Stefano Cugurra

Stefano Cugurra
	Cugurra in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues
Date of birth	25 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Team information
Current team	Bali United (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2009	Kuala Muda Naza
2010–2013	Chiangrai United
2013–2014	Phuket
2014–2015	Osotspa Samut Prakan
2015–2016	Royal Thai Navy
2017–2018	Persija Jakarta
2019–	Bali United

Alessandro Stefano Cugurra Rodrigues (born 25 July 1974), also known as Stefano Cugurra and nicknamed as Teco, is a Brazilian football coach.^[1] who is the current head coach of Indonesian club Bali United.

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Started his career in Indonesia as a physical coach at Persebaya Surabaya in 2004, he rose into prominence when he was coaching Persija Jakarta in late 2017. In 2018, he brought Persija to its first Indonesian top league title since 2001. Afterwards, he moved to Bali United, in which he won his second consecutive league title; it is the first Balinese club to win an Indonesian top league title.

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Bali United

On 14 January 2019, Bali United appointed Cugurra as their new manager, replacing Widodo Cahyono Putro. On the same day eight new players were announced. The players are Gunawan Dwi Cahyo, Michael Orah, Samuel Reimas, Ahmad Maulana Putra, Gusti Sandria, Haudi Abdillah, Leonard Tupamahu, and a Brazilian player Willian Pacheco.^[2] Cugurra's first competitive match in charge was a 3-0 win against Blitar United in the second-round of 2018-19 Piala Indonesia.^[3] In February, Cugurra signed Portuguese midfielder Paulo Sérgio to fill up the foreign player quota.^[4] On 16 May 2019, Cugurra's first league game, against Persebaya ended with a 2-1 win for his team, thanks to goal from Spasojević and new signing Paulo Sérgio, who scored on his debut.^[5]