List of Clube Atlético Mineiro managers

Telê Santana is Atlético Mineiro's longest serving manager, with 434 matches in three spells in charge of the club.

Clube Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club has played in the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, throughout all of its history with the exception of one season, as well as in all editions of the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais, while also taking part in numerous CONMEBOL-organised international competitions.

This chronological list comprises those who have held the position of head coach of the first team of Atlético Mineiro since 1926, the date of the first available data for a club manager. Each manager's entry includes his years of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care, where available. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of 2021, Atlético Mineiro has had 86 known full-time managers.

The first known full-time manager for Atlético Mineiro was Chico Neto, who managed the club in 1926.^[1] Cuca and Levir Culpi jointly hold the record for most trophies won, with six each. Telê Santana is the club's longest-serving manager, with 434 matches during three periods in the 1970s and 1980s.^[2]

List of managers[]

Uruguayan Ricardo Diéz had various stints with Atlético, winning three Campeonato Mineiro titles and coaching the club in the 1950 European tour

Procópio Cardoso managed the club in 328 matches, winning a Copa CONMEBOL and three Campeonato Mineiros

Émerson Leão coached the club in the 1990s and 2000s, winning a Copa CONMEBOL in 1997

Levir Culpi coached Atlético in 320 matches and won six titles

Cuca won the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2021 Série A

Italics denote a caretaker manager.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Honours
Chico Netto	Brazil	1926	1929	2 Campeonato Mineiro
	Hungary	1928	1931
	Brazil	1931	1933	2 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	1934	1936
	Brazil	1936	1936	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Floriano Peixoto Corrêa	Brazil	1937	1937	1 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais
	Brazil	1937	1938	1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	1938	1939	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Said	Brazil	1939	1941
	Argentina	1944	1944
Said	Brazil	1944	1945
Ewando Becker	Brazil	1945	1945
	Uruguay	1946	1948	1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Peru	1947	1947
Ayrton Moreira	Brazil	1949	1949
	Brazil	1949	1949
Ricardo Diéz	Uruguay	1950	1951	1 Campeonato Mineiro 1950 European Tour
	Brazil	1951	1951
Yustrich	Brazil	1951	1953	2 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco	Brazil	1955	1955
Abdo Arges	Brazil	1954	1954
Ondino Viera	Uruguay	1954	1955
Ricardo Diéz	Uruguay	1954	1956	3 Campeonato Mineiro
Said	Brazil	1956	1956
Ewando Becker	Brazil	1956	1956
	Brazil	1957	1957
	Brazil	1957	1958	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ricardo Diéz	Uruguay	1958	1959
Abdo Arges	Brazil	1959	1959
Ayrton Moreira	Brazil	1959	1959
	Brazil	1959	1960
Ricardo Diéz	Uruguay	1960	1960
	Brazil	1960	1961
Kafunga	Brazil	1961	1962
	Brazil	1962	1962	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Antoninho	Brazil	1962	1963
	Brazil	1963	1964	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Martim Francisco	Brazil	1964	1964
	Brazil	1964	1964
Marão	Brazil	1964	1965
	Brazil	1965	1965
Paulo Amaral	Brazil	1966	1966
	Brazil	1966	1966
Wilson de Oliveira	Brazil	1966	1966
Barbatana	Brazil	1966	1966
	Brazil	1966	1966
Gérson dos Santos	Brazil	1966	1967
Manuel Fleitas Solich	Paraguay	1967	1968
Dequinha	Brazil	1968	1968
	Brazil	1968	1968
	Brazil	1968	1968
Yustrich	Brazil	1968	1969
José Luís Barbosa	Brazil	1969	1970
	Brazil	1970	1970
Barbatana	Brazil	1970	1970
Telê Santana	Brazil	1970	1972	1 Campeonato Mineiro 1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Barbatana	Brazil	1972	1972
Paulo Benigno	Brazil	1973	1973
	Brazil	1973	1973
Telê Santana	Brazil	1973	1975
Mussula	Brazil	1975	1976
Barbatana	Brazil	1976	1978	1 Campeonato Mineiro 1 Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros
Mussula	Brazil	1978	1978
Jorge Vieira	Brazil	1978	1978
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	1978	1981	3 Campeonato Mineiro
Pepe	Brazil	1981	1981
Carlos Alberto Silva	Brazil	1981	1982	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Barbatana	Brazil	1982	1982
Antônio Lacerda	Brazil	1982	1982	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Paulinho de Almeida	Brazil	1983	1983
