Alan Dotti
Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1977)
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Alan David Dotti (born 19 March 1977) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender.
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Dotti in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan David Dotti | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Votuporanguense | |||
| Junventus-SP | |||
| Corinthians | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Rio Claro | ||
| 1999 | Montedio Yamagata | 7 | (0) |
| 2001 | Inter de Limeira | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Comercial-SP | ||
| 2003 | União Rondonópolis | ||
| 2004 | Juventude | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | Santo André | ||
| 2005–2006 | Extrema | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Santo André U20 | ||
| 2013 | Santo André (interim) | ||
| 2013 | ASA (assistant) | ||
| 2014 | Cuiabá (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Confiança (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | ASA (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Confiança (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Oeste U20 | ||
| 2018 | Sampaio Corrêa (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | ASA | ||
| 2019 | Portuguesa (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Portuguesa (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Sergipe (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Santo André (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Ferroviária (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Santo André (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Santo André (interim) | ||
| 2021 | São Bento (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | São Bento (interim) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Portuguesa U20 | ||
| 2024 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2025 | Água Santa (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Lagarto | ||
| 2025 | Água Santa | ||
| 2026 | São Bento | ||
| 2026 | Metropolitano | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
After playing with the youth sides of Votuporanguense, Junventus-SP and Corinthians, Dotti made his senior debut with Rio Claro in 1998 before moving to Japan with Montedio Yamagata in the following year.[1] He returned to his home country in 2001, with Inter de Limeira.
Dotti subsequently represented Comercial-SP and União Rondonópolis before signing for Juventude for the 2004 season, but was mainly used with the B-team. He then played for Santo André, before retiring with Extrema in 2006.[1]
Coaching career
After retiring, Dotti worked as a youth coach at Santo André before becoming an interim coach of the main squad in February 2013.[2] He subsequently worked as an assistant at ASA, Cuiabá,[3] Confiança (two stints)[4] and back at ASA[5] before becoming the under-20 coach of Oeste.
In July 2018, Dotti joined was named in Paulo Roberto Santos' staff at Sampaio Corrêa, as his assistant.[6] On 20 November, he returned to ASA after being named head coach for the upcoming season,[7] but resigned on 24 January 2019, after just one official match.[8]
Dotti rejoined Santos' staff in February 2019 at Portuguesa, being the interim head coach in their first match as Santos was not registered on time.[9] On 15 May, he joined Betinho's staff at Sergipe,[10] but left the club five days later after accepting an offer from Inter de Limeira,[11] which later also did not materialize.[12]
Dotti continued to work in Santos' staff in the following years, at Santo André (two stints), Ferroviária[13] and São Bento; he was also an interim head coach at Ramalhão in 2021, as Santos was sidelined due to the COVID-19,[14] and at Bentão due to Santos' suspension.[15]
Dotti left São Bento on 3 October 2021,[16] and returned to Lusa on 19 November, now as head coach of the under-20 team.[17] He led the club to the semifinals of the Campeonato Paulista Sub-20 in 2022 after 12 years.[18]
On 17 April 2024, Dotti was confirmed as head coach of Portuguesa's first team for the year's Copa Paulista.[19] He reached the semifinals of the competition, before departing by mutual consent on 30 November.[20]
On 24 March 2025, after working as an assistant of Pintado at Água Santa, Dotti was named head coach of Lagarto.[21] He left the club on 1 July,[22] and returned to Água Santa the following day, now as head coach.[23]
On 5 September 2025, after one win in his five matches in charge, Dotti was sacked by Netuno.[24]
Career statistics
Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1999[25] | Montedio Yamagata | J2 League | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Managerial
- As of 2 December 2024
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Santo André (interim) |  |
12 February 2013 | 15 February 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| ASA | |
20 November 2018 | 24 January 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Portuguesa (interim) | |
24 February 2019 | 24 February 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 | [9] |
| Santo André (interim)[a] | |
15 March 2021 | 27 April 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 | |
| São Bento (interim)[b] | |
7 August 2021 | 28 August 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 33.33 | |
| Portuguesa | |
17 April 2024 | 30 November 2024 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 46.15 | |
| Água Santa (interim)[c] | |
9 February 2025 | 9 February 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Água Santa (interim)[c] | |
16 February 2025 | 16 February 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | |
| Lagarto | |
24 March 2025 | 1 July 2025 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 40.00 | |
| Água Santa | |
2 July 2025 | 5 September 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 20.00 | |
| Career total | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 30.00 | — | |||
- Notes
