Otto Vieira (2 August 1921 – 11 August 1991), was a Brazilian professional

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Career

Otto Vieira started as a technical assistant to Luiz Vinhaes in the Brazilian under-22 team that competed in the 1949 South American Championship in

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. The following year, he was Flávio Costa's assistant at the

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. He also coached Fluminense FC's youth teams on several occasions, and the club's main team in 1950–51. In 1953 he was again Flávio Costa's assistant, this time at CR Vasco da Gama. He later coached Santa Cruz and Náutico, and in 1957, after a good campaign with Botafogo-SP, he was hired by São Paulo again as an assistant, this time for the Hungarian

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. He later coached Portuguesa, FC Porto, Millonarios FC, returned to São Paulo FC in 1964, and finally Barcelona SC de

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, a team with which he was consecutive Ecuadorian champion in 1970 and 1971, as well as twice semi-finalist in the

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. He returned to the club in 1980 and once again became national champion, ending his career as coach the following season with 9 de Octubre.

Honours

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Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A), or as Liga Pro Ecuabet for sponsorship re ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

References

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