César Lucena

César Lucena
Lucena in 2024
Personal information
Full name César Ricardo de Lucena
Date of birth (1980-07-06) 6 July 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Guarulhos, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Sport Recife (assistant)
Youth career
Flamengo-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Flamengo-SP
2002–2004 Portuguesa
2003 → Portuguesa Santista (loan)
2005 Marília
2005–2006 Guarani 35 (2)
2006 Asteras Tripolis 9 (0)
2007 Sport Recife 22 (2)
2008 Figueirense
2008–2012 Sport Recife 130 (2)
2012–2013 Santa Cruz 9 (1)
2013–2014 América Mineiro 22 (1)
2015 Novo Hamburgo 6 (0)
2016 Aimoré 9 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Sport Recife (assistant)
2019–2020 Sport Recife U20
2020– Sport Recife (assistant)
2020 Sport Recife (interim)
2021 Sport Recife (interim)
2022 Sport Recife (interim)
2022 Sport Recife (interim)
2022 Sport Recife (interim)
2023 Sport Recife (interim)
2024 Sport Recife (interim)
2024 Sport Recife (interim)
2025 Sport Recife (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

César Ricardo de Lucena (born 6 July 1980), known as César Lucena or simply César, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current assistant coach of Sport Recife.

Playing career

Born in Guarulhos, Lucena began his senior career with hometown side Flamengo-SP. In 2002, he moved to Portuguesa and also spent a short period at Portuguesa Santista.

In June 2005, Lucena joined Guarani from Marília,[1] where he featured regularly. In 2006, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Asteras Tripolis in the Football League Greece.

Lucena returned to Brazil in December 2006, after agreeing to a contract with Sport Recife. He left the club in the end of the following year after failing to agree new terms, and subsequently joined Figueirense; on 29 February 2008, however, he returned to Sport.[2]

Lucena quickly established himself as a starter for the Leão, lifting the 2008 Copa do Brasil and three Campeonato Pernambucano titles in a row. He left the club in 2012, after struggling with injuries.[3][4]

On 11 July 2012, after two months training to regain match fitness, Lucena signed a contract with Sport's rivals Santa Cruz.[5] After failing to establish himself as a starter, he moved to América Mineiro on 1 April 2013.[6]

Lucena left Coelho in the end of 2014, and subsequently represented clubs in the Rio Grande do Sul: Novo Hamburgo in 2015,[7] and Aimoré in 2016.[8]

Managerial career

In April 2018, Lucena returned to Sport to work as one of Nelsinho Baptista's assistants. He remained at the club even after Nelsinho was fired, and was named interim manager in February 2019, after Milton Cruz was dismissed;[9] however, he was not in charge of the first team in any matches, as Guto Ferreira was hired.

In August 2019, Lucena was named head coach of Sport's under-20 squad.[10] He became an assistant of the main squad for the 2020 campaign, and in February 2020, after Ferreira was sacked, Lucena was named interim head coach of the main squad.[11] After the appointment of Daniel Paulista as head coach, he returned to his previous role.

Lucena served as an interim head coach on seven further occasions, notably being in charge of Sport for the remaining nine matches of the club in the 2025 Série A.[12]

Honours

Sport

Figueirense

References

  1. ^ "Guarani libera zagueiro para Atlético-PR" [Guarani release stopper to Atlético-PR] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Sport acerta retorno de César Lucena" [Sport agree the return of César Lucena] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "César Lucena pronto para jogar" [César Lucena fit to play] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "César Lucena rompe ligamento do joelho e fica seis meses afastado" [César Lucena tears knee ligament and is sidelined for six months] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Veja. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "César Lucena assina contrato com o Santa" [César Lucena signs contract with Santa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "César Lucena, zagueiro que estava no Santa Cruz, é o novo reforço do América" [César Lucena, stopper who was at Santa Cruz, is the new addition of América] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Noia apresenta mais dois reforços para o Gauchão e recebe o Criciúma hoje" [Noia present two more additions for the Gauchão and will face Criciúma today] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Jornal NH. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Apostando na experiência, Aimoré contrata zagueiro e volante" [Betting on experience, Aimoré sign stopper and defensive midfielder] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio Nova Progresso. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ "César Lucena comanda Sport interinamente pela primeira vez" [César Lucena is in charge of Sport in an interim manner for the first time] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Leia Já. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Ex-zagueiro, César Lucena assume equipe Sub-20 do Sport e empilha vitórias" [Former stopper, César Lucena takes over Sport's under-20 squad and pile up victories] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ "César Lucena será o treinador interino do Sport no clássico com o Náutico" [César Lucena will be the interim manager of Sport in the derby against Náutico] (in Brazilian Portuguese). NE10. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Sport comunica a saída do técnico Daniel Paulista" [Sport announce the departure of head coach Daniel Paulista] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sport Club do Recife. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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