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Tite (football manager)

Adenor Leonardo Bacchi (born 25 May 1961), commonly known as Tite (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈtʃitʃ(i)]), is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the head coach of Flamengo.

Tite played from 1978 to 1984 for Caxias, then a season for Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves and a season for Portuguesa. The three following seasons from 1986 to 1989 at Guarani were his most successful as player. At age 27, he ended his career due to successive knee injuries that caused him to lose mobility in one of his knees.

From 1991 onwards, Tite coached more than 10 teams in more than 15 stints. Amongst these were his first club, Caxias that he returned to in 1999, and they won the 2000 Campeonato Gaúcho defeating Grêmio, which had Ronaldinho in its team. Due to the achievements with Caxias, Tite became the Grêmio coach in 2001 where they won the 2001 Campeonato Gaúcho and the 2001 Copa do Brasil. He stayed until 2003 when Tite trained other teams: São Caetano, Corinthians in 2004, Atlético Mineiro in 2005, Palmeiras in 2006, and Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in 2007. From 2008 to 2009 he trained Internacional and they won the 2008 Copa Sudamericana and the 2009 Campeonato Gaúcho. At the end of 2010 he was announced as a coach of Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates, but he left the club months later to return to Corinthians.[citation needed]

For Corinthians, Tite won the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title, the 2012 Copa Libertadores title, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup title against Chelsea, the 2013 Campeonato Paulista and the 2013 Recopa Sudamericana. On 14 November 2013, Tite announced that he was leaving the club. After a sabbatical period, Tite returned to Corinthians in 2015, where they won the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, to Genor and Ivone Bacchi, Adenor was the middle child, having a younger brother named Ademir and an elder sister named Beatriz. He was nicknamed "Ade" by his friends and family during his childhood. His father was also an amateur player and took him to Esporte Clube Juvenil (an amateur side in São Braz, a small community in his hometown), where both would play together in the reserve side.

After spending a short period at Juventude's youth sides, Ade left after having to find work. However, when playing for his school Colégio Henrique Emilio Meier in a local tournament, he was spotted by Luiz Felipe Scolari, who took him to the youth categories of Caxias. When presented by Felipão at Caxias, he was mistakenly called "Tite" (the name of another midfielder from the college team), but the nickname later remained.

After joining the youth sides of Caxias in 1978, Tite quickly started to feature for the under-20 side, and made his senior debut on 19 September 1979, in a 0–0 home draw against rivals Juventude. He would later establish himself as a regular starter for the side, and was transferred to Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves in 1983.

In 1984, Tite agreed to a six-month loan deal with Portuguesa, newly-promoted to the Série A. There, he would score on a regular basis, netting six goals in just 22 appearances, but was not bought outright after a change of presidency at the club.

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