Wesley Oliveira de Carvalho (born 4 June 1974) is a Brazilian footballcoach. He is the current assistant coach of Cruzeiro.
Career
Born in Itapetinga, Bahia, Carvalho played was a goalkeeper in Vitória's youth setup, being Dida's backup during the 1993 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.[1] He never played professionally during his career, but still joined the very same club in 1997, as a goalkeeping coach.[2]
Carvalho left the club in 2003, and returned on two more occasions, being manager of the under-17s and the under-20s in the latter.[3] On 20 May 2015, after Claudinei Oliveira's dismissal, he was named interim manager of the main squad in the Série B;[4] he left the post a couple of weeks later, with three wins in four matches.[5]
On 2 May 2017, Carvalho was again interim of the first team, replacing sacked Argel Fucks.[2] Late in the month, after winning the year's Campeonato Baiano, he moved to Palmeiras and took over the under-20 squad.[6] In October, he became Alberto Valentim's assistant in the first team,[7] but returned to his previous role ahead of the 2018 season.
In July 2018, Carvalho was Verdão's interim for one match, a 3–0 win over Paraná.[8] On 24 August 2021, he left the club on a mutual agreement.[9]
On 25 January 2022, it was announced that Carvalho would be the new under-20 manager of Santos,[10] but instead he moved to Athletico Paranaense to become their under-23 manager on 9 February.[11] On 5 May, after the club dismissed assistants Maurício Souza and Bruno Lazaroni, he was named interim head coach of the side for one match.[12]
An assistant of the first team for the 2023 campaign, Carvalho was named Athletico's interim head coach on 16 June 2023, after the sacking of Paulo Turra.[13] He returned to the assistant role at the end of the season, and left the club on 15 March 2024.[14]
