Baltemar Brito

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Brito.

Baltemar Brito

Personal information
Full name	Baltemar José de Oliveira Brito
Date of birth	(1952-01-09) 9 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972	Sport
1973–1974	Santa Cruz
1974–1975	Vitória Guimarães	0	(0)
1975–1977	Paços Ferreira
1977–1979	Feirense	29	(0)
1979–1980	Paços Ferreira	30	(0)
1980–1982	Rio Ave	57	(2)
1982–1983	Vitória Setúbal	30	(1)
1983–1985	Rio Ave	65	(4)
1985–1988	Varzim	45	(0)
Managerial career
1988	Varzim
1989–1994	Macedo Cavaleiros
1998–1999	Macedo Cavaleiros
1999–2000	Barrosas
2001	União Leiria (assistant)
2002–2004	Porto (assistant)
2004–2007	Chelsea (assistant)
2010	Belenenses
2010–2011	Al-Ittihad
2011	Al Dhafra
2012–2013	Grêmio
2013–2014	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2015–2016	Espérance (assistant)
2016–2017	AEK Athens (assistant)
2018	Union Titus Pétange
2022–2023	Highlanders
2023–2024	Zimbabwe (interim)
2023–2024	Zimbabwe U-23 (interim)
2023–2024	Zimbabwe U-20 (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baltemar José de Oliveira Brito (born 9 January 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and a former player who played as a central defender,^[1] who is the interim head coach of the Zimbabwe national football team.

Playing career

Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brito spent the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, representing Vitória Guimarães (no league games played), Paços Ferreira (two spells), Feirense, Rio Ave (two stints), Vitória de Setúbal and Varzim.

Over the course of eight seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 games and seven goals in representation of all the clubs except Paços, with which he competed solely in the second division. He retired at the end of 1987–88 at the age of 36, after suffering top flight relegation with Varzim.^[2]

Coaching career

Brito was in charge of Varzim for two games in his last season as a player, managing two draws. Subsequently, he had two spells as head coach with lowly CA Macedo de Cavaleiros.

In the 2001–02 campaign, at União Leiria, Brito started a link with José Mourinho that would last eight years. The assistant was part of a quartet that also included fitness coach Rui Faria, goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro and chief scout André Villas-Boas that followed the young manager from Porto to Chelsea.^[3]

Brito also specialised in audio-visual work to prepare the team for matches.^[4] As Mourinho left the Premier League side early into 2007–08, so did his entire staff.^[5] On 5 June 2010, he was appointed head coach at Belenenses in the Portuguese second level,^[6] but was sacked the following month before the season had even started.

On 18 May 2013, after a series of poor results, Brito was fired by Grêmio.^[7]

On 8 January 2018, Brito became head coach at Union Titus Pétange, a club of the first Luxembourgish league. He left the club in December 2018.^[8]

On 3 June 2022, Highlanders announced the appointment of Britto as their senior team' coach.^[9]

References

1. "Mourinho fumes at transfer prices". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2007.
2. Época 1987/88: Primeira Divisão (1987/88 season: First Division); Arquivos da Bola, 15 July 2007 (in Portuguese)
3. Os homens por trás do treinador (The men behind the coach); Diário de Notícias, 30 May 2010 (in Portuguese)
4. Kempson, Russell (22 March 2005). "Brito ready to make bench mark". The Times. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
5. Clashes with Abramovich bring Mourinho's Bridge tumbling down; The Independent, 20 September 2007
6. Baltemar Brito é o escolhido (Baltemar Brito is the chosen one); Record, 5 June 2010 (in Portuguese)
7. Paulista A2: Grêmio Osasco troca Baltemar Brito por Jaílson Pita (Paulista A2: Grêmio Osasco changes Baltemar Brito for Jaílson Pita); Futebol Interior, 18 March 2013 (in Portuguese)
8. "L'Union Titus Pétange et Baltemar Brito se séparent". Virgule (in French). 4 December 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
9. Kanjere, Peter (4 June 2022). "Zimbabwe giants Highlanders hire Jose Mourinho's former right-hand man as coach". FARPost. Retrieved 15 February 2023.

External links

• CBF data (in Portuguese)
• Baltemar Brito at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Baltemar Brito manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)