Eugênio Machado Souto (born 15 May 1948), commonly known as Geninho, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
Playing career
Born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Geninho was a product of hometown side Botafogo-SP. He made his first team debut in 1966, aged just 16, and became a regular starter in the following year.
Immediately after retiring Geninho started working as a manager, being in charge of his last club Novo Hamburgo. In 1985, he took over another club he represented as a player, Francana, and returned to Botafogo-SP in the following year.
For the 1993 season, Geninho returned to Botafogo before accepting an offer from Saudi Arabia's Al-Shabab, but returned shortly after and took over Fortaleza. In 1994, he coached Ituano and União São João, suffering relegation from the Campeonato Paulista and the Série A, respectively,[4] but ended the season at Vitória.[5]
In 1995 Geninho was at the helm of Comercial[6] and Ponte Preta, suffering relegation from the state league with the latter.[4] He later returned to Vitória, and spent the 1996 season in charge of Juventude.
In 1997, after spells at Guarani and Bahia,[7] Geninho returned to União São João, again suffering top tier relegation.[8] He started the 1998 in charge of Matonense,[9] but later returned to Vitória.[10]
Geninho returned to Juventude ahead of the 1999 season, and later worked with Santo André and União São João throughout the year, suffering relegation with the latter.[11] For the following campaign, he returned to Santo André,[12] but only lasted five matches.
On 8 December 2000, Geninho returned to Santos,[14] but left the following May after being knocked out of the year's Paulistão. He later took over Atlético Paranaense, leading the club to their first-ever Brazilian league title.
On 22 May 2002, Geninho was named Atlético Mineiro manager.[15] On 9 January of the following year, he was appointed at the helm of Corinthians.[16] He resigned on 28 September, after a 6–1 loss at Juventude.[17]
On 15 December 2003, Geninho was announced at Vasco da Gama,[18] but was sacked the following 27 September.[19] On 25 December 2004, he was named manager of Al-Ahli,[20] but returned to his home country the following July and took over Goiás.[21]
Geninho returned to Corinthians on 11 May 2006,[22] leaving on 12 August[23] and returning to Goiás two days later.
[24] He resigned from the latter club on 7 May 2007,[25] and took over Sport on 19 June.[26]
Geninho was announced as Atlético Mineiro manager on 7 December 2007,[27] but resigned the following 18 May. For the remainder of the campaign, he was in charge of Botafogo[28] and Atlético Paranaense.[29]
Geninho resigned from Furacão in June 2009, and took over Nàutico in the following month.[30] On 20 February 2010, he was appointed in charge of Atlético Goianiense,[31]
Geninho quit Dragão on 7 June 2010, and returned to Sport on 10 August.[32] He left the latter club the following February, and returned to Atlético Paranaense late in the month.[33]
Geninho was dismissed by Furacão on 4 April 2011, and returned to Vitória on 19 May.[34] Relieved from his duties on 24 July, he returned to Comercial the following 28 February.[35]
On 19 April 2018, Geninho replaced Claudinei Oliveira at Avaí,[42] and finished the season by achieving promotion to the first division. He was sacked on 17 June 2019, and had a nine-month spell in charge of Vitória before returning to the club on 2 August 2020. He resigned on 9 December.
On 17 March 2022, after more than one year without coaching, Geninho returned to Vitória for a fifth spell.[43]
^"Times baianos trocam seus treinadores" [Teams from Bahia change their managers] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 26 August 1997. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"Atlético-MG tem novo técnico: Geninho" [Atlético-MG have a new manager: Geninho] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 22 May 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"Vasco anuncia contratação de Geninho" [Vasco announce the signing of Geninho] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"Geninho é o novo técnico do Sport" [Geninho is the new manager of Sport] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"Geninho retorna ao Atlético Paranaense" [Geninho returns to Atlético Paranaense] (in Portuguese). Atlético Paranaense. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"Geninho é o novo técnico do Comercial" [Geninho is the new manager of Comercial] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
