Paulo Turra

Paulo Turra
Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Turra
Date of birth	14 November 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth	Tuparendi, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1990	Caxias
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1997	Caxias
1997–1998	Botafogo
1998–2000	Caxias
2000–2001	Palmeiras
2001–2004	Boavista
2004–2006	Vitória de Guimarães
2007	Sertãozinho
2007	Avaí
Teams managed
2009	Novo Hamburgo
2010	Esportivo
2010	Glória
2010–2011	Brusque
2011	Brasil de Farroupilha
2011–2013	Cianorte
2013	Operário Ferroviário
2013	Marcílio Dias
2014	Avaí
2015	Caxias
2016	Cianorte
2016–2017	Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant)
2018–2019	Palmeiras (assistant)
2020	Cruzeiro (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Paulo César Turra (born 14 November 1973), known as Paulo Turra, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career[]

Paulo Turra started playing football in SER Caxias. By loan, he played at Botafogo where he won the Carioca Championship (1997). Back to SER Caxias, he helped his first club to win its first Gaúcho Championship (2000). His coach at that year was Tite.

Thanks to Luis Felipe Scolari, Palmeiras's coach in 2000, Turra went to the green club at that year. In one year, the defender was Champions Cup and Mercosul Cup champion. Turra also got Brasileirão 2000 quarter finals and Libertadores 2001 semifinal.

In 2001, Turra went to Portuguese football where he played four seasons: three at Boavista and one at Vitória de Guimarães. At Boavista, he got runner-up of Portuguese Liga once and played against young Cristiano Ronaldo, Sporting's player at that time. He played for Boavista in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup semi-final against Celtic.^[1]

Coaching career[]

Turra's first club as a coach was Novo Hamburgo (2009). His second job was Esportivo (2010) also in his state of birth, Rio Grande do Sul. Paulo Turra started his career in other states when accepted to train Brusque of Santa Catarina (2011).

His first team in state of Paraná was Cianorte (2012).^[2] The club finished the Paranaense Championship in 4th place. The result gave to the club a spot in Brazil Cup 2013. At Operário (2013), Turra finished the Paranaense Championship at the same 4th place.^[3]

Paulo Turra was near to a work opportunity in Daegu FC of South Korea (2014), but directive changes didn't allow it.^[4] On 14 February, he replaced Emerson Nunes at Avaí Futebol Clube.^[5]