Carlos Leiria

Brazilian football manager (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carlos Eduardo Leiria Oliveira D'Alessandro (born 21 April 1983) is a Brazilian football coach. He is the current head coach of Botafogo's under-20 team.

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Carlos Leiria
Personal information
Full name Carlos Eduardo Leiria Oliveira D'Alessandro
Date of birth (1983-04-21) 21 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Pelotas, Brazil
Team information
Current team
Botafogo U20 (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2005–2011 Juventude (youth)
2012 Desportivo Brasil U20
2012–2017 Internacional U20
2017 Resende
2018 Ceará U20
2018 Figueirense U20
2019–2021 Corinthians U15
2020 Corinthians U20 (interim)
2021 San Francisco
2022 Resende U17
2022–2023 Resende U20
2023 Resende (interim)
2024 Resende
2024– Botafogo U20
2025 Botafogo (interim)
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Born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Leiria began his career with the youth sides of Juventude. In April 2012, after a short spell in charge of Desportivo Brasil's under-20 squad, he took over Internacional in the same category.

On 24 May 2017, Leiria was named head coach of Resende's first team.[1] He was sacked on 21 December, after a poor start in the 2018 Campeonato Carioca.[2]

In February 2018, Leiria was named in charge of Ceará's under-20 team, but left in June and subsequently joined Figueirense under the same role. In December, he signed for Corinthians, being initially an under-15 coach.

On 21 September 2020, Leiria was named interim head coach of Corinthians' under-20 squad, after Dyego Coelho was became an interim of the main squad.[3] He left the club the following 8 June, after being named manager of San Francisco FC in Panama.[4]

Leiria was dismissed from San Francisco on 20 September 2021, after seven winless matches.[5] He returned to Resende in the following year, being initially an under-17 coach before taking over the under-20s later on.

On 13 July 2023, Leiria was named interim head coach of Resende, replacing sacked Eudes Pedro.[6] On 22 March 2024, he was confirmed as head coach of the club for the season,[7] but was sacked on 1 July.[8]

On 4 July 2024, Leiria joined Botafogo as an under-20 coach.[9] In December, he was confirmed as an interim coach for the first rounds of the 2025 Campeonato Carioca as the main squad were out on vacation,[10] but remained in charge of the main squad, after Artur Jorge left.

On 13 February 2025, Botafogo announced the return of Caçapa as a permanent assistant coach and then interim head coach of the first team, and Leiria returned to the under-20 squad.[11]

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