Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues (born 25 July 1974), also known as Stefano Cugurra and nicknamed as Teco, is a Brazilian-born Indonesian

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coach who currently serves as the head coach of Liga 2 club

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. Started his career in Indonesia as a physical coach at

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in 2004, he rose into prominence when he was coaching

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in late 2017. In 2018, he brought Persija to its first Indonesian top league title since 2001. Afterwards, he moved to Bali United, in which he won his second consecutive league title; it is the first Balinese club to win an Indonesian top league title.

Managerial career

Bali United

On 14 January 2019,

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appointed Cugurra as their new manager, replacing Widodo Cahyono Putro. On the same day eight new players were announced. The players are Gunawan Dwi Cahyo,

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, Samuel Reimas,

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, Leonard Tupamahu, and a Brazilian player

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. Cugurra's first competitive match in charge was a 3-0 win against

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in the second-round of 2018-19 Piala Indonesia. In February, Cugurra signed Portuguese midfielder

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to fill up the foreign player quota. On 16 May 2019, Cugurra's first

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game, against

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ended with a 2-1 win for his team, thanks to goal from

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and new signing Paulo Sérgio, who scored on his debut.

Barito Putera

On 2 June 2025,

appointed Cugurra as their head coach, making the

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-based club the first team he handled as head coach after officially switching his nationality as an Indonesian citizen.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

;Persija Jakarta * Liga 1:

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* Piala Presiden:

;Bali United * Liga 1:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, 2021–22 ; Individual * Liga 1 Best Coach:

* APPI Indonesian Soccer Awards Best Coach: 2019 * Liga 1 Coach of the Month: November 2023

References

External links

Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues's Biodata

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Stefano Cugurra Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues (born 25 July 1974), also known as Stefano Cugurra and nicknamed as Teco, is a Brazilian-born Indonesian association football, football coach who currently serves as the head coach of Liga 2 (Indonesia), Lig ...

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