Aderbal Domingos Lana (born 10 November 1946), is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current technical coordinator of Amazonas. Lana is known as the oldest active coach in

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Player career

Known as Aderbal as a player, he began his career with hometown side

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. He also played for

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and

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before retiring with Itumbiara in 1973, aged 26, to become the club's head coach.

Coaching career

After three years in charge of Itumbiara, Lana was appointed head coach of

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in 1976, with the club in the Série A. He later returned to Itumbiara, having two distinct spells at the club and being in charge of

, Uberlândia and Mixto before taking over

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in 1982. In 1985, after being in charge of Vila Nova and

, Lana took over Nacional-AM and led the club to a

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title in that year. In the following year, after a short period at Mixto, he returned to Nacional, again winning the state league. After three years at Nacional, Lana moved to Rio Negro-AM in 1989, also leading the club to a state league title. He later returned to Nacional in 1991, and moved abroad to Al Raed in Saudi Arabia in the following year. Lana only returned to the Amazonas state in 1996, after a period back at Itumbiara, to take over São Raimundo-AM. He remained at the club for nearly six years, winning three consecutive Amazonense titles (1997, 1998 and 1999) and two

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titles (1999 and 2000), also being a runner-up in 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C against

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, in addition to achieving a historic victory against

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in the

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. Lana left São Raimundo for

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in September 2001. Lana returned to Nacional in October 2001, but left on 22 April of the following year to take over Goiânia, before returning to São Raimundo in September 2002. He left the latter in August 2003. After starting the 2004 season back at Itumbiara, Lana returned to Vila Nova in August of that year, remaining in charge until 15 October. After a short period at ADAP, he took over Série B side Anapolina in April 2005, leaving in July. He later led newly-created Canedense to a promotion from the Campeonato Goiano Terceira Divisão. Lana returned to Amazonas in March 2006, and led Fast Clube to the finals of the state league. He was later in charge of Canedense in their first-ever

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campaign, returning to Fast shortly after and then back to Canedense in January 2008. Lana returned to Nacional on 11 March 2008, and began the 2009 season at the helm of Anápolis. He spent a short period at Penarol-AM before returning to Fast, and then leading Nacional in the Série D. Back to Fast for the 2010 campaign, Lana moved to Sul América in the following year, before being officially presented as head coach of Princesa do Solimões on 2 December 2011. In April, however, he left to take over Nacional, winning the Amazonense title before returning to Penarol on 17 July 2012. On 12 March 2013, Lana again returned to Nacional, but was sacked on 1 August. Back to Fast for the 2014 campaign, he returned to Nacional in December of that year; initially a youth coordinator, he later became the club's head coach again, being dismissed on 11 August 2015. Lana returned to Rio Negro on 20 August 2016, and began the following season back at Nacional before returning to Rio Negro on 7 February. He later took over

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in April, and led the club to their first-ever Amazonense title before departing in June. Back to Rio Negro for the 2018 season, Lana subsequently returned to Manaus before becoming an assistant coach at Iranduba's women's team. He was again named head coach of Nacional for the following year, leaving for Fast on 29 April but returning to his previous side on 16 June. Lana left ''Naça'' in February 2020, being later named Penarol head coach. He subsequently moved to Baré, but left the club on 7 October after alleging squad shortage. On 17 February 2021, Lana returned to Princesa. He left the club to return to Manaus on 1 November 2023, but left by mutual consent the following 12 February. Lana took over on 20 February 2024, He was presented at on 16 April, before leaving on 29 May. On 8 November 2024, Princesa announced the signing of Lana for the ensuing season, but he departed the club 11 days later, amidst rumours to take over Amazonas FC. On 7 January 2025, he was in charge of the latter club during the pre-season, returning to a second division side after nearly 20 years, but left the role to become a technical coordinator on 23 February.

Coaching statistics

Honours

Coach

Nacional-AM *

: 1986, 1991, 2012, 2015 Rio Negro-AM *Campeonato Amazonense: 1989 São Raimundo-AM *

: 1999, 2000, 2001 *Campeonato Amazonense: 1997, 1998, 1999 Manaus *Campeonato Amazonense: 2017

References

External links

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