Kleiton Lima

Kleiton Lima

Full Name: Kleiton Barbosa de Oliveira Lima

Birth date: May 5th, 1974

Place of birth: Santos, SP - Brazil

Bachelors: Kinesiology (UNISANTA: 1998-2001)

Law School (UNIP: 1992-1996)

Licenses: CREF - Conselho Regional de Educação Física

SITREFESP (CBF) - Sindicato dos Treinadores de

Futebol Professional do Estado do São Paulo

Professor, SITREFESP Course (2008)

Professor, CBF Brazil Football Course (2009)

Professor, 3ª International Soccer Clinic (2013)

Position: Head Coach

Current Club: Santos F.C. Professional (U-23)

Professional Experience

As Player: Santos F.C. (U20),

E.C. Comercial (Professional) and San Francisco United

Soccer Club - USA (Professional )

As Head Coach: Santos F.C. (Women‟s Professional),

Brazil U20 Women‟s National Team and Brazil Women‟s

National Team (PRO), Santos FC (U15 Boys), Bangu

AC, Vitoria-PE, CA Assisense (Men‟s Professional), Red

Bull Brasil (Men‟s Professional), AD São Caetano (Men‟s

Professional) first division Brazilian League serie B

(CBF), XV de Piracicaba (Men‟s Professional), Sport

Club do Recife (Men‟s Professional) first division

Brazilian League serie A (CBF) and Grêmio Barueri

(Men‟s Professional).

Practice Training: Worked with head coach Marcelo

Bielsa at Velez Sarsfield – Argentina; CA Boca Juniors -

Argentina.

Worked as scout for Brazil‟s National Team head coach

Carlos Alberto Parreira during 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Main Achievements

1997 – Runners-up/ Paulista League (FPF) - Santos FC

2000 – Runners-up/ “Jogos Abertos “ São Paulo State Olympic Games - Santos FC

2001 – Champions/ Regional Games – Santos FC

2002 – Back-to-back Champions/Jogos Abertos – SP state Olympic Games - Santos FC

2003 – Champions/ Soccer Futuro Women‟s Soccer Cup – Santos FC

2003 – Champions/ Paulista League - Santos FC

2004 – Chaampions/ Copa do Trabalhador de Futebol Feminino – Santos FC

2004 – Champions/ “Soccer Brazil “ Cup – Santos FC

2004 – Champions/ “International Women‟s Soccer Cup” – Santos FC

2005/2006/2007/2008 – Back-to-back Champions/ Regional Games – Santos FC

2006 – Champions/ Mercosul Cup (South America‟s tournament) – Santos FC

2007 – Champions/ Women‟s Soccer National League – Santos FC

2007 – Champions/ Paulista League (FPF) – Santos FC

2008 – Champions/ South American Championship (Conmebol Qualify) - U20 Brazil

Women‟s National Team

2008 – Champions/ Brazil Cup - CBF (National League PRO) - Santos FC

2009 – Champions/ Paulista Cup – Santos FC

2009 – Champions/ National League – Santos FC

2009 – Champions/ Santander Libertadores Cup (South America‟s PRO)–Santos FC

2009 – Runner‟s up/ São Paulo state PRO league (FPF) – Santos FC

2009 – Back-to-back Champions/ Brazil Cup – CBF (National League PRO) - Santos FC

2009 – Champions/ City of São Paulo International Cup – Brazil Women‟s National Team

2010 – Back-to-back Champions/Santander Libertadores Cup (South America‟s PRO)Santos

FC

2010 – Champions/ São Paulo state PRO league (FPF) – Santos FC

2010 – Champions/ “Jogos abertos” São Paulo state Olympic Games – Santos FC

2010 – Champions/ South American Championship (Conmebol Qualify) Brazil Women‟s

National Team

2011 – Bronze Medal/ Universiade China „11 - Brazil National College Women‟s Team

2011 – Silver Medal/ Pan American Games of Guadalajara - Brazil Women‟s National Team

2011 – Runner‟s up/ Brazil Cup - CBF (National League PRO) – Vitória PE

2011 – Awarded as best women‟s soccer coach at Universiade „11 by FISU

2011 – Awarded by Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil,, with the order of merit and

defense for the valued services to the women‟s soccer in Brazil.

