Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Claudinei Georgini | ||
Date of birth | 15 December 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Valinhos, Brazil | ||
Playing position | Manager | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bonsucesso | |||
– | Vasco da Gama | ||
– | Olaria | ||
– | Goiás | ||
– | Portuguesa (RJ) | ||
– | Volta Redonda | ||
– | Serrano | ||
Teams managed | |||
1980 | Fluminense Under-16 | ||
Al Wasl | |||
Vasco da Gama Under-20 | |||
Al-Ahli (UAE) | |||
1987–1989 | Tawen SC | ||
Nova Cidade | |||
Botafogo | |||
Flamengo | |||
2001 | Brazil Under-17 | ||
2001–2003 | Brazil Under-20 | ||
2008 | Zimbabwe | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
José Claudinei Georgini (born 15 December 1947) is a Brazilian football manager nicknamed Valinhos who last managed the Zimbabwe national team, a position he held from January to November 2008.
Valinhos only had a brief playing career, playing between 1968 and 1979 with Bonsucesso, Vasco da Gama, Olaria, Goiás, Portuguesa (RJ), Volta Redonda and Serrano.
He was coach of the Brazil under-20 side between 2001 and 2003 and has also coached in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Morocco.
On 12 March 2015, Zimbabwe were expelled from the qualifying tournament for the 2018 FIFA World Cup for failing to pay Claudinei arrears owed.