Bruno Amorim Lazaroni (born 13 September 1980) is a Brazilian retired

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Lazaroni was born in

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, and represented

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

as a youth. A

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, he left the club in 2000 after making no appearances, and subsequently joined Bangu, where he was converted into a

. In 2002, after impressing for Bangu, Lazaroni joined

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, but featured sparingly for the club. In 2004, after a one-year spell at Swiss club St. Gallen (where he also appeared rarely), he returned to Bangu. Lazaroni subsequently spent the remainder of his career in the lower leagues, representing

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, America-RJ (two spells) and Portuguesa, aside from five seasons abroad, three with

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in Portugal and two with

Al-Ittifaq Al-Ettifaq Club (), commonly known as Al-Ettifaq or simply Ettifaq, is a professional Association football, football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, which competes in the Saudi Pro League. The club was established by the merger of three Dammam-ba ...

in Saudi Arabia. He retired with the latter in 2012, aged 32.

Coaching career

After retiring, Lazaroni returned to his hometown and was named in charge of

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's youth setup in 2014, initially assigned to the under-13 squad. He then left the club in the following year to join his father at

Qatar SC Qatar Sports Club () is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour. They ...

, but returned to ''Bota'' to take over the technical coordinator of the club's youth sides. In February 2017, Lazaroni was named general manager of Botafogo's youth setup, but was appointed permanent assistant manager in January 2018. He was subsequently an interim manager of the main squad on two occasions, after the dismissals of

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and

Eduardo Barroca Eduardo de Souza Ney Barroca (born 22 April 1982) is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently in charge of CRB. Career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Barroca started his career at Flamengo in 2000, working as a fitness coach of the under-13 ...

, respectively. On 1 October 2020, Lazaroni was appointed manager of Botafogo's main squad after the resignation of

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. However, after only 28 days, he was relieved from his duties. On 13 March 2021, Lazaroni moved to

Athletico Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

to become their under-23 manager in the 2021

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Personal life

Lazaroni is the son of

Sebastião Lazaroni Sebastião Barroso Lazaroni, (born 25 September 1950) is a Brazilian football manager who last coached Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC. He was born in Muriaé, Minas Gerais state. He is well known in Brazil as the manager who tried to intro ...

, who is also a manager.

Honours

Vasco da Gama *

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: 2003

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Bruno Lazaroni
at Soccerway * * 1980 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players CR Flamengo footballers Bangu Atlético Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Swiss Super League players FC St. Gallen players Primeira Liga players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players Saudi Pro League players Al-Ettifaq FC players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Botafogo FR managers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub