Otto Vieira (2 August 1921 – 11 August 1991), was a Brazilian professional football manager.

Otto Vieira
Personal information
Full name Otto Vieira
Date of birth (1921-08-02)2 August 1921
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 11 August 1991(1991-08-11) (aged 70)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Managerial career
Years Team
1949–1950 Brazil (assistant)
1950–1951 Fluminense
1953 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
1954–1955 Santa Cruz
1956–1957 Náutico
1957 Botafogo-SP
1957–1958 São Paulo (assistant)
1959 Portuguesa
1960–1961 Porto
1964 São Paulo
1965 Botafogo-SP
1967 Portuguesa
1968 Francana
1968 Juventus-SP
1969–1970 Millonarios
1970–1972 Barcelona SC
1975 Barcelona SC
1977 Araçatuba
1980 Barcelona SC
1981 9 de Octubre
1981 Ecuador

Career

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Otto Vieira started as a technical assistant to Luiz Vinhaes in the Brazilian under-22 team that competed in the 1949 South American Championship in Chile. The following year, he was Flávio Costa's assistant at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also coached Fluminense FC's youth teams on several occasions, and the club's main team in 1950–51. In 1953 he was again Flávio Costa's assistant, this time at CR Vasco da Gama.[1]

He later coached Santa Cruz and Náutico, and in 1957, after a good campaign with Botafogo-SP, he was hired by São Paulo again as an assistant, this time for the Hungarian Béla Guttmann. He later coached Portuguesa, FC Porto, Millonarios FC, returned to São Paulo FC in 1964,[2] and finally Barcelona SC de Guayaquil, a team with which he was consecutive Ecuadorian champion in 1970 and 1971, as well as twice semi-finalist in the Copa Libertadores. He returned to the club in 1980 and once again became national champion, ending his career as coach the following season with 9 de Octubre.[3][4]

Honours

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Barcelona

References

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  1. ^ "Otto Vieira… o Mandrake de Guayaquil". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Todos os Treinadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Barcelona de Guayaquil: um clube que leva o futebol brasileiro em sua história". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 18 April 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Otto Vieira, dueño de cuatro récords como Director Técnico de Barcelona". El Universo (in Spanish). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2024.