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Kleiton

Full Name: Kleiton Barbosa de Oliveira Lima

Birth date: May 5th, 1974

Place of birth: Santos, SP -

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

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), (Men‟s Professional), AD São Caetano (Men‟s Professional) first division Brazilian League (CBF), XV de (Men‟s Professional), Sport Club do (Men‟s Professional) first division Brazilian League (CBF) and Grêmio (Men‟s Professional).

Practice Training: Worked with head coach at Velez Sarsfield – ; CA - Argentina. Worked as scout for Brazil‟s National Team head coach 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 (‟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/ 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 „11 - Brazil National College Women‟s Team 2011 – Silver Medal/ of - 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/ ( League) 2017 - Brazilian U23 League Championship (CBF) Runner Up - Santos F.C

Career

Coach Kleiton Lima is renown within . He began his career in 1997 coaching for Santos FC‟s Youth teams where he coached some of today‟s top players including (AC ), Diego (Atletico ), Alex ( SG). William, and 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 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 , which was the South American Qualifying Cup for the 2011 FIFA World Cup in and 2012 Olympic Games in . 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 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 , playing without its stars, revealing new young players. They were defeated on PKs by Canada.

STATISTICS:

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) Career Also in 2011, Head Coach Kleiton Lima returned to Men‟s Professional Football and managed Bangu AC in ‟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 , to compete on 2013, Pernambuco League 2013 (runner's up) and 2013. (semi-finalist).

In 2014, Kleiton worked at Grêmio Barueri, in the A2 Paulista League PRO (FPF) and Copa do Brasil (CBF – 2st Semester)

In January of 2015, Kleiton took the Head coach position for the B team (U23) of Santos FC. He has revealed players to the club's main team. The main players are: (elected newcomer of the year for the Brazilian Championship in 2016 and top scorer of the Santos team that same year), Lucas Veríssimo (defender of the 2017 Brazilian Championship), Ronaldo Mendes ( goal scorer against Audax, winning the Paulista Championship of 2016). In addition to other names in the main team like: Fernando Medeiros, Wesley, Gregore, , Yuri, , , Mateus Nolasco, Diogo Vitor, Diego Cardoso, , Calabres, among others.

In 2016/17, he led the team in the Paulista Football Cup, promoted by the Paulista Football Federation (FPF) and in 2017 he led the team in the U23 Brazilian Championship promoted by CBF, where he became runner up of the competition Contacts

Phone: 55 (13) 99719-1757 55 (13) 3422-5161

E-mail: [email protected]

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