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Brazilian footballer (born 1959)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Lorival Santos
Personal information
Full name	Lorival Alves dos Santos
Date of birth	(1959-10-07) 7 October 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975	Guapira
1976	Paulista
1977	América Mineiro
Managerial career
1985	Banespa U20
1986–1987	Banespa
1989	Banespa U17
1994	Juventus-SP U20
1996	Juventus-SP
1997–1999	Juventus-SP
1999	Juventus-SP U20
2000	Grêmio Barueri
2000	Corinthians B
2003	Taubaté
2004	ADAP
2005	Grêmio Barueri
2006	ADAP
2006	São Bernardo
2007	Cascavel
2007–2008	Roma Apucarana
2008–2009	CSA
2009	Central
2010	Canoas
2010–2011	Corinthians Alagoano
2011	Coruripe
2012	São José
2012–2013	CSA
2013	Treze
2013–2014	Al-Shorta
2015	Murici
2015	Coruripe
2016	CSE
2017	Santa Cruz de Natal
2019	Cascavel
2020–2021	ASA
2022	UNIRB
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lorival Alves dos Santos (born 7 October 1959) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who most recently managed Brazilian club UNIRB FC.

Club career

Santos began his playing career as a midfielder for Guapira. He went on to play for Paulista and América-MG.

Coaching career

Santos began his coaching career with Banespa's youth team in 1985 and later went on to coach their first team where he won the Troféu Cidade de São Paulo which was his first title as a manager. His second trophy came in 2000 when he led Corinthians Paulista B to the Copa Chivas title. He won his third honour in 2004, leading ADAP to the Campeonato do Interior Paranaense Série Ouro title. He coached Brazilian teams in various professional leagues in the late 2000s and early 2010s including coaching ADAP in the 2005 Campeonato Paranaense, Cascavel in the 2007 Campeonato Paranaense, Roma Apucarana in the 2008 Copa do Brasil, Central in the 2009 Campeonato Pernambucano, Canoas in the 2010 Campeonato Gaúcho and Treze in the 2013 Campeonato Paraibano.

After 28 years of coaching in Brazil, Santos took up a new job as he was appointed manager of Iraqi Premier League champions Al-Shorta. He coached them through their 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying campaign and their 2014 AFC Cup group stage campaign but the club was eliminated from both tournaments. Santos successfully led Al-Shorta to first place in the 2013–14 Iraqi Premier League with 43 points from 21 matches, although the season was ended prematurely due to the war situation in the country. He received a Certificate of Merit for achieving an unprecedented feat of most consecutive wins against the club's rival teams, as his team achieved seven wins from seven matches against Al-Zawraa, Duhok, Erbil, Al-Talaba, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Amanat Baghdad until the streak was ended with a 2–2 draw against Duhok. He was the coach who gave Mohanad Ali his debut in the Baghdad Derby against Al-Talaba on 26 March 2014 which made Mohanad the youngest player in Iraqi Premier League history at only 13 years old.

He then returned to coaching in Brazil and managed Cascavel in their first five 2019 Campeonato Paranaense matches, achieving two wins and three losses, before taking over at ASA de Arapiraca where he won the Copa Alagoas.