Eduardo Souza (football manager)
Eduardo do Nascimento Souza (born 1 January 1980), known as Eduardo Souza or Dorita, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Aparecidense. Career. Born in Votuporanga, São Paulo, Souza played youth football as a central defender for Santos and Rio Branco-SP's youth categories before retiring at the age of 19. After graduating in Physical Education at the State University of Londrina in 2002, he started to work at Londrina's youth setup as a fitness coach, and was later promoted to the first team. Souza then went on to work with Roberto  Fonseca, always as a fitness coach. In December 2013, he joined CRB as Roberval Davino's assistant, and became the club's interim manager the following March after Davino's dismissal. On 27 March 2014, Souza was confirmed as CRB manager, but resigned on 18 May. He then joined Doriva's staff as his assistant at Ituano, Atlético Paranaense, Vasco da Gama, Ponte Preta (two stints), São Paulo, Bahia, Santa Cruz, Atlético Goianiense, Novorizontino and again CRB. On 9 December 2018, Souza was named manager of Votuporanguense, but was sacked the following 12 February after only seven matches. He subsequently  returned to Atlético Goianiense as a permanent assistant manager of the main squad; in October, he was interim manager for one match (a 0–0 home draw against Ponte Preta) before the signing of Eduardo Barroca. After the dismissal of Cristóvão Borges in February 2020, Souza was again named interim of "Dragão" until the appointment of Vagner Mancini. He was also an interim in one further occasion, between the tenures of Mancini and Marcelo Cabo, before leaving the club on 3 March 2021 due to personal reasons. In April 2021, Souza returned to "Dragão", and was again named interim in May  after Jorginho resigned. He became an interim again on 7 February 2022, after Cabo left, but he himself left the club fourteen days later, stating a "desire to become a full-time manager". On 9 March 2022, Souza replaced Thiago Carvalho at the helm of Série C side Aparecidense.