Osvaldo Lessa

Osvaldo Lessa

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo Lessa Filho
Date of birth	(1966-09-23) 23 September 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2007–2009	Al-Ta'ee (Fitness coach)
2009–2015	Persipura Jayapura (Fitness coach)
2015–2016	Persipura Jayapura
2016–2017	Madura United (Assistant and physio)
2017	Sriwijaya
2018–2019	Persipura Jayapura
2020	Persija Jakarta (Interpreter)
2021–	Madura United (Fitness Coach)

Osvaldo Lessa Filho (born 23 September 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football manager.

Temporarily while in charge of Persipura, he went back to his native Brazil for a coaching course.^[1]

Coaching career

Persipura Jayapura

Lessa was given the Persipura Jayapura job in 2015 and replaced Jacksen F. Tiago as manager.^[2] He won the 2015 Indonesia Super League and the 2015 AFC Cup in order to stay as manager.^[3] Instead, he steered them to a second-place finish in the league and a round-of-16 exit in the AFC Cup. By January 2016, they had requested that he leave Persipura^[4] and in March the Brazilian felt some trepidation over a possible dismissal after tying with Arema Cronus and finishing bottom in Group B of the 2016 Bhayangkara Cup.^[5] On top of that, former footballer Nico Dimo advised the board to entrust the management to Mettu Dwaramury, Chris Leo Yarangga and Fernado Fairio instead as well.^[6] Finally, the tactician was relieved of his duties in the beginning of April 2016.^[7]

Madura United and Sriwijaya

Soon after, Lessa joined Madura United, where he served as the physiotherapist and assistant manager.^[8][9] Eventually, he left them too in 2017.^[10]

In April 2017, the Rio de Janeiro native was handed the Sriwijaya F.C. coaching job as the club had shown interest in appointing him by March.^[11] He usually uses the 4-3-3 formation in games.^[12]

Recording three straight losses in a row in 2017, Lessa was chastised by the Sriwijaya board but was given an opportunity to redeem himself in the fifth round against Mitra Kukar^[13][14] which he won 3–1. Supposing they lost, the former physiotherapist could conceivably have been fired by the club's management prematurely.^[14]

On 17 June 2017, Lessa was ousted from his job by the club and Hartono Ruslan replaced him as caretaker coach.^[15]

References

1. "Oswaldo Lessa Tetap Latih Persipura Jayapura Di Piala Jenderal Sudirman". Goal.com (in Indonesian). 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
2. "Osvaldo Lessa Ditunjuk Sebagai Pelatih Baru Persipura". www.infosumbar.net. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
3. "Sidomi - Sidomi".
4. "Persipura Diminta Tak Pakai Lagi Pelatih Osvaldo Lessa". 4 January 2016.
5. "Oswaldo Lessa Merasa Bakal Dipecat Persipura Jayapura | Goal.com".
6. "Berita & Hasil Indonesia | Goal.com".
7. "Persipura Pecat Pelatih Osvaldo Lessa". April 2016.
8. "RESMI,Oswaldo Lessa Gabung Madura United - beritajatim news". beritajatim.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016.
9. "Oswaldo Lessa Gabung, Posisi Gomes Tetap Aman di Madura United". 19 April 2016.
10. "Oswaldo Pelatih Fisik Tinggalkan Madura United - beritajatim news". beritajatim.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
11. "Oswaldo Lessa Semakin Dekat Ke Madura United FC | Goal.com".
12. "Osvaldo Lessa Kembalikan Karakter Sriwijaya FC | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017.
13. Lawan Mitra Kukar jadi laga hidup mati bagi Osvaldo Lessa ^{[dead link‍]}
14. "Osvaldo Lessa: Jika Kalah, Saya Keluar dari Sriwijaya". bola.akurat.co. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017.
15. "Sriwijaya FC Pecat Oswaldo Lessa | FourFourTwo". www.fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017.

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