Wanderley Paiva

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Paiva and the second or paternal family name is Monteiro.

Wanderley Paiva

Personal information
Full name	Wanderley Paiva Monteiro
Date of birth	(1946-04-07)7 April 1946
Place of birth	Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death	27 November 2023(2023-11-27) (aged 77)
Place of death	Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1965	Atlético de Três Corações
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1975	Atlético Mineiro
1975–1976	América-SP
1976–1980	Palmeiras
1980	Ponte Preta
1981	Londrina
1981	Comercial
International career
1968–1975	Brazil	7	(0)
Managerial career
1983	São José-SP
1984	Comercial-SP
1985	Joinville
1985	Comercial-SP
1988	América-SP
1989	Ferroviário
1990	Matsubara
1991	Londrina
1992	Juventus-SP
1993	Londrina
1994	Ponte Preta
1994	Patrocinense
1995	Juventus-SP
1995	Figueirense
1996	Inter de Limeira
1996	Ponte Preta
1997	Comercial-SP
1997	Inter de Limeira
1998	Vila Nova
1999	Inter de Limeira
1999	Ponta Grossa
1999	Matonense
1999–2000	Vila Nova
2000	Londrina
2001	Joinville
2001	Gama
2002	Marília
2003	Juventus-SP
2003	Anapolina
2004	CRAC
2006	São Raimundo
2006–2007	Ponte Preta
2007	União São João
2007	Roma Apucarana
2008	ASA
2008	Anápolis
2009	Corinthians Alagoano
2009	Ponte Preta
2009	Nacional-AM
2011–2013	CRAC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wanderley Paiva Monteiro (7 April 1946 – 27 November 2023), commonly known as Wanderley Paiva or as Vanderlei Paiva, was a Brazilian professional football coach and player. He was a defensive midfielder who played mostly for Atlético Mineiro, and also represented the Brazil national team at international level. Paiva won the Bola de Prata in 1971.

Club career

Wanderley Paiva was born in Três Corações, in the state of Minas Gerais, and in his youth he played for local side Atlético. After refusing an offer from Rio de Janeiro (state)'s Olaria, he was contacted and signed by Atlético Mineiro in 1966. With the Belo Horizonte club, Paiva became a first-team regular, and was part of the squad which won the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1971. He played 27 matches and scored one goal in that season, and was selected for the team of the tournament, winning the Bola de Prata, awarded by Placar magazine. Wanderley scored Atlético Mineiro's first goal in an official international competition in 1972, and was the second player with the most appearances for the club, with 559.

In 1975, he left Atlético and joined América de São José do Rio Preto, where he remained until 1976. He then moved to Ponte Preta, with which he was runner-up of the Campeonato Paulista in 1977. He played for Ponte Preta until 1980, when he was signed by Palmeiras, where he stayed for just one season, appearing 19 times and scoring one goal. Wanderley then moved to Londrina, and subsequently to Comercial from Ribeirão Preto, where he ended his career.

International career

Paiva was first capped for the Brazil national team on 19 December 1968, when Atlético Mineiro represented the Seleção against Yugoslavia and won 3–2. He only returned to the national side in 1975, when he was called up for that year's Copa América, in which he played six games, as Brazil finished in third place.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, Wanderley Paiva became manager of the Ponte Preta youth squads. In the 2000s, he coached professional sides Juventus, CRAC, Ponte Preta, União São João and Corinthians Alagoano. His best season was in 2004 with CRAC, when he led the club to victory in the Campeonato Goiano, the state league of Goiás, for the second time in its history.

Death

Paiva died from prostate cancer in Campinas, on 27 November 2023, at the age of 77.

Honours

Player

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1971
• Campeonato Mineiro: 1970

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1971

Manager

CRAC

• Campeonato Goiano: 2004

External links

• Wanderley Paiva at Galo Digital (in Portuguese)