Alan David Dotti (born 19 March 1977) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of Água Santa.

Playing career

After playing with the youth sides of Votuporanguense, Junventus-SP and

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, Dotti made his senior debut with

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in 1998 before moving to Japan with

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in the following year. He returned to his home country in 2001, with

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. Dotti subsequently represented Comercial-SP and União Rondonópolis before signing for Juventude for the 2004 season, but was mainly used with the B-team. He then played for

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, before retiring with Extrema in 2006.

Coaching career

After retiring, Dotti worked as a youth coach at Santo André before becoming an interim coach of the main squad in February 2013. He subsequently worked as an assistant at

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, Confiança (two stints) and back at ASA before becoming the under-20 coach of Oeste. In July 2018, Dotti joined was named in

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' staff at

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, as his assistant. On 20 November, he returned to ASA after being named head coach for the upcoming season, but resigned on 24 January 2019, after just one official match. Dotti rejoined Santos' staff in February 2019 at Portuguesa, being the interim head coach in their first match as Santos was not registered on time. On 15 May, he joined Betinho's staff at

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, but left the club five days later after accepting an offer from Inter de Limeira, which later also did not materialize. Dotti continued to work in Santos' staff in the following years, at Santo André (two stints), Ferroviária and São Bento; he was also an interim head coach at ''Ramalhão'' in 2021, as Santos was sidelined due to the

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, and at ''Bentão'' due to Santos' suspension. Dotti left São Bento on 3 October 2021, and returned to ''Lusa'' on 19 November, now as head coach of the under-20 team. He led the club to the semifinals of the in 2022 after 12 years. On 17 April 2024, Dotti was confirmed as head coach of Portuguesa's first team for the year's

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. He reached the semifinals of the competition, before departing by mutual consent on 30 November. On 24 March 2025, after working as an assistant of Pintado at Água Santa, Dotti was named head coach of Lagarto. He left the club on 1 July, and returned to Água Santa the following day, now as head coach.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dotti, Alan 1977 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from São Paulo Men's association football defenders Rio Claro Futebol Clube players Montedio Yamagata players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players União Esporte Clube players Esporte Clube Juventude players Esporte Clube Santo André players J2 League players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Esporte Clube Santo André managers Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense managers Esporte Clube São Bento managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers Esporte Clube Água Santa managers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Japan