Eduardo Alexandre Baptista (born 30 March 1970), is a Brazilian professional

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, currently in charge of

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Career

Born in

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, Baptista started playing for

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as a

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. However, due to his lack of temper on the field, he was advised to leave football by his father, Nelsinho. In 2002, after spells at clubs in his native state, Baptista joined his father's staff at

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, as a fitness coach. The duo remained together for the following nine years, only splitting due to the Japanese tsunami in 2011, when both were at

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; Eduardo subsequently returned to

Sport Recife Sport Club do Recife (), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of football i ...

(club which he already worked from 2007 to 2009) while Nelsinho remained at Kashiwa. On 31 January 2014 Baptista was appointed interim coach, replacing fired Geninho. On 14 February he was definitely appointed as head coach, and led the side to both

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and

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winning campaigns. On 17 September 2015, Baptista left Sport and was appointed at

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, replacing fired

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. On 25 February 2016, after only two wins in six matches, he was sacked by ''Flu''. On 15 April, he replaced

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at Ponte Preta's reign. Baptista took Ponte to an impressive eighth place in the league, only four points shy of qualifying for the continental championship. On 2 December 2016 he resigned, and signed a one-year contract with

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fourteen days later. On 4 May 2017, Baptista was relieved from his duties at ''Verdão''. He was named

Atlético 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 ...

head coach on 23 May, but was sacked nonetheless on 10 July. On 20 September 2017, Baptista returned to Ponte. Dismissed the following 9 March, he took over

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on 16 April 2018, but was sacked from the latter club on 10 August. On 15 August 2018, Baptista returned to Sport, replacing Claudinei Oliveira and joining the club four months after his father Nelsinho left the very same role. He resigned on 24 September, after just eight matches, and was announced as Vila Nova head coach on 23 February 2019. Sacked by Vila on 13 July 2019, Baptista was named in charge of CSA the following 10 February. Dismissed by the latter on 30 August 2020, he was appointed head coach of

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four days later. Baptista led Mirassol to their first-ever national title in the 2020 Série D, and managed to avoid relegation in the 2021 Série C. On 11 November 2021, he was appointed

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head coach, with a return to Mirassol for the 2022 season also agreed. On 2 March 2022, a day after knocking out Grêmio of the

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, Baptista announced his departure from Mirassol. The following day, he was announced as head coach of Juventude in the top tier, but was sacked from the latter on 20 June, with the club in the last position. On 28 August 2022, Baptista was named

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head coach, but left on 29 September after just six matches. On 16 November, he was presented at Novorizontino for the upcoming season. Baptista was sacked by Novorizontino on 3 April 2025, and took over fellow second division side

on 7 May.

Personal life

Baptista is the son of Nelsinho Baptista, who is also a coach.

Coaching statistics

Honours

Sport Recife *

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: 2014 Mirassol *

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Remo *

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References

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