| Valdir Espinosa | |
| Fullname: | Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Death Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Manageryears1: | 1979 |
| Managerclubs1: | Esportivo |
| Manageryears2: | 1980 |
| Managerclubs2: | Ceará |
| Manageryears3: | 1981 |
| Managerclubs3: | Londrina |
| Manageryears4: | 1980–1984 |
| Managerclubs4: | Grêmio |
| Manageryears5: | 1984–1985 |
| Manageryears6: | 1986 |
| Managerclubs6: | Grêmio |
| Manageryears7: | 1987–1988 |
| Manageryears8: | 1989 |
| Manageryears9: | 1989–1990 |
| Managerclubs9: | Flamengo |
| Manageryears10: | 1990–1991 |
| Manageryears11: | 1992–1994 |
| Manageryears12: | 1994 |
| Managerclubs12: | Atlético Mineiro |
| Manageryears13: | 1995 |
| Manageryears14: | 1996 |
| Manageryears15: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs15: | Corinthians |
| Manageryears16: | 1997 |
| Managerclubs16: | Fluminense |
| Manageryears17: | 1997 |
| Manageryears18: | 1998 |
| Managerclubs18: | Coritiba |
| Manageryears19: | 1998–1999 |
| Managerclubs19: | Botafogo |
| Manageryears20: | 2000–2001 |
| Managerclubs20: | Fluminense |
| Manageryears21: | 2001 |
| Managerclubs21: | Vitória |
| Manageryears22: | 2002 |
| Managerclubs22: | Atlético Paranaense |
| Manageryears23: | 2004 |
| Manageryears24: | 2005 |
| Managerclubs24: | Brasiliense |
| Manageryears25: | 2005 |
| Managerclubs25: | Ceará |
| Manageryears26: | 2005 |
| Managerclubs26: | Fortaleza |
| Manageryears27: | 2006 |
| Manageryears28: | 2006 |
| Manageryears29: | 2007 |
| Manageryears30: | 2007 |
| Manageryears31: | 2008 |
| Manageryears32: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs32: | Duque de Caxias |
| Manageryears33: | 2016 |
| Managerclubs33: | Metropolitano[1] |
| Manageryears34: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs34: | Grêmio (Technical coordinator)[2] [3] |
Valdir Ataualpa Ramirez Espinosa, known as Valdir Espinosa (17 October 1947 – 27 February 2020) was a Brazilian football manager. He died on 27 February 2020, of complications after surgery.[4] Espinosa was born in Porto Alegre.