Cuca

Cuca, born Alexi Stival in Curitiba, is exactly the kind of football life I find moving. As a forward he won Campeonato Gaúcho titles and earned a single Brazil cap in 1991, a modest playing résumé by Brazilian standards. But his real story unfolds on the bench. Reinventing himself as a coach and rising to lead Santos, he has rewritten that lone international appearance many times over through management. I love figures who refuse to let a fading playing career define them. Cuca proves that the second act, built on study and stubbornness, can outshine the first.

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Name (English)

Cuca

Name (Japanese)

クーカ

Reading

くーか

Born

June 7, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

• Official sitehttp://www.sitedocuca.com.br/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuca%20(footballer%2C%20born%201963)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2600663

Tags

• Paraná
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.