# Antônio Lopes

Antônio Lopes dos Santos, usually known as Antônio Lopes (born June 12, 1941) is a Brazilian football head coach and former footballer.
Before being a football head coach, he worked as a chief police officer in Rio de Janeiro city.
Antônio Lopes was the assistant manager of the Brazil national football team, managed by Émerson Leão, in 2000. He was also the assistant manager of the Brazil national team, managed by Luiz Felipe Scolari, during the successful 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign.
In 2005, he was the manager of Corinthians, replacing Márcio Bittencourt, during most of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season. The club, with Antônio Lopes as its head coach, won the competition.

## Playing career

He played for Olaria from 1958 to 1961, and played for Bonsucesso in 1962.

## Coaching career

During his career, he managed several clubs, including foreign clubs like Al Wasl of the United Arab Emirates, Belenenses of Portugal, Cerro Porteño of Paraguay, and Brazilian clubs like Fluminense, Flamengo, Sport Recife, Portuguesa, Internacional, Santos, Atlético Paranaense, Grêmio, Vasco da Gama, Coritiba, Paraná, Corinthians and Goiás. On March 9, 2010, Atlético Paranaense executive board had decided to suddenly dismiss the coach for undisclosed reasons and despite the fact that the team's results were satisfactory, so far (six wins, four draws and only one loss). Leandro Niehues has been named interim coach until a full-time replacement is found. On July 12, 2011, Antônio Lopes was hired as América-MG's head coach.

## Personal life

His son, Júnior Lopes, is also a football manager.

## Managerial statistics

    As of match played 20 January 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | Nat | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Olaria | | January 1980 | December 1980 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 015.38 |
| America-RJ | | 7 January 1981 | 3 February 1981 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 042.86 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 4 February 1981 | 10 May 1983 | 110 | 60 | 31 | 19 | 197 | 97 | +100 | 054.55 |
| Kuwait national football team | | 1 March 1983 | 1 April 1985 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 029.41 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 3 April 1985 | 2 January 1986 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 035.14 |
| Fluminense | | 9 January 1986 | 14 April 1987 | 64 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 056.25 |
| Flamengo | | 19 April 1987 | 14 September 1987 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 055.00 |
| Ivory Coast | | 1 March 1988 | 21 March 1988 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Sport Recife | | 25 March 1988 | 30 June 1988 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 066.67 |
| Al Wasl | | 30 June 1988 | 1 June 1989 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 18 | +26 | 059.09 |
| Portuguesa | | 6 June 1989 | 29 October 1990 | 70 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 78 | 66 | +12 | 025.71 |
| Belenenses | | 1 November 1990 | 6 January 1991 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 030.00 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 10 January 1991 | 10 December 1991 | 45 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 040.00 |
| Internacional | | 24 January 1992 | 28 December 1992 | 58 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 89 | 45 | +44 | 050.00 |
| Santos FC | | 24 June 1993 | 14 October 1993 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 043.75 |
| Portuguesa | | 15 October 1993 | 16 November 1993 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Internacional | | 10 January 1994 | 29 June 1994 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 060.00 |
| Al-Hilal | | 30 June 1994 | 29 December 1994 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 054.55 |
| Cruzeiro | | 1 February 1995 | 26 February 1995 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Cerro Porteño | | 1 July 1995 | 31 May 1996 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 77 | 41 | +36 | 053.49 |
| Paraná | | 6 August 1996 | 8 September 1996 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 022.22 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 1 January 1997 | 12 January 2000 | 196 | 106 | 44 | 46 | 332 | 203 | +129 | 054.08 |
| Grêmio | | 1 April 2000 | 7 August 2000 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 045.00 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 1 October 2000 | 26 November 2000 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 045.45 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 1 July 2002 | 17 July 2003 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 046.34 |
| Coritiba | | 20 December 2003 | 5 May 2005 | 94 | 43 | 28 | 23 | 130 | 94 | +36 | 045.74 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 24 May 2005 | 25 September 2005 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 038.71 |
| Corinthians | | 26 September 2005 | 13 March 2006 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 42 | +32 | 052.78 |
| Goiás | | 12 May 2006 | 14 August 2006 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 027.27 |
| Fluminense | | 23 August 2006 | 29 September 2006 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 010.00 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 12 June 2007 | 20 August 2007 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 018.75 |
| Vasco da Gama | | 31 March 2008 | 7 August 2008 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 039.39 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 8 August 2008 | 30 November 2009 | 90 | 38 | 20 | 32 | 131 | 118 | +13 | 042.22 |
| Avaí | | 6 July 2010 | 20 September 2010 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 025.00 |
| Vitória | | 7 October 2010 | 16 May 2011 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 047.06 |
| América Mineiro | | 12 July 2011 | 1 August 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 2 September 2011 | 4 March 2012 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 048.39 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | Career total | 1,282 | 585 | 368 | 329 | 1,921 | 1,271 | +650 | 045.63 |

## Honours
### Club

* Copa Libertadores de América: 1998
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1997, 2005
* Campeonato Carioca: 1982, 1998, 2003
* Campeonato Paranaense: 1996, 2004
* Campeonato Pernambucano: 1988
* Campeonato Gaúcho: 1992, 1994
* Copa do Brasil: 1992
* Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1999

### Individual

* Placar magazine's manager of year: 2005