Flávio Murtosa

Personal information
Full name	Flávio Teixeira
Date of birth	14 January 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth	Pelotas, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1975	Pelotas
1975	Maranhão
1976–1977	Pelotas
Managerial career
1981–1982	Farroupilha
1982–1983	Brasil (PE) (assistant coach)
1983	Al-Shabab (assistant coach)
1984–1985	Brasil (PE) (assistant coach)
1986	Juventude (assistant coach)
1986–1987	Grêmio (assistant coach)
1987	Goiás (assistant coach)
1988–1990	Al-Qadsia (assistant coach)
1990	Kuwait (assistant coach)
1990	Coritiba (assistant coach)
1991	Criciúma (assistant coach)
1991	Al-Ahli
1992	Al-Qadsia (assistant coach)
1993–1996	Grêmio (assistant coach)
1997	Júbilo Iwata (assistant coach)
1997	Juventude
1998–2000	Palmeiras (assistant coach)
2000–2001	Cruzeiro (assistant coach)
2001–2002	Brazil (assistant coach)
2002	Palmeiras
2003–2008	Portugal (assistant coach)
2008–2009	Chelsea (assistant coach)
2009–2010	Bunyodkor (assistant coach)
2010–2012	Palmeiras (assistant coach)
2013–2014	Brazil (assistant coach)
2014–2015	Grêmio (assistant coach)
2015–2017	Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant coach)
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Flávio Teixeira (born 14 January 1951), known as Flávio Murtosa or simply Murtosa, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and currently professional football manager. Murtosa has a long friendship with FIFA World Cup winning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari and works mostly as his assistant coach.

Career

Murtosa began playing professional football as a right winger with his hometown's Esporte Clube Pelotas in 1967. He played in the Campeonato Gaúcho with Pelotas, before signing with Maranhão Atlético Clube in 1975. After one season, he returned to Pelotas where he would play until a knee injury forced him to retire at age 26.^[1]