Sylvinho

Where is Sylvinho now?

The first Brazilian to sign for Arsenal when he joined the club in 1999, Sylvinho retired from playing professionally in 2010 after a year back in the Premier League with Manchester City.

During an illustrious playing career he won a number of trophies including the Brazilian League title three times with Corinthians as well as the UEFA Champion’s League twice and the La Liga title three times during his time at Barcelona.

He also represented the Brazil national side but only won six caps as legendary left-back Roberto Carlos was the number one choice for that position.

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Upon retiring from playing professional football, Sylvinho returned to Brazil to pursue a coaching career and in 2011 was appointed in his first coaching role as assistant manager of Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte working with head coach Vagner Mancini. When Mancini left the club for Sport Recife in 2012 he brought Sylvinho with him as his assistant before the pair moved to Nautico a year later.

Sylvinho’s ever-growing reputation as a successful assistant coach meant that it was only a matter of time before bigger clubs came calling and he joined up with iconic Brazilian side Corinthians after only a short spell at Nautico.

After a successful 18 months at Corinthians, he was on the move again but this time to Europe where he was appointed assistant manager to Roberto Mancini at Italian giants Inter Milan. The two had worked together before at Manchester City in 2009. 

Unfortunately, Mancini left Inter by mutual consent after nearly two years at the club with Sylvinho subsequently following him out of the door.

In 2016, Sylvinho was appointed as one of manager Tite Selecao’s assistants for the Brazil national team but left the setup in 2019 when he was appointed as manager of French side Lyon. Unfortunately his time at the Ligue 1 side was very brief and he was sacked in October 2019 after winning just 13 points from a possible 33.

He was due to coach the Brazil under-23’s side at the 2020 Olympic Games before it was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Sylvinho made a return to football in January 2023 when he joined the Albanian national setup in his current role as manager of the Albania senior side.

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Sylvinho: Premier League Statistics

NationalityBrazilian
PositionDefender
Appearances65
Goals3
Yellow Cards8
Red Cards0
Premier League Teams Played forArsenal, Manchester City

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 20 January 2024 by Admin