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Vadão

1956 - 2020

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Oswaldo Fumeiro Alvarez (21 August 1956 – 25 May 2020), more commonly known as Vadão, was a Brazilian football manager. Although he managed several Brazilian men's teams over the course of his managerial career, he was best known for being the head coach of the Brazil women's national football team on two occasions, from 2014 to 2016, and from 2017 to 2019. On 25 May 2020, Vadão died aged 63, with the cause of death being liver cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vadão is the 344th most popular coach (up from 353rd in 2019), the 917th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 969th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Brazilian Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Vadão ranks 344 out of 471Before him are Markus Gisdol, Michelangelo Rampulla, Park Kyung-hoon, Tom Watson, Leonardo Cuéllar, and João Carlos. After him are Sigi Schmid, Patrizio Sala, Anatoly Baidachny, Otacílio Gonçalves, Gertjan Verbeek, and Giampaolo Mazza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Vadão ranks 586Before him are Sergey Andreyev, Luigi Negri, Charalambos Cholidis, Peter Chelsom, Roine Stolt, and João Carlos. After him are Melissa Belote, Sheila McCarthy, Jan Fiala, Ace Rusevski, Fernando Quirarte, and Ursula Plassnik. Among people deceased in 2020, Vadão ranks 743Before him are Dawn Wells, Sumner Redstone, Mridula Sinha, Shirley Ann Grau, Tony Waiters, and Annie Ross. After him are Kapila Vatsyayan, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, Sergey Belyayev, and Grant Imahara.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Vadão ranks 917 out of 2,236Before him are Rafael Tolói (1990), João Carlos (1956), Zé Elias (1976), Bernard (1992), Fábio (1980), and Kerlon (1988). After him are Matuzalém (1980), Nené (1942), Paulinho McLaren (1963), Elivélton (1971), Reynaldo Gianecchini (1972), and Marcelo Melo (1983).

Among COACHES In Brazil

Among coaches born in Brazil, Vadão ranks 29Before him are José Carlos Serrão (1950), Nicanor de Carvalho (1947), Júlio César Leal (1951), René Simões (1952), Beto Almeida (1955), and João Carlos (1956). After him are Otacílio Gonçalves (1940), Marco Aurélio (1952), Augusto Pedro de Sousa (1968), Leandro Machado (1963), Pintado (1965), and Alexandré Pölking (1976).