Tite (football manager)

Tite
Tite as Brazil head coach in 2018
Personal information
Full name Adenor Leonardo Bacchi
Date of birth (1961-05-25) 25 May 1961
Place of birth Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
EC Juvenil
1978–1979 Caxias
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Caxias ? (4)
1983–1984 Esportivo
1984Portuguesa (loan) 22 (6)
1984–1988 Guarani 36 (1)
1989 Esportivo
1990 Guarany de Garibaldi
Managerial career
1990–1991 Guarany de Garibaldi
1991–1992 Caxias
1992–1995 Veranópolis
1996 Ypiranga-RS
1997 Juventude
1998 Caxias
1998 Veranópolis
1999–2000 Caxias
2001–2003 Grêmio
2003–2004 São Caetano
2004–2005 Corinthians
2005 Atlético Mineiro
2006 Palmeiras
2007 Al Ain
2008–2009 Internacional
2010 Al Wahda
2010–2013 Corinthians
2015–2016 Corinthians
2016–2022 Brazil
2023–2024 Flamengo
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil (as manager)
Copa América
Winner2019
Runner-up2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adenor Leonardo Bacchi (born 25 May 1961), commonly known as Tite (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈtʃitʃ(i)]), is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the head coach of Flamengo.

Tite played from 1978 to 1984 for Caxias, then a season for Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves and a season for Portuguesa. The three following seasons from 1986 to 1989 at Guarani were his most successful as player. At age 27, he ended his career due to successive knee injuries that caused him to lose mobility in one of his knees.

From 1991 onwards, Tite coached more than 10 teams in more than 15 stints. Amongst these were his first club, Caxias that he returned to in 1999, and they won the 2000 Campeonato Gaúcho defeating Grêmio, which had Ronaldinho in its team. Due to the achievements with Caxias, Tite became the Grêmio coach in 2001 where they won the 2001 Campeonato Gaúcho and the 2001 Copa do Brasil. He stayed until 2003 when Tite trained other teams: São Caetano, Corinthians in 2004, Atlético Mineiro in 2005, Palmeiras in 2006, and Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in 2007. From 2008 to 2009 he trained Internacional and they won the 2008 Copa Sudamericana and the 2009 Campeonato Gaúcho. At the end of 2010 he was announced as a coach of Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates, but he left the club months later to return to Corinthians.

For Corinthians, Tite won the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title, the 2012 Copa Libertadores title, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup title against Chelsea, the 2013 Campeonato Paulista and the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana. On 14 November 2013, Tite announced that he was leaving the club. After a sabbatical period, Tite returned to Corinthians in 2015, where they won the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.