Paulo Turra

Paulo César Turra (born 14 November 1973), known as Paulo Turra, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender.

Paulo Turra

Turra in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Turra
Date of birth	(1973-11-14) 14 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Tuparendi, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1990–1992	Caxias
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–2000	Caxias	156	(4)
1997	→ Botafogo (loan)	4	(0)
2000–2001	Palmeiras	25	(2)
2001–2004	Boavista	91	(1)
2004–2006	Vitória de Guimarães	19	(0)
2006	Novo Hamburgo	5	(0)
2007	Sertãozinho	5	(0)
2007	Avaí	15	(0)
Total		317	(7)
Managerial career
2008–2009	Novo Hamburgo (assistant)
2009	Novo Hamburgo
2010	Esportivo
2010	Glória
2010–2011	Brusque
2011	Brasil de Farroupilha
2012–2013	Cianorte
2013	Operário Ferroviário
2013	Marcílio Dias
2014	Avaí
2015	Caxias
2016	Cianorte
2016–2017	Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant)
2018–2019	Palmeiras (assistant)
2020–2021	Cruzeiro (assistant)
2021	Grêmio (assistant)
2022	Athletico Paranaense (assistant)
2023	Athletico Paranaense
2023	Santos
2023	Vitória de Guimarães
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Tuparendi, Rio Grande do Sul, Turra started playing football with local side Caxias, making his first team debut in 1991. In 1997, he moved on loan to Série A side Botafogo, but only featured rarely.

Back to Caxias, Turra helped his the side to win their first-ever Campeonato Gaúcho in 2000, under the management of Tite. On 5 July of that year, he joined Palmeiras in the top tier.^[1]

In July 2001, after winning the previous year's Copa dos Campeões and Copa Mercosur, Turra moved abroad and signed for Boavista in Portugal.^[2] He was runner-up of Primeira Liga once and played against young Cristiano Ronaldo, Sporting CP's player at that time; he also played for Boavista in a 2002–03 UEFA Cup semi-final against Celtic.

On 24 August 2004, Turra agreed to a one-year contract with Vitória de Guimarães, also in the Portuguese top tier.^[3] In January 2006, after falling down the pecking order, he went on a trial at Scottish side Hibernian,^[4] but nothing came of it.

In 2006, after his contract with Vitória expired, Turra returned to Brazil and joined Novo Hamburgo.^[5] Ahead of the 2007 season, he moved to Sertãozinho, but left the side for Avaí in March of that year.^[6]

Turra retired in December 2007, aged 34.

Coaching career

After retiring, Turra returned to Novo Hamburgo in 2008, as an assistant coach. On 27 February 2009, after head coach Gilmar Iser left for Juventude, he was named head coach of the club.^[7]

Turra was sacked on 26 October 2009, after a 4–1 loss to Brasil de Pelotas.^[8] The following January, he replaced Celso Freitas at the helm of Esportivo,^[9] but was dismissed on 8 March, with the club in an eight-match losing run.^[10]

On 15 November 2010, Turra was appointed Brusque manager for the upcoming season,^[11] but was relieved from his duties the following 14 February.^[12] He then worked at Brasil de Farroupilha before being named in charge of Cianorte on 23 November 2011.^[13]

Turra was sacked from Cianorte on 18 February 2013, after a poor start of the season.^[14] He then took over Paraná state side Operário Ferroviário late in the month,^[15] before being moved to Marcílio Dias with his technical staff in May, as the club was playing in the Série D.^[16]

After a failed move to Daegu FC in February 2014,^[17] Turra returned to Avaí on the 14th of that month, replacing Emerson Nunes.^[18] On 7 March, however, after only three matches, he was sacked.^[19]

On 15 October 2014, Turra was appointed head coach of another club he represented as a player, Caxias.^[20] He was dismissed on 12 March of the following year,^[21] and returned to Cianorte on 19 November 2015.^[22]

Turra left Cianorte on 2 December 2016,^[23] to join Luiz Felipe Scolari (his head coach during his playing days at Palmeiras) at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, as his assistant. He followed Scolari under the same capacity in the following years, at Palmeiras, Cruzeiro, Grêmio and Athletico Paranaense.

