Péricles Chamusca

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Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca (born 29 September 1965) is a Brazilian football manager, he is the currently head coach of Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun.

Péricles Chamusca
Chamusca with El Jaish in 2012
Personal information
Full name Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca
Date of birth (1965-09-29) 29 September 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth Salvador, Brazil
Team information
Current team
Al-Taawoun (head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
1994–1995 Vitória
1996 Santa Cruz
1997 Mirassol
1997 Rio Branco-SP
1997 América de Natal
1998 Porto
1998 CSA
2001 Corinthians Alagoano
2001 Vitória
2002 Confiança
2002 Brasiliense
2002 Caxias
2002–2004 Santa Cruz
2004 Santo André
2004 São Caetano
2005 Goiás
2005 Botafogo
2005–2009 Oita Trinita
2009 Sport
2010 Avaí
2010–2011 Al-Arabi
2011–2012 El Jaish
2013 Portuguesa
2013 Coritiba
2014 Júbilo Iwata
2015 Al-Gharafa
2016–2017 Al Shaab
2018–2019 Al-Faisaly
2019 Al-Hilal
2019–2021 Al-Faisaly
2021–2022 Al-Shabab
2022–2024 Al-Taawoun
2024–2025 Neom
2025– Al-Taawoun

Early and personal life

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Chamusca and his brother Marcelo Chamusca, who is also a coach, were born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Coaching career

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Chamusca coached Japanese club Oita Trinita since September 2005, then brought the first J.League Cup title to the club in 2008. But in the very next season, the club suffered a 14th straight defeat in the league due to injuries of regular players. He was fired on July 14, and Ranko Popović took his position.[1]

On July 31 2009, he assigned with Sport to coach the Pernambucano team. He replaced Emerson Leão.[2] On November 7 2009, the coach quit Sport in agreement with the club chairman Sílvio Guimarães, the team placed the bottom in the Brasileirão championship standings.[3]

On 29 June 2022, Chamusca was appointed as manager of Al-Taawoun.[4]

On 29 May 2024, Chamusca was appointed as manager of First Division side Neom.[5] He guided the club to victory in the Saudi First Division, achieving their first-ever promotion to the Saudi Pro League, before departing on 3 July 2025.[6] In the meantime, it was announced that he would return to Al-Taawoun, with his reappointment set for 20 July.[7]

Managerial statistics

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As of 24 April 2026[8]
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Brazil Vitória 1 January 1994 31 December 1995 133633436047.37
Brazil Santa Cruz 1 January 1996 31 December 1996 4829118060.42
Brazil Mirassol 1 January 1997 17 March 1997 6420066.67
Brazil Rio Branco-SP 19 March 1997 18 May 1997 13535038.46
Brazil América de Natal 24 May 1997 23 December 1997 25799028.00
Brazil Porto-PE 1998 1998 286715021.43
Brazil CSA 1998 1998 10604060.00
Brazil Corinthians Alagoano 1 March 2001 30 May 2001 14572035.71
Brazil Vitória 1 July 2001 31 December 2001 27999033.33
Brazil Confiança 8 January 2002 23 March 2002 11128009.09
Brazil Brasiliense 30 March 2002 18 June 2002 14734050.00
Brazil Caxias 10 July 2002 20 September 2002 12345025.00
Brazil Santa Cruz 6 October 2002 30 April 2004 96501927052.08
Brazil Santo André 1 May 2004 20 July 2004 17863047.06
Brazil São Caetano 21 July 2004 21 December 2004 321769053.13
Brazil Goiás 1 January 2005 24 April 2005 221183050.00
Brazil Botafogo 1 July 2005 28 August 2005 13436030.77
Japan Oita Trinita 5 September 2005 13 July 2009 169663568039.05
Brazil Sport 31 July 2009 7 November 2009 194510021.05
Brazil Avaí 10 December 2009 1 July 2010 311786054.84
Qatar Al-Arabi 7 July 2010 3 June 2011 4022810055.00
Qatar El-Jaish 15 June 2011 30 May 2012 3416810047.06
Brazil Portuguesa 13 December 2012 15 April 2013 221444063.64
Brazil Coritiba 30 September 2013 16 November 2013 12318025.00
Japan Júbilo Iwata 1 February 2014 24 September 2014 3618810050.00
Qatar Al-Gharafa 25 May 2015 19 November 2015 8323037.50
United Arab Emirates Al-Shaab 21 December 2016 1 May 2017 17485023.53
Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly 14 October 2018 31 May 2021 93412329044.09
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal (loan) 27 April 2019 20 May 2019 5311060.00
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 June 2021 23 March 2022 271584055.56
Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 29 June 2022 28 May 2024 68341816050.00
Saudi Arabia Neom 29 May 2024 3 July 2025 342473070.59
Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 20 July 2025 present 311588048.39
Total 1,167532285350045.59

Honours

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References

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