Getúlio Aurelio Fredo (born 22 September 1954) is a

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ian-born

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Coaching career

Fredo's most recent position was as the

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of the

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n football club Nõmme Kalju. He led the club to their first ever participation in a European competition when they lost against FC Dinaburg in the first qualifying round of the

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. Fredo's career in coaching has been a lengthy one. He worked with the group of coaches who led the

ian U-17 to their World Cup victory some years ago. He also spent many years coaching in

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and

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. He also coached the Estonia national beach soccer team. In March 2021, he received a sexual harassment accusation, which became a major scandal in Estonia, fuelling movements to raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 years. He is now banned from coaching football in any country that falls under FIFA.

Personal life

Besides Brazilian, he also has a Finnish

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References

1954 births Brazilian football managers Nõmme Kalju FC managers Living people Expatriate football managers in Estonia Finnish people of Brazilian descent Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Naturalized citizens of Finland Sportspeople from Porto Alegre {{brazil-footy-bio-stub