Ângelo Luiz de Souza Netto (born 30 November 1971), known as Ângelo Luiz or simply Ângelo, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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Career

Born in

Anápolis Anápolis ( , ) is a Brazilian city in the state of Goiás. It is located between two capitals, the federal capital Brasília and state capital Goiânia. It is the third most populous city in the state, with 398,869 inhabitants according to the ...

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, Ângelo began his career with hometown club Anápolis FC in 1991. He subsequently represented

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(two stints),

Sorriso Sorriso is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The name of the city means literally "smile", but it actually came from the Italian immigrants who only cultivated rice in the region: "only rice" = "só r ...

(two stints), ,

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Luziânia Luziânia is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. This city is a producer of agricultural products, including soybeans and beans. Geography Location Luziânia is located 68km south of Brasília and is part of the area, called Entorno d ...

and ; he played in the

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with Sorriso, and scored eight goals in the 2000

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with Luziânia. After retiring, Ângelo worked as a fitness coach at Anapolina's under-20 side in 2004 before becoming a coach of the category at Anápolis in the following year. He subsequently returned to his fitness coach role, working at

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, Anápolis, Araguaia and

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. In January 2010, Ângelo was appointed head coach of Sinop for the year's

Campeonato Mato-Grossense The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF). List of champions Following is the list with the champions of Ca ...

. He later returned to his previous role, and worked at Anapolina and Vila Nova before becoming an assistant coach at Aparecidense in 2012. Again a fitness coach, Ângelo was in the staff of Grêmio Anápolis and Paracatu, being also an interim coach in the latter. After being back at Anápolis, he was also a fitness coach at

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. In 2023, Ângelo became a permanent assistant coach of Anápolis. On 30 July of the following year, he became the head coach after the dismissal of

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, and led the club to a

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to the Série C. Ângelo reached the

2025 Campeonato Goiano The 2025 Campeonato Goiano (officially the GOIANÃO 1XBET 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the 82nd edition of Goiás's top professional football league organized by FGF. The competition began on 15 January and scheduled to conclude in April 2025. ...

finals with Anápolis, but was sacked on 17 June of that year, after a poor performance in the 2025 Série C.

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angelo Luiz 1971 births Living people Footballers from Goiás Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Anápolis Futebol Clube players Sociedade Esportiva Matsubara players Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Luziânia players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Sinop Futebol Clube managers Anápolis Futebol Clube managers Sportspeople from Anápolis