Mussula	Brazil	1983	1983	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Rubens Minelli	Brazil	1984	1984
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	1984	1985
	Brazil	1985	1985
Walter Olivera	Uruguay	1985	1985	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Ilton Chaves	Brazil	1986	1987	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Palhinha	Brazil	1987	1987
Telê Santana	Brazil	1987	1988	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir	Brazil	1988	1988
Paulinho de Almeida	Brazil	1988	1988
Moisés	Brazil	1989	1989
Jair Pereira	Brazil	1989	1989	1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	1990	1990
Arthur Bernardes	Brazil	1990	1990
Jair Pereira	Brazil	1991	1992	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Vantuir	Brazil	1992	1992
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	1992	1992	1 Copa CONMEBOL
Nelinho	Brazil	1993	1993
Vantuir	Brazil	1993	1994
Valdir Espinosa	Brazil	1994	1994
Levir Culpi	Brazil	1994	1995	1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	1995	1995
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	1995	1996
Eduardo Amorim	Brazil	1996	1997
Émerson Leão	Brazil	1997	1997	1 Copa CONMEBOL
Carlos Alberto Silva	Brazil	1998	1998
Vantuir	Brazil	1998	1998
Carlos Alberto Torres	Brazil	1998	1998
Toninho Cerezo	Brazil	1999	1999
Darío Pereyra	Uruguay	1999	1999	1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	1999	2000
João Francisco	Brazil	2000	2000
Márcio Araújo	Brazil	2000	2000
Carlos Alberto Parreira	Brazil	2000	2000
Nedo Xavier	Brazil	2000	2000
Abel Braga	Brazil	2001	2001
	Brazil	2001	2001
Levir Culpi	Brazil	2001	2002
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2002	2002
Geninho	Brazil	2002	2002
Celso Roth	Brazil	2003	2003
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2003	2003
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	2003	2003
Paulo Bonamigo	Brazil	2004	2004
Jair Picerni	Brazil	2004	2004
Mário Sérgio	Brazil	2004	2004
Procópio Cardoso	Brazil	2004	2005
Tite	Brazil	2005	2005
Marco Aurelio	Brazil	2005	2005
Lori Sandri	Brazil	2005	2006
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2006	2006
Levir Culpi	Brazil	2006	2007	1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1 Campeonato Mineiro
	Brazil	2007	2007
Zetti	Brazil	2007	2007
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2007	2007
Émerson Leão	Brazil	2007	2007
Geninho	Brazil	2008	2008
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2008	2008
Alexandre Gallo	Brazil	2008	2008
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2008	2008
Émerson Leão	Brazil	2009	2009
Celso Roth	Brazil	2009	2009
Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Brazil	2010	2010	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Dorival Júnior	Brazil	2010	2011
Cuca	Brazil	2011	2013	2 Campeonato Mineiro 1 Copa Libertadores
Paulo Autuori	Brazil	2014	2014
Levir Culpi	Brazil	2014	2015	1 Recopa Sudamericana 1 Copa do Brasil 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini	Brazil	2015	2015
Diego Aguirre	Uruguay	2016	2016
Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil	2016	2016
Diogo Giacomini	Brazil	2016	2016
Roger	Brazil	2017	2017	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Diogo Giacomini	Brazil	2017	2017
Rogério Micale	Brazil	2017	2017
Oswaldo de Oliveira	Brazil	2017	2018
Thiago Larghi	Brazil	2018	2018
Levir Culpi	Brazil	2018	2019
Rodrigo Santana	Brazil	2019	2019
Vágner Mancini	Brazil	2019	2019
Rafael Dudamel	Venezuela	2020	2020
James Freitas	Brazil	2020	2020
Jorge Sampaoli	Argentina	2020	2021	1 Campeonato Mineiro
Lucas Gonçalves	Brazil	2021	2021
Cuca	Brazil	2021		1 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1 Copa do Brasil 1 Campeonato Mineiro

Records[]

Most games managed[]

The following are the managers with the most matches in charge of the club.

Name	Matches	Trophies
Telê Santana	434	Brasileirão, 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Procópio Cardoso	328	Copa CONMEBOL, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Levir Culpi	320	Recopa Sudamericana, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro, Série B
Barbatana	227	3 Campeonato Mineiro
Cuca	224	Copa Libertadores, Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Ricardo Diéz	171	3 Campeonato Mineiro

References[]

General

• Atlético Mineiro managers:
  • "Futebol Profissional - Treinadores" (in Portuguese). Galo Digital. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
• Atlético Mineiro matches with manager information:
  • "O Canto do Galo - Fichas técnicas dos jogos". O Canto do Galo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 September 2015.

Specific