Rodrigo Santana (footballer)
Brazilian footballer
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Rodrigo Marques de Santana (born 29 May 1982), known as Rodrigo Santana, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Amazonas.
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Santana in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Marques de Santana | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Amazonas (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portuários | |||
| Santos | |||
| Jabaquara | |||
| Comercial de Registro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | América de Natal | ||
| 2010 | Confiança | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Camboriú (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Camboriú | ||
| 2011 | Pinheiros U20 | ||
| 2011 | Pinheiros | ||
| 2012 | Uberaba (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 2012 | União Suzano | ||
| 2013 | Grêmio Barueri (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | São Carlos U20 | ||
| 2014 | São Carlos (interim) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Juventus-SP | ||
| 2016 | Uberaba | ||
| 2017–2018 | URT | ||
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Mineiro U20 | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Mineiro (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2020 | Avaí | ||
| 2020 | Coritiba | ||
| 2021 | Confiança | ||
| 2023 | RANS Nusantara | ||
| 2023 | Vaca Díez | ||
| 2024 | Athletic-MG | ||
| 2024–2025 | Remo | ||
| 2025 | ABC | ||
| 2026 | Volta Redonda | ||
| 2026 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2026– | Amazonas | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Santana played as a midfielder and retired in 2010, aged 28, after suffering a hand injury while representing Confiança.[1] He started his career as Camboriú's assistant, being named head coach shortly after.
In 2011, Santana was named head coach of Pinheiros' under-20 squad, being in charge of the first team afterwards. He left the club in November,[2] being immediately appointed Nenê Belarmino's assistant at Uberaba.
On 14 February 2012, Santana left Uberaba and was named Portuguesa Santista head coach.[3] Late in the year, he was also in charge of União Suzano during a trip in Bolivia.[4]
In 2013, Santana was Grêmio Barueri's assistant during the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.[5] On 5 November of that year, he was presented as head coach of the under-20 squad of São Carlos for the ensuing Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior;[6] the following 8 February, he replaced fired Roberto Oliveira as head coach of the main squad,[7] acting as an interim until the end of the competition and suffering relegation.
On 10 June 2014, Santana left São Carlos[8] and was appointed head coach of Juventus the following day.[9] He was sacked on 11 March 2016, after achieving promotion to the second division of Paulistão the previous year.[10]
On 15 April 2016, Santana returned to Uberaba and was named head coach of the main squad.[11] On 26 October, he was named at the helm of URT.[12]
On 20 July 2018, Santana signed for Atlético Mineiro as a coordinator of the youth division.[13] On 4 October 2018, he was named head coach of the under-20s.[14] On 12 April 2019, he was appointed interim first team head coach after the dismissal of Levir Culpi,[15] and on 24 June, he was named permanent head coach.[16]
On 13 October 2019, Santana was sacked after a defeat to Grêmio.[17] On 16 February 2020, he took over Avaí in the place of sacked Augusto Inácio,[18] but was himself dismissed on 1 August.
On 29 October 2020, Santana replaced fired Jorginho at the helm of Coritiba in the top tier.[19] He was himself dismissed on 13 December, after winning only two points out of 15.[20]
On 12 May 2021, Santana was named head coach of Confiança in the Série B,[21] but was sacked on 26 July after the club was in the last position.[22]
On 5 December 2022, Santana was briefly announced as one of the new assistant coaches for Corinthians 2023 season.[23] However, on the next day, the signing was cancelled due to Santana being linked to anti-democratic acts related to the 2022 Brazilian general election.[24]
On 27 July 2023, after a brief period at Indonesian side RANS Nusantara, Santana was named head coach of Bolivian Primera División side Vaca Díez.[25] He returned to his home country on 9 December, after being appointed in charge of Série C newcomers Athletic-MG,[26] but left on a mutual agreement the following 5 March.[27]
On 23 May 2024, Santana was announced as head coach of fellow third division side Remo.[28] He led the club to a promotion to the second division, but was sacked on 13 March 2025.[29]
On 2 July 2025, Santana was named in charge of ABC back in the third division.[30] He was dismissed on 18 August, with the club threatened with relegation.[31]
On 8 December 2025, Santana was appointed Volta Redonda head coach for the upcoming season.[32] The following 22 February, he left to take over Ponte Preta.[33]
Santana departed Ponte on 26 May 2026,[34] and was announced at Amazonas just hours later.[35]
Managerial statistics
- As of 29 May 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Atlético Mineiro (interim) |  |
12 April 2019 | 24 June 2019 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 47.06 | [36] |
| Atlético Mineiro | |
24 June 2019 | 13 October 2019 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 41.67 | [36] |
| Avaí | |
16 February 2020 | 1 August 2020 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 50.00 | [36] |
| Coritiba | |
6 November 2020 | 14 December 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0.00 | [36] |
| Confiança | |
26 May 2021 | 26 July 2021 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 14.29 | [36] |
| RANS Nusantara |  |
2 February 2023 | 28 April 2023 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 0.00 | [36] |
| Vaca Díez |  |
27 July 2023 | 9 December 2023 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 23.53 | [36] |
| Athletic-MG | |
9 December 2023 | 5 March 2024 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 55.56 | [36] |
| Remo | |
23 May 2024 | 13 March 2025 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 53.85 | [36] |
| ABC | |
2 July 2025 | 18 August 2025 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 14.29 | [36] |
| Volta Redonda | |
8 December 2025 | 22 February 2026 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 37.50 | [36] |
| Ponte Preta | |
22 February 2026 | 26 May 2026 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 30.00 | [36] |
| Amazonas | |
26 May 2026 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |
| Total | 138 | 44 | 30 | 64 | 166 | 204 | −38 | 31.88 | — | |||