January 2024, CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues dismissed Diniz from his role as Brazil interim head coach. [35]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus-SP 1995 Série C 00253———253
1996 00262———262
Total00515———515
Guarani (loan) 1995 Série A 183——1 [lower-alpha 1] 0—193
Palmeiras 1996 Série A181——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0—201
Corinthians 1997 Série A12010030——250
1998 004021—4 [lower-alpha 2] 0101
Total12014051—40351
Paraná 1998 Série A171————171
1999 15181—4 [lower-alpha 1] 012 [lower-alpha 3] 0392
2000 0012330—00153
Total3222043040120716
Fluminense 2000 [36] Série A142————142
2001 [37] 16114030—5 [lower-alpha 2] 0381
2002 [37] 1814052—15 [lower-alpha 4] 1414
2003 [37] 105020——80
Total49423092—2011017
Flamengo 2003 [38] Série A121————121
Juventude 2004 Série A000000——00
Cruzeiro 2004 Série A80————80
Santos 2005 Série A0020—2 [lower-alpha 5] 0—40
Paulista 2006 Série B 52————52
2007 00141———141
Total52141———193
Santo André 2007 Série B171————171
Juventus-SP 2008 Paulista —100———100
Gama 2008 Série B10————10
Career total17214134101739036136828
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa CONMEBOL
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Torneio Rio – São Paulo
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sul
  4. ↑ 11 appearances and one goal in Torneio Rio – São Paulo, four appearances in Copa dos Campeões
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Coaching statistics

As of 1 May 2024
Coaching record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Votoraty Flag of Brazil.svg 12 January 200930 June 20107738172212990+39049.35
Paulista Flag of Brazil.svg 1 July 20103 February 2011542319129271+21042.59
Botafogo-SP Flag of Brazil.svg 4 February 20115 March 20114103510−5025.00 [9]
Atlético Sorocaba Flag of Brazil.svg January 201217 October 201245248138663+23053.33 [10]
Audax Flag of Brazil.svg 1 January 201325 April 2014643318139961+38051.56 [39]
Guaratinguetá Flag of Brazil.svg 25 April 2014October 2014186753218+14033.33
Audax Flag of Brazil.svg October 20148 July 2015156452319+4040.00 [39]
Paraná Flag of Brazil.svg 8 July 201527 September 2015177372221+1041.18 [40]
Audax Flag of Brazil.svg 30 October 201516 May 2016198563226+6042.11 [39]
Oeste Flag of Brazil.svg 16 May 201627 November 201637916123445−11024.32 [39]
Audax Flag of Brazil.svg 27 November 20162 June 2017143471822−4021.43 [39]
Atlético Paranaense Flag of Brazil.svg 3 January 201825 June 2018215792527−2023.81 [41]
Fluminense Flag of Brazil.svg 19 December 201819 August 2019441811157148+23040.91 [20]
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 27 September 20191 February 20217735212112089+31045.45 [24]
Santos Flag of Brazil.svg 7 May 20215 September 202127107102929+0037.04 [42]
Vasco da Gama Flag of Brazil.svg 9 September 202111 November 2021124351218−6033.33
Fluminense Flag of Brazil.svg 30 April 2022present133692836220142+78051.88
Brazil (Interim) Flag of Brazil.svg 4 July 20235 January 2024621387+1033.33 [35]
Total6843011792041,057806+251044.01—

Honours

Player

Corinthians

Fluminense

Manager

Votoraty

Paulista

Fluminense

Individual

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  37. 1 2 3 "FICHAS 2001_06" [REPORTS 2001_06] (in Brazilian Portuguese). RSSSF. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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