Alberto Valentim do Carmo Neto (born 22 March 1975) is a Brazilian

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coach and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of Ponte Preta.

Playing career

Brazil

Born in Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Alberto started his professional career at Guarani of

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. After a spell at Inter de Limeira, then spent 4 seasons at Athletico Paranaense, which also loaned to

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and

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for

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and

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, and Cruzeiro for the

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Udinese

In January 2000, he was signed by Italian Serie A club

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via Rentistas for US$6.65 million. He played his first Serie A match on 23 January, replaced Roberto Sosa in the 79th minutes. The match Udinese won

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5–2. He played 14 league matches in the first season. But in September 2000, along with Warley, were found using a fake Portuguese passport by Polish officials while heading to Poland for the match against

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. It followed by an investigation of Italian police, and found 2 more teammate namely

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and Alejandro Da Silva were using fake passport. It is because

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restricted each club could only had 5 non-

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footballers and 3 in each match, a fake passport could increase their chance to win a contract with Italian club. However, that season Alberto played 27 league matches and scored 2 goals, as the quota system was abolished in the mid of season. In June 2001, Alberto, along with a dozen other including 3 of Alberto's teammate, were banned, 10 of them including Alberto for a year and 3 youth players for 6 months. but allowed to remain at Italy. The ban was later reduced. On 14 April 2002, he played his first league match after the ban, but replaced by Siyabonga Nomvethe at half-time. The match Udinese lost 0–1 to

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. The then played 2 more seasons, for Udinese.

Siena

In January 2005, after just played 2 league matches for the

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club, he joined another Serie A side

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. In July 2005, Siena signed him from Udinese in co-ownership deal. He played 31 league matches that season for the Serie A struggler and the Tuscany side choose to sign him permanently in 2006. But in 2006–07 season, he just played 10 starts in 16 Serie A appearances and in 2007–08 season with only 2 starts.

Return to Brazil

In September 2008, he signed a -year contract with

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but only played 8 matches in national leagues.

Managerial career

In 2012, Valentim returned to Atlético Paranaense as an assistant manager. He left the club in the following year, and joined Palmeiras in 2014, also as an assistant. On 13 December 2016, Valentim was announced as Red Bull Brasil manager. The following 18 April, after a poor campaign in the 2017 Campeonato Paulista, he was sacked. On 24 June 2017, Valentim returned to Palmeiras, again as an assistant. On 13 October, he was appointed interim manager in the place of sacked Cuca. Despite finishing second, he was released by the club on 5 December. On 13 February 2018, Valentim was named manager of

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. On 19 June, he resigned after accepting an offer from an Egyptian Club,

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. On 18 August 2018, Valentim left Pyramids FC following a dispute with the club's owner Turki Al-Sheikh regarding the future of the team's striker Ribamar. Just one week later, he has joined

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for the remainder of the Campeonato Brasileiro campaign. Valentim was sacked on 21 April 2019, after losing the year's

. On 18 June, he took over fellow top-tier side

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, replacing fired Geninho, but returned to Botafogo on 11 October. He was dismissed by ''Bota'' for the second time on 9 February 2020, after a poor campaign in the

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. On 1 April 2021, Valentim was named manager of top tier newcomers

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. He won the year's

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, but was dismissed on 29 May after seven wins in ten matches. On 1 October 2021, Valentim was named manager of Athletico Paranaense, still in the top tier. He left on a mutual agreement the following 10 April, after a 0–4 loss to

in the 2022 Série A opener. On 15 June 2022, Valentim replaced

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at the helm of CSA. On 8 August, however, he was dismissed. On 5 May 2023, after nearly one year without coaching, Valentim was named in charge of

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in division two, but was dismissed on 10 July. On 26 February 2024, he was appointed head coach of fellow second division side Ituano. Valentim suffered relegation with Ituano in the 2024 Campeonato Paulista, and was relieved from his duties on 20 October of that year, with the side also in the relegation zone of the 2024 Série B. On 26 November, he was announced as head coach of Ponte Preta.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Guarani *

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: 1994 Inter de Limeira *

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: 1996 São Paulo *

: 1998 Udinese *

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Athletico Paranaense *

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: 2009 Brazil U20 *

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: 1995 Individual * Bola de Prata: 1996

Manager

Botafogo *

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Vasco da Gama *

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: 2019 Cuiabá *

: 2021 Athletico Paranaense *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valentim, Alberto 1975 births Living people People from Oliveira, Minas Gerais Footballers from Minas Gerais Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1995 Pan American Games Serie A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Egyptian Premier League managers Guarani FC players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Club Athletico Paranaense players São Paulo FC players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players CR Flamengo footballers Udinese Calcio players Siena FC SSD players Brazilian football managers SE Palmeiras non-playing staff Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Club Athletico Paranaense managers SE Palmeiras managers Red Bull Bragantino II managers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Avaí FC managers Pyramids FC managers Cuiabá Esporte Clube managers Centro Sportivo Alagoano managers Atlético Clube Goianiense managers Ituano FC managers Associação Atlética Ponte Preta managers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Egypt Copa Sudamericana winning managers