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Two years later, after a brief stint at Mar\u00edlia, he moved to Guarani.In 1985, J\u00fanior began playing in the state of Santa Catarina, first for Ava\u00ed and later for Joinville. In 1988, he went back to his native state, representing S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, but during the same year he moved to Coritiba.In 1989 J\u00fanior joined Palmeiras, remaining with the club until 1992. In the following year he was sold to Gr\u00eamio, and subsequently joined Juventude in 1994.J\u00fanior had subsequent spells at Ara\u00e7atuba, Matonense and Botafogo-SP, retiring with the latter in 1999, aged 37.[1]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Coaching career[edit]J\u00fanior started his coaching career in 2002 with his first club Ferrovi\u00e1ria,[2] after being an assistant coach at Figueirense.[3] He left the club in May of that year to return to Figueirense, as a director of football,[3] but was named head coach of Figueira in September 2003[4] and won the Campeonato Catarinense in the following year. In 2005, he was appointed Fortaleza head coach, but was dismissed on 30 March.In the same year, J\u00fanior managed Crici\u00fama and Juventude.[5] In 2006, he won the Campeonato Pernambucano with Sport Recife[6] and also managed Ava\u00ed in the same year[7] before leaving the club in October to take over S\u00e3o Caetano.[8]On 8 May 2007, after impressing with the Azul\u00e3o during that year’s Campeonato Paulista, J\u00fanior was named Cruzeiro head coach.[9] On 3 December, despite finishing fifth, he was fired[10] and subsequently joined Coritiba.[11] After not renewing contract with the latter, he was appointed at the helm of Vasco da Gama,[12] and was promoted from 2009 S\u00e9rie B.On 5 December 2009, J\u00fanior was named head coach of Santos.[13] After notably winning the 2010 Campeonato Paulista with an extremely offensive football, with Neymar, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Robinho as its key units, he was dismissed on 21 September, after an altercation with Neymar.[14]J\u00fanior subsequently managed Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro,[15]Internacional, Flamengo,[16] Vasco da Gama,[17]Fluminense[18] and Palmeiras,[19] without the same success. On 9 July 2015 he returned to Santos, replacing Marcelo Fernandes.[20]J\u00fanior finished second in both 2015 Copa do Brasil and 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A, aside from winning the 2016 Campeonato Paulista. On 4 June 2017, after a 1\u20130 away defeat to rivals Corinthians and with the club in a poor form overall (only three points out of twelve), he was sacked.[21]On 5 July 2017, J\u00fanior took over S\u00e3o Paulo, signing a contract until the end of 2018.[22] He was sacked the following 9 March.[23]J\u00fanior returned to Flamengo on 28 September 2018,[24] being in charge until the end of the season. On 27 December of the following year, he was appointed head coach of fellow top tier side Athletico Paranaense.[25]On 28 August 2020, J\u00fanior was dismissed by Athletico after the club suffered four consecutive defeats,[26] despite him being sidelined in three of those defeats after testing positive for COVID-19.[27] On 28 March 2022, after more than one year without coaching, he took over Cear\u00e1 also in the top tier.[28]On 10 June 2022, J\u00fanior left Cear\u00e1 to return to Flamengo, replacing sacked Paulo Sousa.[29] He led the side to the Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores titles, but left on 25 November, after not renewing his contract.[30]Personal life[edit]J\u00fanior is the nephew of the former Brazilian player Dudu.[31] His son, Lucas Silvestre, is also his assistant since 2010.In September 2019, J\u00fanior was diagnosed with prostate cancer,[32] which he removed in the following month.[33]Career statistics[edit]ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGuarani1984S\u00e9rie B110230\u2014\u20147[a]04101985S\u00e9rie A3000\u2014\u2014\u201430Total140230\u2014\u201470440S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9-SP1988Paulista\u2014231\u2014\u2014\u2014231Coritiba1988S\u00e9rie A230\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014230Palmeiras1989[34]S\u00e9rie A160232\u2014\u2014\u20143921990[35]160270\u2014\u2014\u20144301991[36]130201\u2014\u2014\u20143311992[37]108031\u2014\u2014121Total46078331\u2014\u20141274Gr\u00eamio1993S\u00e9rie A702080\u20141[b]0221Juventude1994S\u00e9rie B182342\u2014\u2014\u20145241995S\u00e9rie A12028040\u2014\u2014440Total30262240\u2014\u2014964Career total1202188615100803319Coaching statistics[edit]As of 12 November 2022Honours[edit]Player[edit]JoinvilleGr\u00eamioJuventudeManager[edit]FigueirenseSport RecifeCoritibaVasco da GamaSantosInternacionalAthletico ParanaenseFlamengoReferences[edit]External links[edit]Dorival J\u00fanior \u2013 managerial positions     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki6\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki6\/dorival-junior-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Dorival J\u00fanior – Wikipedia"}}]}]