2013 - Runners-up/ Campeonato Pernambucano (Pernambuco League)

Career

Coach Kleiton Lima is renown within football in Brazil.

He began his career in 1997 coaching for Santos FC‟s

Youth teams where he coached some of today‟s top

players including Robinho (AC Milan), Diego (Atletico

Madrid), Alex (Paris SG). William, and Paulo Almeida

among others. But Coach Lima is best known for the

integral role that he has played in the development of the

women‟s game in Brazil.

With the impressive results obtained with Santos FC‟s

Youth, Kleiton was invited to take charge of Santos FC‟s

Women‟s professional team in 1997. Over the course of

14 years at the helm of the Santos FC Women‟s team

(1997-2010), he won numerous state, regional, national

and international titles, positioning him as one of the

most respected coaches in Latin American women's

football. Aside from the titles, Lima has coached and

developed many players who have served the Brazilian

National Team in competitions such as the South

American Championship, Pan American Games,

Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup.

Career

With Lima at the healm of the Santos FC women‟s

team, they were two-time Paulista Champions, two-

time Brazil Cup champions, two-time National league

champions, and back-to-back champions of the South

American Libertadores Cup (South American Pro Clubs

Cup) .

With this impressive record and his key role within the

evolution of the women‟s pro game in Brazil, in 2008

Lima was called upon by the Brazilian Football

Confederation (CBF) to lead the Under 20 Women‟s

National Team. Under his leadership, they were

crowned with the South American championship title.

Soon after that, in January 2009, Coach Lima took

command as the Head Coach of the Brazilian Women‟s

National Team (principal team).

In his first year as coach of the Brazil WNT, they won

the São Paulo International Tournament, beating all of

their opponents and also winning the South American

Cup in Ecuador, which was the South American

Qualifying Cup for the 2011 FIFA World Cup in

Germany and 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Career In 2011, Kleiton Lima coached the Brazilian team at the

Women‟s World Cup in Germany, going undefeated

through the group phase, with wins over Australia,

Norway and Equatorial Guinea.

In the quarter-finals, the Brazilian team was eliminated

by the United States on PK‟s after a thrilling draw in the

regular time and overtime.

In the same year the team won the silver medal at the

Pan American Games in Guadalajara in Mexico,

playing without its stars, revealing new young players.

They were defeated on PKs by Canada.

Brazilian Women’s National Team:

33 Games: 26 Wins, 6 Ties, 1 Loss

(Sole loss occured playing away against Swedish

National Team in Lima’s first month as Brazil WNT head

coach).

Brazilian Women’s College National Team:

7 Games: 5 Wins, 2 Ties, 0 Losses

U-20 Brazilian National Team:

16 Games: 14 Wins, 1 Tie, 1 Loss (2008)

STATISTICS:

Also in 2011, Head Coach Kleiton Lima returned to

Men‟s Professional Football and managed Bangu AC in

Rio de Janeiro‟s State League PRO (FFERJ - 1st

Semester) as also managed Vitória – PE in the Brazil

Cup (National League PRO - 2nd semester).

In 2012, Kleiton worked at Red Bull Brasil, in the A2

Paulista League PRO (FPF) and at AD Sao Caetano,

first division Brazilian league série B (CBF). Lima is

currently the assistant coach at Sport Recife, Serie A of

the men‟s top pro league in Brazil.

In 2013, Kleiton worked at Xv de Piracicaba for the

Paulista League A1 (first division) went back to Sport

Club do Recife, to compete on Copa do Brasil 2013,

Pernambuco League 2013 (runner's up) and Copa do

Nordeste 2013. (semi-finalist).

In 2014, Kleiton worked at Grêmio Barueri, in the A2

Paulista League PRO (FPF) and Copa do Brasil (CBF –

2st Semester)

Career

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