Cristian Ziani de Souza (born 6 October 1977) is a Brazilian professional

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, currently in charge of Serra Branca.

Career

Born in

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, Cristian was a

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player and retired at the age of 24. After beginning his career with Esportivo's youth categories, he later worked as an assistant at the club, and at

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and

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. In 2010, he joined Grêmio and became their under-17 coach. Cristian became the under-20 coach of Grêmio in 2011, but was dismissed on 4 August of that year. He later returned to Pelotas as a technical coordinator, and worked at Fragata Futebol Clube under the same role. On 17 December 2014, Cristian left the under-17 team of

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to take over Brasil de Farroupilha. He was sacked from the latter on 1 April 2015, he joined

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in September as coach of the under-20s. On 28 March 2016, Cristian became an interim head coach of Ceará. He returned to his previous role after the appointment of Sérgio Soares, and left in November to take over the under-20 team of

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; he left the latter shortly after, however, and worked with Água Santa in the 2017

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. On 27 January 2017, Cristian was presented at Rio Branco-AC. In May, he resigned from the club to take over Série B side

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, but was dismissed on 14 July after 14 matches. On 14 December 2017, Cristian returned to Rio Branco, but was relieved from his duties the following 1 March. He returned to his first club Esportivo on 2 April 2018, now as head coach, but ended the season in charge of Atibaia. On 3 August 2018, Cristian agreed to become the head coach of

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for the upcoming season. He left on 1 April 2019, and worked at Barra-SC before returning to Veranópolis on 14 October of that year. Cristian took over Patrocinense on 12 May 2021, but returned to Veranópolis on 2 July. On 4 February 2022, he agreed to become a head coach of Guarany de Bagé, with an agreement to return to Veranópolis afterards. On 10 July 2022, Cristian was named

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head coach, and won the

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with the club in an unbeaten status. He was announced at Manauara on 18 November 2022, After reaching the finals of the

2023 Campeonato Amazonense The 2023 Campeonato Amazonense was the 107th edition of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas' top professional football league. The competition started on 28 January and ended on 22 April. Amazonas Futebol Clube, Amazonas won the championship for ...

, he took over São Luiz on 1 May of that year. On 1 November 2023, after winning the 2023

Copa FGF The Copa Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, commonly known as the Copa FGF, is an annual cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, state football federation for clubs that are in the first, second and third d ...

with São Luiz, Cristian was announced at Botafogo-PB. On 28 February 2024, however, he left the club on a mutual agreement, and took over fellow Série C side CSA on 15 March. Cristian was sacked from CSA on 13 May 2024, after a 5–0 loss to Athletic-MG.

Honours

Monsoon *

: 2022 São Luiz *

: 2023 CSA *

Copa Alagoas The Copa Alagoas is a tournament organized by Federação Alagoana de Futebol every second half of the season. The champions qualify for the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. History Founded in 2005 as the second phase of the Campeonato Alagoano, ...

: 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Souza, Cristian de 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Ceará Sporting Club managers Rio Branco Football Club managers Paraná Clube managers Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves managers Veranópolis Esporte Clube Recreativo e Cultural managers Clube Atlético Patrocinense managers Esporte Clube São Luiz managers Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) managers Centro Sportivo Alagoano managers Manaus Futebol Clube managers Luverdense Esporte Clube managers Clube Náutico Marcílio Dias managers