| Osvaldo Lessa | |
| Full Name: | Osvaldo Lessa Filho |
| Birth Date: | 1966 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Manageryears1: | 2007–2009 |
| Managerclubs1: | Al-Ta'ee (Fitness coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 2009–2015 |
| Managerclubs2: | Persipura Jayapura (Fitness coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs3: | Persipura Jayapura |
| Manageryears4: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs4: | Madura United (Assistant and physio) |
| Manageryears5: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs5: | Sriwijaya |
| Manageryears6: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs6: | Persipura Jayapura |
| Manageryears7: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs7: | Persija Jakarta (Interpreter) |
| Manageryears8: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs8: | Madura United (Fitness Coach) |
Osvaldo Lessa Filho (born 23 September 1966 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian football manager.
Temporarily while in charge of Persipura, he went back to his native Brazil for a coaching course.[1]
Lessa was given the Persipura Jayapura job in 2015 and replaced Jacksen F. Tiago as manager.[2] He won the 2015 Indonesia Super League and the 2015 AFC Cup in order to stay as manager.[3] Instead, he steered them to a second-place finish in the league and a round-of-16 exit in the AFC Cup. By January 2016, they had requested that he leave Persipura[4] and in March the Brazilian felt some trepidation over a possible dismissal after tying with Arema Cronus and finishing bottom in Group B of the 2016 Bhayangkara Cup.[5] On top of that, former footballer Nico Dimo advised the board to entrust the management to Mettu Dwaramury, Chris Leo Yarangga and Fernado Fairio instead as well.[6] Finally, the tactician was relieved of his duties in the beginning of April 2016.[7]
Soon after, Lessa joined Madura United, where he served as the physiotherapist and assistant manager.[8] [9] Eventually, he left them too in 2017.[10]
In April 2017, the Rio de Janeiro native was handed the Sriwijaya F.C. coaching job as the club had shown interest in appointing him by March.[11] He usually uses the 4-3-3 formation in games.[12]
Recording three straight losses in a row in 2017, Lessa was chastised by the Sriwijaya board but was given an opportunity to redeem himself in the fifth round against Mitra Kukar[13] [14] which he won 3–1. Supposing they lost, the former physiotherapist could conceivably have been fired by the club's management prematurely.[14]
On 17 June 2017, Lessa was ousted from his job by the club and Hartono Ruslan replaced him as caretaker coach.[15]