Dyego Rocha Coelho (born 22 March 1983) is a Brazilian professional

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coach and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Coelho was a

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youth graduate. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 3 July 2003, in a 2–0 home loss against

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

. Coelho became an important unit of the club during the

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winning campaign, but after scoring an own goal in the

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, he eventually lost his starting spot. He was loaned to Atlético Mineiro in the 2007 season, being an undisputed starter and scoring seven goals in all competitions. In September of that year, Coelho was banned for 120 days after he elbowed

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while he was doing his seal trick. However, his ban was reduced to five matches on appeal.A Seal Clubbing in Brazilian Football
– The Offside Returning to ''Timão'' for the 2008 campaign, Coelho was rarely used and rejoined Atlético on loan on 16 February of that year. On 1 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined

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on a one-year loan deal. On 20 August 2009, Coelho returned to ''Galo'' on a permanent deal. Rarely used, he was released by the club on 18 June of the following year, and subsequently represented Karabükspor,

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and

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. He retired with the latter in 2014, aged 31. Coelho received his first international cap for the Brazil national team as a 61st-minute substitute for

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in a 0–1 defeat to

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in the Gold Cup Final, as Brazil used an under-23 squad to compete in the tournament. He also represented the under-20s in the

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, and the under-23s in the

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Managerial career

In 2015, shortly after retiring, Coelho returned to his first club Corinthians as the assistant of the under-20 squad. On 14 February 2017, as Osmar Loss was named Fábio Carille's assistant in the main squad, he took over the under-20s. In November 2018, as Loss was named Guarani manager, Coelho was appointed assistant at the club. The following 15 April he returned to Corinthians, again as manager of the under-20s. On 3 November 2019, Coelho was appointed interim manager of Corinthians, as Carille was sacked. He was again an interim in September 2020, in the place of

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Honours

Corinthians *

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: 2003 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Atlético Mineiro *

Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...

: 2007, 2010 Bahia *

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Brazil *

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References

External links

CBF profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coelho, Dyego 1983 births Footballers from São Paulo Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian football managers Men's association football defenders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Serie A players Süper Lig players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Brazil men's international footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Bologna FC 1909 players Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Esporte Clube Bahia players Guaratinguetá Futebol players Clube Atlético Sorocaba players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista managers Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) managers Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists in football 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy