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Antonio Gonzaga Netto, or more known as Toni Netto is a former Brazilian football player and manager.

He managed teams in Middle East (Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia) [1] and Southeast Asia (Malaysia and Indonesia) during his career.

In Malaysia, arguably his most well known successful stint in Perak FA from 2002 to 2005, bringing 2 league titles (Malaysia Premier One, predecessor to Malaysia Super League) and 2 cup titles (Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Charity Shield) to Perak. [2] This includes winning the first league title for Perak in 13 years, in his debut year in 2002. [3] For his services to Perak football, he received the Paduka Mahkota Perak award from Sultan of Perak, Raja Azlan Shah in 2005. [4]

He also managed Persipura Jayapura in early 2006, after his stint with Perak. But when the defending Indonesian champion made the worst start to the 2006 championship, losing two and drawing two of their first four matches, he was released in February 2006 along with his assistant Yusak Susanto. [5] Later in the same year he was back in Malaysia for a short spell with struggling club MPPJ FC. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Netto Eyeing Perak Hot". accessmylibrary.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Why Brazilian influence could be the secret ingredient for the revival of Malaysian football". Goal.com . 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cengage Learning". accessmylibrary.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Regent heads Perak honour roll". Malaysia Star. 19 April 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Gatra.Com". 21 August 2002. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Samuel, Eric (12 July 2006). "MPPJ on the revival trail". The Star Online. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2014.


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