Valdir Espinosa

Valdir Espinosa
Personal information
Full name	Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa
Date of birth	17 October 1947
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Date of death	27 February 2020 (aged 72)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Managerial career
Years	Team
1979	Esportivo
1980	Ceará
1981	Londrina
1980–1984	Grêmio
1984–1985	Al-Hilal
1986	Grêmio
1987–1988	Cerro Porteño
1989	Botafogo
1989–1990	Flamengo
1990–1991	Botafogo
1992–1994	Cerro Porteño
1994	Atlético Mineiro
1995	Palmeiras
1996	Portuguesa
1996	Corinthians
1997	Fluminense
1997	Verdy Kawasaki
1998	Coritiba
1998–1999	Botafogo
2000–2001	Fluminense
2001	Vitória
2002	Atlético Paranaense
2004	Fluminense
2005	Brasiliense
2005	Ceará
2005	Fortaleza
2006	Flamengo
2006	Santa Cruz
2007	Cerro Porteño
2007	Vasco da Gama
2008	Portuguesa
2011	Duque de Caxias
2016	Metropolitano
2016–2017	Grêmio (Technical coordinator)

Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa, known as Valdir Espinosa (17 October 1947 – 27 February 2020) was a Brazilian football manager. He died on 27 February 2020, of complications after surgery.^[4] Espinosa was born in Porto Alegre.

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Esportivo	1979	1979	53	23	21	9	043.40
Ceará	1980	1980	61	30	16	15	049.18
Londrina	1981	1981	49	24	9	16	048.98
Grêmio	1983	1983	73	30	28	15	041.10
Al-Hilal	1984	1985	26	19	5	2	073.08
Grêmio	1986	1986	60	32	15	13	053.33
Cerro Porteño	1987	1988	73	38	22	13	052.05
Botafogo	1989	1989	24	15	9	0	062.50
Flamengo	1989	1990	37	16	11	10	043.24
Botafogo	1990	1991	71	35	18	18	049.30
Cerro Porteño	1992	1994	92	45	32	15	048.91
Atlético Mineiro	1994	1994	28	11	8	9	039.29
Palmeiras	1995	1995	33	16	8	9	048.48
Fluminense FC	5 January 1997	1 October 1997	45	14	16	15	031.11
Verdy Kawasaki	2 June 1997	30 October 1997	20	6	0	14	030.00
Flamengo	6 December 2005	3 March 2006	11	2	4	5	018.18
Metropolitano	3 January 2016	18 September 2016	24	7	5	12	029.17
Total			780	363	227	190	046.54