Thiago Leitão

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Leitão and the second or paternal family name is Polieri.

Thiago Leitão Polieri (born 12 June 1978) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Bolivian club Royal Pari.

Thiago Leitão

Leitão in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Thiago Leitão Polieri
Date of birth	(1978-06-12) 12 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Royal Pari (manager)
Youth career
	Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Ponte Preta	1	(0)
2002	Inter da Santa Maria	8	(0)
2002	Ceará	6	(0)
2002–2005	Jorge Wilstermann	80	(46)
2005–2006	Marco	13	(3)
2006	Oriente Petrolero	35	(7)
2007	Bolívar	28	(6)
2008	The Strongest	16	(3)
2009	União Barbarense	13	(0)
2009–2010	The Strongest	38	(6)
2013–2014	Sport Boys Warnes
Managerial career
2017–2018	Jorge Wilstermann (assistant)
2019	Aurora
2021	San José
2021	Atlético Palmaflor
2023	Blooming
2023–2024	San Antonio Bulo Bulo
2024–	Royal Pari
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Leitão was a Ponte Preta youth graduate. After making his first team debut, he represented Internacional de Santa Maria and Ceará before moving to Bolivia in 2002, to join Jorge Wilstermann.^[1][2]

In 2005, Leitão signed for Portuguese Segunda Liga side F.C. Marco, but returned to Bolivia in the following year with Oriente Petrolero. In 2008, he agreed to a contract with The Strongest, and had a subsequent short stint at local side União Barbarense before returning to the club in 2009.^[2]

In 2013, after spending some time without a club, Leitão joined Sport Boys Warnes in the Copa Simón Bolívar. He retired in the following year, after helping the club in their promotion to Primera División.

Managerial career

In 2017, Leitão returned to Wilstermann as Álvaro Peña's assistant.^[3] In August 2018, after a fight with Argentine midfielder Cristian Chávez, he was sacked by the club.^[4]

In April 2019, Leitão was named manager of Aurora.^[5] He left the club in May, after his contract expired.^[6]

On 2 March 2021, Leitão was appointed manager of San José.^[7] He resigned from the club late in the month, to take over fellow league team Atlético Palmaflor.^[8]

On 16 December 2022, Leitão was named manager of Blooming for the upcoming season,^[9] but was sacked after just three matches.^[10]

Leitão later became manager of San Antonio Bulo Bulo, leading the side to a first-ever promotion to the top tier and later winning the 2024 Apertura tournament. On 1 October of that year, he was sacked after a poor performance in the Clausura,^[11] and took over fellow league team Royal Pari fifteen days later.^[12]

References

1. "Ex-Ponte e Ceará, Thiago Leitão estreia como técnico no Aurora" [Formerly of Ponte and Ceará, Thiago Leitão debuts as manager at Aurora] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
2. "Brasileiro é levado para UTI após levar pancada na cabeça" [Brazilian is taken to the ICU after knock in the head] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Imirante. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
3. "Thiago Leitao no pensó mucho para aceptar volver a ser aviador" [Thiago Leitao did not think much to accept to return to be an aviator] (in Spanish). El Diario. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "Thiago Leitao, separado del cuerpo técnico de Wilster" [Thiago Leitao, separated from Wilster's technical staff] (in Spanish). Opinión. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "Thiago Leitao será el nuevo entrenador de Aurora" [Thiago Leitao is the new manager of Aurora] (in Spanish). Deporte Total. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
6. "Aurora buscará retener al DT Leitao para el Clausura" [Aurora will try to keep manager Leitao for the Clausura] (in Spanish). El Deber. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
7. "Thiago Leitao es el nuevo entrenador de San José" [Thiago Leitao is the new manager of San José] (in Spanish). La Razón. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
8. "Vinto Palmaflor: Thiago Leitao toma la posta de Julio César Baldivieso" [Vinto Palmaflor: Thiago Leitao takes the place of Julio César Baldivieso] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
9. "Blooming elige a Thiago Leitao como entrenador del plantel profesional" [Blooming choose Thiago Leitão as manager of the professional squad] (in Spanish). El País. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
10. "Blooming rescindió contrato con Thiago Leitao por malos resultados en cuatro fechas" [Blooming rescinded contract with Thiago Leitão for poor results in four matches] (in Spanish). El Deber. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
11. "San Antonio anuncia la salida del DT Thiago Leitão" [San Antonio announce the exit of manager Thiago Leitão] (in Spanish). El Deber. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
12. "Leitão, el elegido para reemplazar a De La Pava en Royal Pari" [Leitão, the chosen one to replace De La Pava at Royal Pari] (in Spanish). El Deber. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

External links

• Thiago Leitão at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Thiago Leitão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Thiago Leitão coach profile at Soccerway
• Thiago Leitão at BeSoccer