Wanderley Paiva

Wanderley Paiva
Personal information
Full name Wanderley Paiva Monteiro
Date of birth (1946-04-07)7 April 1946
Place of birth Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death 27 November 2023(2023-11-27) (aged 77)
Place of death Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1965 Atlético de Três Corações
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1975 Atlético Mineiro
1975–1976 América-SP
1976–1980 Palmeiras
1980 Ponte Preta
1981 Londrina
1981 Comercial
International career
1968–1975 Brazil 7 (0)
Managerial career
1983 São José-SP
1984 Comercial-SP
1985 Joinville
1985 Comercial-SP
1988 América-SP
1989 Ferroviário
1990 Matsubara
1991 Londrina
1992 Juventus-SP
1993 Londrina
1994 Ponte Preta
1994 Patrocinense
1995 Juventus-SP
1995 Figueirense
1996 Inter de Limeira
1996 Ponte Preta
1997 Comercial-SP
1997 Inter de Limeira
1998 Vila Nova
1999 Inter de Limeira
1999 Ponta Grossa
1999 Matonense
1999–2000 Vila Nova
2000 Londrina
2001 Joinville
2001 Gama
2002 Marília
2003 Juventus-SP
2003 Anapolina
2004 CRAC
2006 São Raimundo
2006–2007 Ponte Preta
2007 União São João
2007 Roma Apucarana
2008 ASA
2008 Anápolis
2009 Corinthians Alagoano
2009 Ponte Preta
2009 Nacional-AM
2011–2013 CRAC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wanderley Paiva Monteiro (7 April 1946 – 27 November 2023), commonly known as Wanderley Paiva or as Vanderlei Paiva, was a Brazilian professional football coach and player. He was a defensive midfielder who played mostly for Atlético Mineiro, and also represented the Brazil national team at international level. Paiva won the Bola de Prata in 1971.

Club career

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Wanderley Paiva was born in Três Corações, in the state of Minas Gerais, and in his youth he played for local side Atlético. After refusing an offer from Rio de Janeiro (state)'s Olaria, he was contacted and signed by Atlético Mineiro in 1966. With the Belo Horizonte club, Paiva became a first-team regular, and was part of the squad which won the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1971. He played 27 matches and scored one goal in that season, and was selected for the team of the tournament, winning the Bola de Prata, awarded by Placar magazine. Wanderley scored Atlético Mineiro's first goal in an official international competition in 1972, and was the second player with the most appearances for the club, with 559.[1]

In 1975, he left Atlético and joined América de São José do Rio Preto, where he remained until 1976. He then moved to Ponte Preta, with which he was runner-up of the Campeonato Paulista in 1977. He played for Ponte Preta until 1980, when he was signed by Palmeiras, where he stayed for just one season, appearing 19 times and scoring one goal. Wanderley then moved to Londrina, and subsequently to Comercial from Ribeirão Preto, where he ended his career.[2]

International career

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Paiva was first capped for the Brazil national team on 19 December 1968, when Atlético Mineiro represented the Seleção against Yugoslavia and won 3–2.[3] He only returned to the national side in 1975, when he was called up for that year's Copa América, in which he played six games, as Brazil finished in third place.[4]

Managerial career

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After retiring from playing, Wanderley Paiva became manager of the Ponte Preta youth squads. In the 2000s, he coached professional sides Juventus, CRAC, Ponte Preta, União São João and Corinthians Alagoano. His best season was in 2004 with CRAC, when he led the club to victory in the Campeonato Goiano, the state league of Goiás, for the second time in its history.[5]

Death

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Paiva died from prostate cancer in Campinas, on 27 November 2023, at the age of 77.[6]

Honours

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Player

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Atlético Mineiro

Individual

Manager

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CRAC

References

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  1. ^ "Wanderley Paiva Monteiro" (in Portuguese). Galo Digital. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ Micheletti, Rogério; Grohmann, Gustavo. "Vanderlei Paiva - Que fim levou?" (in Portuguese). Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ de Arruda, Marcelo; Pereira, André (25 September 2015). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1967-1968". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ de Arruda, Marcelo; Pereira, André (25 September 2015). "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1974-1975". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Com nova diretoria, Crac inicia pré-temporada nesta quinta-feira" [With new board, Crac starts pre-season this Thursday]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. ^ "LUTO: Morre Vanderlei Paiva, ex-Ponte Preta e campeão brasileiro pelo Atlético-MG em 1971". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 27 November 2023.
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