Gílson Paulo de Mello Filho (born 1 May 1949), simply known as Gílson Paulo, is a Brazilian football manager, who previously managed the national team of Equatorial Guinea, a position he took up on 1 January 2012.[2][3]
Although his contract with Equatorial Guinea had a duration of two months,[4] the victories of the national team in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations against Libya and especially Senegal achieved that was extended to one year.[5]
Career
Gílson Paulo had previously been a sports director at the academy of Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.[6] where he was to return in mid-February.[7]
References
- ^ [1] Archived 17 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Gilson Paulo, Equatorial Guinea's new coach". Equatorial Guinea's Press and Information Office. 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Brazilian Gilson Paulo named Equatorial Guinea coach". BBC Sport. 4 January 2012.
- ^ [2] (in Spanish)
- ^ [3] (in Spanish)
- ^ "Brazilian is new Equatorial Guinea coach". Kickoff.com. 4 January 2012.
- ^ [4] Archived 11 September 2012 at archive.today (in Portuguese)