Paulo Turra

Paulo Turra
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Turra
Date of birth (1973-11-14) November 14, 1973
Place of birth Tuparendi (RS), Brazil
Youth career
1990 Caxias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Caxias
1997–1998 Botafogo
1998–2000 Caxias
2000–2001 Palmeiras
2001–2004 Boavista
2004–2006 Vitória de Guimarães
2007 Sertãozinho
2007 Avaí
Teams managed
2009 Novo Hamburgo
2010 Esportivo
2010 Glória
2010–2011 Brusque
2011 Brasil de Farroupilha
2011–2013 Cianorte
2013 Operário Ferroviário
2013 Marcílio Dias
2014 Avaí
2015 Caxias
2016 Cianorte
2016–2017 Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant coach)
2018– Palmeiras (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Paulo César Turra, best known as Paulo Turra (Tuparendi, 1973, November 14 ), is a former Brazilian football defender. Nowadays, he's the coach.

Career as a coach

Turra's first club as a coach was Novo Hamburgo (2009). His second job was Esportivo (2010) also in his state of birth, Rio Grande do Sul. Paulo Turra started his career in other states when accepted to train Brusque of Santa Catarina (2011).

His first team in state of Paraná was Cianorte (2012).[1] The club finished the Paranaense Championship in 4th place. The result gave to the club a spot in Brazil Cup 2013. At Operário (2013), Turra finished the Paranaense Championship at the same 4th place.[2]

Paulo Turra was near to a work opportunity in Daegu FC of South Korea (2014), but directive changes didn't allow it.[3] At February 14, he replaced Emerson Nunes at Avaí Futebol Clube.[4]

Career as a player

Paulo Turra started playing football in SER Caxias. By loan, he played at Botafogo where he won the Carioca Championship (1997). Back to SER Caxias, he helped his first club to win its first Gaúcho Championship (2000). His coach at that year was Tite.

Thanks to Luis Felipe Scolari, Palmeiras's coach in 2000, Turra went to the green club at that year. In one year, the defender was Champions Cup and Mercosul Cup champion. Turra also got Brasileirão 2000 quarter finals and Libertadores 2001 semifinal.

In 2001, Turra went to Portuguese football where he played four seasons: three at Boavista and one at Vitória de Guimarães. At Boavista, he got runner-up of Portuguese Liga once and played against young Cristiano Ronaldo, Sporting's player at that time. He played for Boavista in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup semi-final against Celtic.[5]

Titles as a player

Caxias

  • Daltro Menezes Cup - 1996
  • Ênio Andrade Cup - 1998
  • Gaúcho Championship - 2000

Botafogo

  • Guanabara Cup - 1997
  • Carioca Championship - 1997

Palmeiras

  • Champions Cup - 2000
  • Mercosul Cup - 2000

References

  1. ↑ FutebolParanaense.Net: Paulo Turra é o novo técnico do Cianorte
  2. ↑ Gazeta do Povo: Paulo Turra assume comando do Operário
  3. ↑ Peleia FC: Técnico Paulo Turra não vai mais para Coreia do Sul
  4. ↑ Globoesporte.com: Diretoria age rápido e Paulo Turra é o novo técnico do Avaí
  5. ↑ "Turra and Konde given Hibs trial". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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