Sandro Alexandre Forner (born 16 December 1970) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current interim manager of Operário Ferroviário.

Playing career

Club

Known as Sandro during his playing days, Forner was born in Amparo, São Paulo, and was a Ponte Preta youth graduate. Promoted to the first-team in 1990, he played for a number of clubs until joining Coritiba in 1997. After two seasons at ''Coxa'', Forner moved to

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in the Série C, but only featured in one match, a 1–1 away draw against Americano on 1 December 1999. After lifting the trophy, he featured in two more matches for the following year's Torneio Rio-São Paulo before departing. Afterwards, Forner notably represented

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in 2002, ADAP Galo Maringá in 2005 (winning the

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Série Prata) and Paranavaí in 2006. He retired with the latter, aged 36.

International

While at Ponte, Forner represented

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at under-17 level in the 1986

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and the

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, and at under-20 level in the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 1990

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Managerial career

Forner started his managerial career with J. Malucelli in 2008, being manager of the club's under-20 squad. On 5 August 2009, with the club now named Corinthians Paranaense, he replaced Leandro Niehues at the helm of the main squad. On 24 April 2010, Forner joined Niehues' staff as assistant at

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, and on 26 August, he was appointed at the helm of the under-20s. On 2 November 2012, he returned to J. Malucelli and was named first-team manager for the ensuing Paranaense. Forner returned to Coritiba in 2015, initially as an assistant of the under-23 squad. He was named manager of the under-20s ahead of the 2016

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, earning plaudits for his latter work. On 15 December 2017, Forner was announced as first-team manager of Coritiba. He was sacked the following 15 April, after 20 games in charge.

Honours

Player

ABC *

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: 1993 Coritiba *

: 1999 Fluminense *

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: 1999 ADAP Galo Maringá *

Série Prata: 2005

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forner, Sandro 1970 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players ABC Futebol Clube players Fluminense FC players Joinville Esporte Clube players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Brazil youth international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Associação Atlética Ponte Preta managers Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube managers