Gustavo Leal (football manager) explained

Gustavo Leal
Fullname:Gustavo José da Silva Leal
Birth Date:9 May 1986
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Manageryears1:2006
Manageryears2:2010–2011
Managerclubs2:Serrano
Manageryears3:2010–2011
Managerclubs3:Mesquita
Manageryears4:2013–2014
Manageryears5:2014–2017
Managerclubs5:Fluminense U17
Manageryears6:2018
Managerclubs6:Šamorín
Manageryears7:2018
Managerclubs7:Šamorín (assistant)
Manageryears8:2018–2019
Managerclubs8:Fluminense U20
Manageryears9:2019–2021
Managerclubs9:Brazil U20 (assistant)
Manageryears10:2021
Managerclubs10:Brazil U23 (assistant)
Manageryears11:2022–2023
Managerclubs11:Atlético San Luis (assistant)
Manageryears12:2023–2024
Managerclubs12:Atlético San Luis
Medaltemplates: (as assistant coach)

Gustavo José da Silva Leal (born 9 May 1986) is a Brazilian professional football manager.

Career

Leal was born in Rio de Janeiro, he never played as a professional footballer, although he was part of some Brazilian football youth squads. He began his career as a coach in teams of minor categories of Brazilian football like Quissamã, Serrano and Mesquita. In 2014 he was hired by Fluminense FC to manage the Under-17 squad, he remained in the position until 2017.[1]

In February 2018, Leal was hired as the manager of the Slovakian team ŠTK Šamorín, although he only remained in the position for 13 games, later he remained at the club as Sanjin Alagic's assistant, until December 2018. Leal was part of the Slovakian team due to the agreement the club had with Fluminense.[2] In 2019 he returned to the Brazilian team to manage the club's U-20 team.

While he was coaching the Fluminense youth team, Leal was invited to join the Brazil national under-20 team, managed by André Jardine, as an assistant, later he would go on to advise the under-23 team, for which he was part of the squad that participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal.[3]

In February 2022, Jardine was appointed as manager of the Mexican team Atlético San Luis, Leal was selected as the club's technical assistant. In June 2023, after Jardine was hired as the head coach of Club América,[4] Leal was convinced by Atlético San Luis to remain at the team and become the head coach, being announced as their manager on 20 June.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
Šamorín1 February 201821 July 2018
Atlético San Luis20 June 202329 April 2024
Total

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peña . Karen . Mundial del 94, el hecho que enamoró a Gustavo Leal del futbol . ESPN . 21 August 2023 . es . 1 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Gustavo Leal projeta boa temporada do STK Fluminense Samorin . Fluminense . 21 August 2023 . pt . 25 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Gustavo Leal appointed new Atlético San Luis coach. 20 June 2023. 21 June 2023. en.as.com.
  4. Web site: Club América presenta a André Jardine como su nuevo director técnico para el Apertura 2023. 16 June 2023. soyfutbol.com. Spanish. 21 June 2023.