Aarão Alves dos Santos (born 26 August 1974), known as Aarão Alves, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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, and is a current

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Career

Born in

Santos Santos may refer to: People *Santos (surname) * Santos Balmori Picazo (1899–1992), Spanish-Mexican painter * Santos Benavides (1823–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War Places *Santos, São Paulo, a municipality in São Paulo ...

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, Alves made his senior debut with

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, but played professionally for a short period. He began his managerial career with Jabaquara's under-20 team in 2005. In 2007, he was in charge of the main squad for a brief period before being named manager of

Paulista Paulista is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil, with a population of 334,376 as of 2020. It has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) of the Recife metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of footballer Rivaldo and is also famous for its be ...

's under-20s. Alves took over Paulista's main squad for the 2009

Copa Paulista The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

, taking the club to the finals but eventually losing it to

Fernando Diniz Fernando Diniz Silva (born 27 March 1974) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head current coach of Vasco da Gama. Diniz is widely recognized in Brazil for his unique style of tact ...

's Votoraty. On 19 February 2010, after only two wins in nine matches during the

2010 Campeonato Paulista The 2010 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 109th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Santos were crowned champions after a 5–5 tie on aggregate score against Santo André ...

, he was dismissed. On 9 August 2013, after working for Jabaquara again, Alves joined

as an under-17 manager. On 20 January 2017, he was appointed at the helm of the under-20s. Alves was dismissed by ''Peixe'' on 6 April 2018, after a poor performance in the year's

Copa do Brasil Sub-20 The Copa do Brasil Sub-20 () is a Brazilian football competition run by the Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, a ...

. He subsequently worked for

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before returning to his previous role in October 2020.

Personal life

Alves' father

Manoel Maria Manoel Maria Evangelista Barbosa dos Santos (born 29 February 1948), known as Manoel Maria, is a Brazilian retired footballer and football manager. He played mainly as a right winger, and competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Ol ...

was a footballer. A winger, he notably represented Santos during the later part of the ''

Os Santásticos ''Os Santásticos'' (, ''The Santastics'') is the nickname for the group of Santos Futebol Clube players coached by Lula and Antoninho that won a total of 25 titles between 1959 and 1974, including two Copa Libertadores. The group is conside ...

'' (1968–1973).

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Aarao 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Brazilian football managers Paulista Futebol Clube managers Santos FC non-playing staff Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate football managers in China