Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Manager career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role. Oliveira led the club to win the São Paulo State Championship and the Brazilian Série A that same year. In 2000, he made history by taking the first FIFA Club World Championship.
After leaving Corinthians, Oliveira would coach Brazilian teams Vasco, Fluminense, São Paulo, Flamengo, Vitória, Santos, Fluminense and Cruzeiro. The only title at this period would come with São Paulo, the 2002 São Paulo State Super Championship. After tricolor lost in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002 against Santos, and lost the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for Corinthians, Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results. He also had a short spell at Al-Ahli of Qatar.
In 2007 Oliveira started to coach J. League side Kashima Antlers. So far he has had a quite successful managerial career in Japan, winning three J. League Division 1 titles, one Emperor's Cup, one Japanese Super Cup. In 2009, he became the first J. League manager to be named J. League Manager of the Year three times. In 2012, Oliveira returned to managing in Brazil when he became the manager of Rio de Janeiro side Botafogo. In the 2013 season, he led Botafogo to 4th place in the league, qualifying the team for the Copa Libertadores. After the 2013 season, Oliveira was hired by fellow Brazilian side Santos FC. In 2015, he coached Palmeiras, which made him the first manager to have worked with all four main teams of São Paulo (Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo) and four main teams of Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco).[1]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 5 July 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
| Team
|
Nat
|
From
|
To
|
Record
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Corinthians
|
|
1 January 1999
|
30 June 2000
|
121
|
62
|
22
|
37
|
244
|
173
|
+71
|
051.24
|
| Vasco da Gama
|
|
10 July 2000
|
18 December 2000
|
44
|
22
|
10
|
12
|
74
|
61
|
+13
|
050.00
|
| Fluminense
|
|
22 May 2001
|
22 April 2002
|
63
|
29
|
16
|
18
|
109
|
81
|
+28
|
046.03
|
| São Paulo
|
|
14 May 2002
|
4 May 2003
|
57
|
31
|
12
|
14
|
132
|
82
|
+50
|
054.39
|
| Flamengo
|
|
21 July 2003
|
12 October 2003
|
28
|
12
|
6
|
10
|
39
|
44
|
−5
|
042.86
|
| Corinthians
|
|
17 February 2004
|
24 May 2004
|
16
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
16
|
29
|
−13
|
031.25
|
| Vitória
|
|
1 July 2004
|
19 August 2004
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
17
|
27
|
−10
|
021.43
|
| Santos
|
|
1 January 2005
|
21 March 2005
|
16
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
38
|
23
|
+15
|
056.25
|
| Al Ahli
|
|
4 July 2005
|
28 February 2006
|
22
|
8
|
5
|
9
|
36
|
36
|
+0
|
036.36
|
| Fluminense
|
|
31 March 2006
|
7 August 2006
|
21
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
36
|
28
|
+8
|
047.62
|
| Kashima Antlers
|
|
6 January 2007
|
31 December 2011
|
236
|
130
|
54
|
52
|
401
|
236
|
+165
|
055.08
|
| Botafogo
|
|
1 January 2012
|
31 December 2013
|
133
|
64
|
38
|
31
|
227
|
141
|
+86
|
048.12
|
| Al Arabi
|
|
20 January 2017
|
30 June 2017
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
14
|
19
|
−5
|
040.00
|
| Atlético Mineiro
|
|
26 September 2017
|
9 February 2018
|
20
|
8
|
9
|
3
|
32
|
22
|
+10
|
040.00
|
| Urawa Red Diamonds
|
|
25 April 2018
|
28 May 2019
|
55
|
28
|
9
|
18
|
75
|
55
|
+20
|
050.91
|
| Fluminense
|
|
28 August 2019
|
27 September 2019
|
7
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
−5
|
028.57
|
| Total
|
864
|
427
|
203
|
234
|
1,491
|
1,064
|
+427
|
049.42
|
Managerial statistics
[2]
| Team
|
From
|
To
|
Record
|
| G |
W |
D |
L |
Win %
|
| Kashima Antlers
|
2007
|
2011
|
170
|
89
|
44
|
37
|
052.35
|
| Urawa Reds
|
2018
|
2019
|
38
|
16
|
8
|
14
|
042.11
|
| Total
|
208
|
105
|
52
|
51
|
050.48
|
Honours
- Corinthians
- São Paulo
- Kashima Antlers
- Botafogo
- Urawa Red Diamonds
- Individual
References
External links
Oswaldo de Oliveira managerial positions |
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