Eduardo Baptista
Brazilian football coach (born 1970)
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Eduardo Alexandre Baptista (born 30 March 1970), is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently in charge of Criciúma.
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Baptista in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Alexandre Baptista | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Criciúma (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1985 | Juventus | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2015–2016 | Fluminense | ||
| 2016 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2017 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2017–2018 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2018 | Coritiba | ||
| 2018 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2019 | Vila Nova | ||
| 2020 | CSA | ||
| 2020–2021 | Mirassol | ||
| 2021 | Remo | ||
| 2022 | Mirassol | ||
| 2022 | Juventude | ||
| 2022 | Atlético Goianiense | ||
| 2023–2025 | Novorizontino | ||
| 2025– | Criciúma | ||
Career
Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Baptista started playing for Juventus as a central defender. However, due to his lack of temper on the field, he was advised to leave football by his father, Nelsinho.[1]
In 2002, after spells at clubs in his native state, Baptista joined his father's staff at Goiás, as a fitness coach. The duo remained together for the following nine years, only splitting due to the Japanese tsunami in 2011, when both were at Kashiwa Reysol; Eduardo subsequently returned to Sport Recife (club which he already worked from 2007 to 2009) while Nelsinho remained at Kashiwa.[1]
On 31 January 2014 Baptista was appointed interim coach, replacing fired Geninho.[2] On 14 February he was definitely appointed as head coach,[3] and led the side to both Campeonato Pernambucano and Copa do Nordeste winning campaigns.
On 17 September 2015, Baptista left Sport and was appointed at Fluminense, replacing fired Enderson Moreira.[4] On 25 February 2016, after only two wins in six matches, he was sacked by Flu.[5] On 15 April, he replaced Alexandre Gallo at Ponte Preta's reign.[6]
Baptista took Ponte to an impressive eighth place in the league, only four points shy of qualifying for the continental championship. On 2 December 2016 he resigned,[7] and signed a one-year contract with Palmeiras fourteen days later.[8]
On 4 May 2017, Baptista was relieved from his duties at Verdão.[9] He was named Atlético Paranaense head coach on 23 May,[10] but was sacked nonetheless on 10 July.[11]
On 20 September 2017, Baptista returned to Ponte.[12] Dismissed the following 9 March,[13] he took over Coritiba on 16 April 2018,[14] but was sacked from the latter club on 10 August.[15]
On 15 August 2018, Baptista returned to Sport, replacing Claudinei Oliveira and joining the club four months after his father Nelsinho left the very same role.[16] He resigned on 24 September, after just eight matches,[17] and was announced as Vila Nova head coach on 23 February 2019.[18]
Sacked by Vila on 13 July 2019,[19] Baptista was named in charge of CSA the following 10 February.[20] Dismissed by the latter on 30 August 2020,[21] he was appointed head coach of Mirassol four days later.[22]
Baptista led Mirassol to their first-ever national title in the 2020 Série D, and managed to avoid relegation in the 2021 Série C. On 11 November 2021, he was appointed Remo head coach,[23] with a return to Mirassol for the 2022 season also agreed.[24]
On 2 March 2022, a day after knocking out Grêmio of the 2022 Copa do Brasil, Baptista announced his departure from Mirassol.[25] The following day, he was announced as head coach of Juventude in the top tier,[26] but was sacked from the latter on 20 June, with the club in the last position.[27]
On 28 August 2022, Baptista was named Atlético Goianiense head coach,[28] but left on 29 September after just six matches.[29] On 16 November, he was presented at Novorizontino for the upcoming season.[30]
Baptista was sacked by Novorizontino on 3 April 2025,[31] and took over fellow second division side Criciúma on 7 May.[32]
Personal life
Baptista is the son of Nelsinho Baptista, who is also a coach.[33]
Coaching statistics
- As of 21 April 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Sport Recife |  |
31 January 2014 | 17 September 2015 | 123 | 56 | 31 | 36 | 166 | 122 | +44 | 45.53 | [34] |
| Fluminense | |
17 September 2015 | 25 February 2016 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 34 | +0 | 34.78 | |
| Ponte Preta | |
15 April 2016 | 2 December 2016 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 39.53 | [13] |
| Palmeiras | |
16 December 2016 | 4 May 2017 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 60.87 | [35] |
| Atlético Paranaense | |
23 May 2017 | 10 July 2017 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 38.46 | [11] |
| Ponte Preta | |
20 September 2017 | 9 March 2018 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 22.22 | |
| Coritiba | |
16 April 2018 | 10 August 2018 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 33.33 | [15] |
| Sport Recife | |
15 August 2018 | 24 September 2018 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 12.50 | [17] |
| Vila Nova | |
23 February 2019 | 13 July 2019 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 22.73 | [19] |
| CSA | |
10 February 2020 | 30 August 2020 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 40.00 | [36] |
| Mirassol | |
3 September 2020 | 11 November 2021 | 56 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 82 | 63 | +19 | 44.64 | [37] |
| Remo | |
11 November 2021 | 13 December 2021 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 25.00 | [38] |
| Mirassol | |
13 December 2021 | 2 March 2022 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 50.00 | [37] |
| Juventude | |
3 March 2022 | 20 June 2022 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 17.65 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | |
28 August 2022 | 29 September 2022 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 16.67 | |
| Novorizontino | |
16 November 2022 | 3 April 2025 | 124 | 60 | 32 | 32 | 156 | 102 | +54 | 48.39 | [31] |
| Criciúma | |
7 May 2025 | present | 62 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 86 | 65 | +21 | 45.16 | |
| Total | 531 | 219 | 135 | 177 | 672 | 551 | +121 | 41.24 | — | |||
Honours
Sport Recife
Mirassol
Remo