Abel Braga
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Braga in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abel Carlos da Silva Braga | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Internacional (technical director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1971 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1976 | Fluminense | 51 | (1) |
| 1973 | → Figueirense (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 1976–1979 | Vasco da Gama | 144 | (2) |
| 1979–1981 | Paris Saint-Germain | 45 | (9) |
| 1981–1982 | Cruzeiro | 27 | (4) |
| 1982–1984 | Botafogo | 62 | (11) |
| 1984 | Goytacaz | 18 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1971–1978 | Brazil | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985 | Goytacaz | ||
| 1985 | Botafogo | ||
| 1985–1986 | Rio Ave | ||
| 1986 | Vitória | ||
| 1987 | Galícia | ||
| 1987–1988 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1988–1989 | Internacional | ||
| 1989–1991 | Famalicão | ||
| 1991 | Internacional | ||
| 1992–1993 | Belenenses | ||
| 1993–1994 | Famalicão | ||
| 1994–1995 | Vitória de Setúbal | ||
| 1995 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1995 | Internacional | ||
| 1997 | Guarani | ||
| 1997–1998 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 1998 | Bahia | ||
| 1999 | Coritiba | ||
| 1999–2000 | Paraná | ||
| 2000 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2000 | Marseille | ||
| 2001 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2001–2002 | Botafogo | ||
| 2002 | Botafogo | ||
| 2002 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 2003 | Ponte Preta | ||
| 2004 | Flamengo | ||
| 2005 | Fluminense | ||
| 2006–2007 | Internacional | ||
| 2007–2008 | Internacional | ||
| 2008–2011 | Al Jazira | ||
| 2011–2013 | Fluminense | ||
| 2014 | Internacional | ||
| 2015 | Al Jazira | ||
| 2017–2018 | Fluminense | ||
| 2019 | Flamengo | ||
| 2019 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2020 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2020–2021 | Internacional | ||
| 2021 | Lugano | ||
| 2022 | Fluminense | ||
| 2025 | Internacional | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Abel Carlos da Silva Braga (born 1 September 1952) is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He is the current technical director of Internacional.
Braga played as a central defender during a professional career that started with Fluminense in 1968. He earned one cap for Brazil, and was on the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad.
Since his retirement in 1985, Braga has managed a number of clubs in Brazil and Portugal, including three spells at Fluminense and eight spells at Internacional, with whom won the Copa Libertadores and FIFA Club World Cup in 2006. He has also managed French club Marseille, as well as Emirati club Al Jazira over two spells.