Leandro Cuca
Personal information
Full name Leandro da Silva
Date of birth (1973-08-24) 24 August 1973
Place of birth Blumenau, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 V-Varen Nagasaki (assistant)
Youth career
1988–1994 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Coritiba 27 (2)
1996 → Londrina (loan)
1998 Iraty
1998 XV de Piracicaba
1999 Criciúma 30 (0)
2000 Juventus-SP
2001 XV de Piracicaba
2002 União Barbarense
2002–2003 União Madeira 2 (0)
2004–2005 Cianorte
2005 Gama
2005–2006 Adap Galo Maringá
2006 Paraná
2007 Chapecoense
2008 Caxias
2009 Universidade 4 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 J. Malucelli U20
2013 União Barbarense (assistant)
2013–2014 Figueirense U20
2015 Paraná (assistant)
2015 Volta Redonda (assistant)
2015 Volta Redonda
2016 Vila Nova (assistant)
2016 Vila Nova (interim)
2017–2018 Corinthians (assistant)
2018 Al-Wehda (assistant)
2019 Corinthians (assistant)
2020–2021 Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2021–2022 Santos (assistant)
2022 Athletico Paranaense (assistant)
2022– V-Varen Nagasaki (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro da Silva (born 24 August 1973), known as Leandro Cuca or just Cuca, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Japanese club V-Varen Nagasaki.

Playing career

Born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Cuca began his career with Coritiba in 1994. He left the club in 1997 after a loan stint at Londrina, and subsequently represented Iraty, XV de Piracicaba (two stints), Criciúma, Juventus-SP and União Barbarense before moving abroad in 2002, with Portuguese Segunda Liga side União da Madeira.

Cuca returned to his home country in 2004 with Cianorte. He went on to play for Gama, Adap Galo Maringá, Paraná,[1] Chapecoense, Caxias and Universidade, retiring with the latter in 2009 at the age of 36.

Coaching career

After retiring, Cuca worked at J. Malucelli's youth setup before returning to União Barbarense in 2013, as an assistant coach.[2] He was also a manager of the under-20 squad of Figueirense, and also worked as an assistant manager at Paraná[3] and Volta Redonda before being named manager of the latter on 30 August 2015, in the place of sacked Leandro Niehues.[4]

Cuca was himself dismissed by Voltaço on 20 November 2015,[5] and subsequently rejoined Niehues' staff at Vila Nova in March 2016.[6] In June, he was named interim manager after Niehues was sacked.[7]

On 23 December 2016, Cuca was named Fábio Carille's assistant at Corinthians.[8] He subsequently followed Carille to Al-Wehda, Al-Ittihad, Santos,[9] Athletico Paranaense and Japanese club V-Varen Nagasaki, always as his assistant.

Career statistics

Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coritiba 1995 Série B 00192———192
1996 Série A 800010——90
1997 000010——10
Total 8019220——292
Criciúma 1999[10] Série B 180120———300
União Madeira 2002–03 Segunda Liga 20————20
Universidade 2009 Gaúcho —40———40
Career total 280352200000652

    Managerial statistics

    As of 30 January 2022
    Managerial record by team and tenure
    Team Nat From To Record Ref
    G W D L GF GA GD Win %
    Volta Redonda Brazil 30 August 2015 20 November 2015 15 10 2 3 28 12 +16 066.67 [11]
    Vila Nova (interim) Brazil 5 June 2016 14 June 2016 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 066.67 [12]
    Corinthians (interim) Brazil 26 October 2019 26 October 2019 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00 [13]
    Santos (interim) Brazil 26 January 2022 29 January 2022 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00
    Total 21 12 4 5 31 14 +17 057.14 —

    References

    1. ↑ "Quase campeão, Galo já monta time para 2006" [Nearly champion, Galo already set a team for 2006] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    2. ↑ "Só a comissão técnica foi novidade na apresentação do União" [Only the technical staff was a novelty in the presentation of União] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário de Santa Bárbara d'Oeste. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    3. ↑ "Paraná afasta treinador após eliminação na Copa do Brasil" [Paraná put manager aside after elimination in the Copa do Brasil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bem Paraná. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    4. ↑ "Após derrota, Voltaço demite o técnico Leandro Niehues" [After defeat, Voltaço sack manager Leandro Niehues] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Vale. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    5. ↑ "Leandro Cuca não é mais técnico do Voltaço" [Leandro Cuca is no longer manager of Voltaço] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    6. ↑ "Leandro Niehues é apresentado no Vila Nova" [Leandro Niehues is presented at Vila Nova] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário de Goiás. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    7. ↑ "Vila Nova será comandado em Lucas do Rio Verde por Leandro Silva" [Vila Nova will be managed by Leandro Silva in Lucas do Rio Verde] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário de Goiás. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    8. ↑ "Corinthians anuncia chegada de Cuca como auxiliar... Mas não é 'aquele'" [Corinthians announce the arrival of Cuca as an assistant... But it is not 'that one'] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    9. ↑ "Quase carrasco do Timão, xará de técnico rival... Conheça o braço direito de Carille" [Nearly the hangman of Timão, namesake of rival manager... Know the right hand of Carille] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    10. ↑ "Leandro da Silva (Cuca)" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Meu Time na Rede. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    11. ↑ "Voltaço anuncia que Leandro Cuca não é mais técnico do time profissional" [Voltaço announce that Leandro Cuca is no longer manager of the first team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Foco Regional. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    12. ↑ "Cuca" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol de Goyaz. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
    13. ↑ "Técnico Leandro Cuca" [Manager Leandro Cuca] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Meu Timão. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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