René Simões

René Simões
Personal information
Full name René Rodrigues Simões
Date of birth (1952-12-17) December 17, 1952
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
Teams managed
Years Team
1978–1979 Serrano
1980–1981 Olaria
1981–1982 Fluminense (U-23)
1982–1985 Al Qadsia
1985 Mesquita
1986–1987 Portuguesa
1987 Brazil Olympic
1987 Vitória de Guimarães
1988 Brazil U-17
1988 Brazil U-20
1989 Bahia
1989 Al Haiah
1990–1991 Al-Rayyan
1991 Ferroviária
1991–1992 Ponte Preta
1992–1993 Al-Rayyan
1993–1994 Al-Arabi (Qatar)
1994–2000 Jamaica
2001–2002 Trinidad and Tobago
2003 Honduras
2004 Al-Khor
2004 Brazil Women
2005 Vitória
2006 Iran U-23
2006 Santa Cruz
2006 Vila Nova
2007 Coritiba
2008 Jamaica
2008–2009 Fluminense
2009 Coritiba
2009 Portuguesa
2009 Costa Rica
2010 Ceará
2010–2011 Atlético Goianiense
2011 Bahia
2011 Barueri
2013 Atlético Goianiense
2015 Botafogo
2015 Figueirense

René Rodrigues Simões (born December 17, 1952) is a Brazilian football head coach and former footballer, who is the current manager of Figueirense.

Coaching career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica to the World Cup in France in 1998.[1] This was Jamaica's first, and to date, only appearance in the final stages of a World Cup, as well as making Jamaica the first English speaking Caribbean country to qualify for the World Cup. His squad was made up of a few English players of Jamaican parentage, and they were dubbed 'The Reggae Boyz' in the English media.

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal with the Brazil women's national football team. He has also previously coached Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 he was the Head Coach and manager of Iran national under-23 football team. In 2007 Simões then returned to Brazil to coach Série B Coritiba, where he won the second division. He left Coritiba in November 2008 to accept the position as Jamaica's Technical Director for the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign. On September 11, 2008 Renê Simões was fired by the Jamaica Football Federation after just nine months in charge due to the country's poor performance in World Cup qualifiers.[2] On October 2, 2008, he was appointed to manage Fluminense[3] and was released on 6 March 2009. Simões then returned to Coritiba at the start of the 2009 Brasileiro but was released after four months, when the club fell to the relegation zone. He then moved to Serie B Portuguesa in São Paulo but Simões resigned in August 2009 after only two weeks as coach of second-division Portuguesa in Brazil, after saying armed men threatened the players in the locker room after a loss. He was appointed as the Head Coach of the Costa Rica national football team on September 16, 2009 after former coach Rodrigo Kenton was sacked due to poor performance in the World Cup Qualifiers for South Africa 2010.

On December 20, 2009 Ceará officially signed Simões as the club's new manager, substituting Gusmao who didn't renew with the Brazilian club.[4]

On July 31, 2010, he was announced as the new manager of Atlético Goianiense.

On April 10, 2011, he was announced as the new manager of Bahia.

On February 16, 2012, Simões became director of youth academy of São Paulo. In Cotia, city where the academy is localized, he created the Padrão São Paulo de Qualidade, that tryes to improve the footballers formation into the club.[5] On November 7, 2012, however, Simões left this employ.

After a long time away from football, Simões made his return as the coach of Botafogo for the 2015 season.[6]

Coaching honors

References

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