Wanderley Alves de Oliveira, also known by the nickname Delei (born August 28, 1959), is a former

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ian

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player who played for several

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clubs. He also played for the Brazil national team and worked as a head coach.

Playing career

Born in

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, Delei started his professional career in 1979, playing for Fluminense. During his spell at the club, he won the

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in 1980, 1983, 1984 and in 1985, and won the

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, having played 88 Série A games, scoring eight goals. He joined

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in 1987, playing one Série A game for the club, but playing 23 games overall, without scoring a goal. After leaving Palmeiras, Delei moved to

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in 1988, playing six Série A games during that year. He played in Portugal in 1989, defending

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, returning to Brazil in the subsequent year, when he joined Atlético Paranaense, playing two Série games before retiring.

National team

He played seven games for the Brazilian Olympic team in 1979, scoring two goals. Delei played once for the Brazilian main team, on June 21, 1984, against

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, won by his country 1–0.

Coaching career

Delei was Fluminense's head coach twice. The first spell was in 1994, while the second one was in 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delei 1959 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian football managers Fluminense FC players SE Palmeiras players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players C.F. Os Belenenses players Club Athletico Paranaense players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Brazil men's international footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Volta Redonda 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal