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My Take
Paulo Autuori reads to me as the classic well-traveled Brazilian football brain rather than a household-name superstar. Born in Rio in 1956, educated at the Pontifical Catholic University there, he built his reputation as a coach and executive who could plug into clubs across South America, including a stint managing Peru's Sporting Cristal. What I respect about figures like him is the willingness to move continents and adapt, the unglamorous craft of management that rarely gets the spotlight strikers do. He's still active enough to keep a presence on social media. To me he embodies the export of Brazilian football knowledge well beyond Brazil's borders.
Overview
Paulo Autuori de Mello (born 25 August 1956), known as Paulo Autuori, is a Brazilian football executive and coach. He was recently the manager of Peruvian club Sporting Cristal.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paulo Autuori
- Name (Japanese)
- パウロ・アウトゥオリ
- Reading
- ぱうろ・あうとぅおり
- Born
- August 25, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football coach / association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football coach — see all → · Association football player — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.