Flavio Tenius

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Tenius.

Flavio de Britto Pereira Tenius (born 8 May 1970) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current goalkeeping coach of Fluminense Football Club.

Flavio Tenius

Personal information
Full name	Flavio de Britto Pereira Tenius
Date of birth	(1970-05-08) 8 May 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Brazil
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Fluminense Football Club (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
	Bonsucesso
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Botafogo
1986	Serrano-RJ
1987	Olaria	26	(0)
1988	Vasco da Gama
1991	São Cristóvão	4	(0)
Managerial career
2011	Botafogo (interim)
2020	Botafogo (interim)
2022	Fluminense Football Club (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Tenius finished his formation with Bonsucesso before spending three years at Botafogo.^[1] He started to appear regularly with Serrano-RJ in 1986, and went on to represent Olaria, Vasco da Gama and São Cristóvão.

Coaching career

After retiring Tenius started working as a goalkeeping coach, initially with Flamengo. He subsequently worked with Cruzeiro, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo.^[2]

On 17 November 2011, after the dismissal of Caio Júnior, Tenius was named interim manager of Botafogo's main squad.^[3] His reign lasted three matches (one draw and two defeats), and he returned to his previous role after the appointment of Oswaldo de Oliveira.

On 16 December 2014, was named the new goalkeeping coach of another club he represented as a player, Vasco.^[4] On 15 August 2016, he returned to Bota under the same role.^[5]

On 28 October 2020, Tenius was again appointed interim manager of Botafogo after the dismissal of Bruno Lazaroni.^[6]