On 13 November 2022, after Scolari announced his retirement from coaching and moved to a director role, Turra became the head coach of Athletico.^[24] He won the 2023 Campeonato Paranaense with the club with an unbeaten status, the club's second time in their history since 1936,^[25] but was dismissed on 16 June 2023.^[26]

On 23 June 2023, Turra was named head coach of Santos, replacing Odair Hellmann.^[27] On 6 August, after only one win in seven matches, he was sacked.^[28]

On 21 August 2023, Turra returned to Vitória de Guimarães, being named manager of the side on a two-year contract.^[29] On 3 October, following two wins in six matches, Turra was sacked^[30] and replaced by Álvaro Pacheco the following day.^[31]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Caxias	1991	Série B	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	1992	Gaúcho	—		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	1993		—		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	1994		—		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	1995	Série C	8	0	12	0	—		—		—		20	0
	1996		7	0	16	0	—		—		15[a]	0	38	0
	1997		0	0	20	2	—		—		—		20	2
	1998		10	0	9	0	—		—		8[b]	0	27	0
	1999		14	0	17	1	2	0	—		6[c]	0	39	1
	2000	Copa João Havelange	0	0	24	1	5	0	—		—		29	1
	Total		39	0	117	4	7	0	—		29	0	192	4
Botafogo (loan)	1997	Série A	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
Palmeiras	2000[32]	Copa João Havelange	16	0	—		—		7[d]	1	4[e]	0	27	1
	2001[33]	Série A	0	0	9	2	—		3[f]	0	1[g]	0	13	2
	Total		16	0	9	2	—		10	1	5	0	40	3
Boavista	2001–02	Primeira Liga	31	0	—		1	0	10[h]	0	—		42	0
	2002–03		23	1	—		1	0	12[i]	0	—		36	2
	2003–04		18	1	—		1	0	—		—		19	1
	2004–05		19	0	—		0	0	—		—		19	0
	Total		91	1	—		3	0	22	1	—		116	2
Vitória de Guimarães	2005–06	Primeira Liga	19	0	—		—		—		—		19	0
Novo Hamburgo	2006	Série C	5	0	—		—		—		0	0	5	0
Sertãozinho	2007	Paulista	—		5	0	2	0	—		—		7	0
Avaí	2007	Série B	12	0	—		—		—		—		12	0
Career total			186	1	131	6	12	0	32	2	34	0	395	9

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Daltro Menezes
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Ênio Andrade
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Sul
4. Appearance(s) in Copa Mercosur
5. Appearance(s) in Copa dos Campeões
6. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
7. Appearance(s) in Torneio Rio–São Paulo
8. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
9. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 1 October 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Novo Hamburgo		27 February 2009	26 October 2009	24	10	2	12	28	32	−4	041.67
Esportivo		23 January 2010	8 March 2010	8	0	1	7	7	23	−16	000.00
Brusque		15 November 2010	14 February 2011	9	3	3	3	18	17	+1	033.33
Brasil de Farroupilha		25 March 2011	11 July 2011	26	14	8	4	49	26	+23	053.85
Cianorte		23 November 2011	18 February 2013	43	18	13	12	59	44	+15	041.86
Operário Ferroviário		28 February 2013	20 May 2013	12	6	3	3	21	13	+8	050.00
Marcílio Dias		20 May 2013	26 August 2013	8	3	2	3	10	9	+1	037.50
Avaí		14 February 2014	7 March 2014	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	000.00	[19]
Caxias		15 October 2014	12 March 2015	11	3	2	6	10	12	−2	027.27	[21]
Cianorte		19 November 2015	2 December 2016	13	8	5	0	18	7	+11	061.54
Athletico Paranaense		13 November 2022	16 June 2023	35	24	4	7	63	31	+32	068.57
Santos		23 June 2023	6 August 2023	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	016.67
Vitória de Guimarães		21 August 2023	3 October 2023	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	033.33
Career total				204	92	47	65	298	239	+59	045.10	—

Honours

Player

Caxias

• Copa Daltro Menezes: 1996
• Copa Ênio Andrade: 1998
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2000

Palmeiras

• Copa dos Campeões: 2000

Manager

Cianorte

• Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata: 2016

Athletico Paranaense

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2023