Wesley Carvalho
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wesley Oliveira de Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Itapetinga, Brazil | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Vitória | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2012 | Vitória U17 | ||
| 2012–2017 | Vitória U20 | ||
| 2015 | Vitória (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Vitória (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras U20 | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Palmeiras U20 | ||
| 2018 | Palmeiras (interim) | ||
| 2022 | Athletico Paranaense U23 | ||
| 2022 | Athletico Paranaense (interim) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Athletico Paranaense (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Athletico Paranaense (interim) | ||
| 2024– | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Cruzeiro (interim) | ||
| 2026 | Cruzeiro (interim) | ||
Wesley Oliveira de Carvalho (born 4 June 1974) is a Brazilian football coach. He is the current assistant coach of Cruzeiro.
Born in Itapetinga, Bahia, Carvalho played was a goalkeeper in Vitória's youth setup, being Dida's backup during the 1993 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.[1] He never played professionally during his career, but still joined the very same club in 1997, as a goalkeeping coach.[2]
Carvalho left the club in 2003, and returned on two more occasions, being manager of the under-17s and the under-20s in the latter.[3] On 20 May 2015, after Claudinei Oliveira's dismissal, he was named interim manager of the main squad in the Série B;[4] he left the post a couple of weeks later, with three wins in four matches.[5]
On 2 May 2017, Carvalho was again interim of the first team, replacing sacked Argel Fucks.[2] Late in the month, after winning the year's Campeonato Baiano, he moved to Palmeiras and took over the under-20 squad.[6] In October, he became Alberto Valentim's assistant in the first team,[7] but returned to his previous role ahead of the 2018 season.
In July 2018, Carvalho was Verdão's interim for one match, a 3–0 win over Paraná.[8] On 24 August 2021, he left the club on a mutual agreement.[9]
On 25 January 2022, it was announced that Carvalho would be the new under-20 manager of Santos,[10] but instead he moved to Athletico Paranaense to become their under-23 manager on 9 February.[11] On 5 May, after the club dismissed assistants Maurício Souza and Bruno Lazaroni, he was named interim head coach of the side for one match.[12]
An assistant of the first team for the 2023 campaign, Carvalho was named Athletico's interim head coach on 16 June 2023, after the sacking of Paulo Turra.[13] He returned to the assistant role at the end of the season, and left the club on 15 March 2024.[14]
On 11 August 2024, Carvalho joined Cruzeiro as a permanent assistant coach.[15] The following 27 January, he was named interim head coach, after Fernando Diniz was sacked.[16]
Back to an assistant role after the arrival of Leonardo Jardim, Carvalho was again named interim head coach on 15 March 2026, after Tite was dismissed.[17] He returned to his assistant role seven days later, after the club announced Artur Jorge as head coach.
Managerial statistics
- As of 23 March 2026
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Vitória (interim) |  |
20 May 2015 | 6 June 2015 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 75.00 | [5] |
| Vitória (interim) | |
2 May 2017 | 11 May 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Palmeiras (interim) | |
26 July 2018 | 29 July 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense U23 | |
9 February 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 60.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense (interim) | |
5 May 2022 | 7 May 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| Athletico Paranaense (interim) | |
16 June 2023 | 7 December 2023 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 33.33 | [14] |
| Cruzeiro (interim) | |
27 January 2025 | 9 February 2025 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 50.00 | [18] |
| Cruzeiro (interim) | |
15 March 2026 | 22 March 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 | |
| Career total | 51 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 41.18 | — | |||