&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Cuca_2021.jpg) Cuca in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexi Stival[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pinheiros-PR | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | Pinheiros-PR | ? | (2) |
| 1984–1985 | Santa Cruz-RS | 24 | (4) |
| 1985–1987 | Juventude | ? | (17) |
| 1987–1990 | Grêmio | 122 | (51) |
| 1990–1991 | Valladolid | 12 | (4) |
| 1991 | → Internacional (loan) | 34 | (8) |
| 1992 | Grêmio | 9 | (2) |
| 1992 | Palmeiras | 18 | (5) |
| 1993–1994 | Santos | 38 | (11) |
| 1994 | → Portuguesa (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 1994 | Remo | 13 | (2) |
| 1995 | Juventude | ? | (9) |
| 1996 | Chapecoense | ? | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998 | Uberlândia | ||
| 1999 | Brasil de Pelotas | ||
| 1999 | Avaí | ||
| 2000 | Inter de Limeira | ||
| 2000 | Avaí | ||
| 2001 | Inter de Lages | ||
| 2001 | Remo | ||
| 2001–2002 | Criciúma | ||
| 2002 | Gama | ||
| 2003 | Paraná | ||
| 2003 | Goiás | ||
| 2004 | São Paulo | ||
| 2004 | Grêmio | ||
| 2005 | Flamengo | ||
| 2005 | Coritiba | ||
| 2005 | São Caetano | ||
| 2006–2007 | Botafogo | ||
| 2007–2008 | Botafogo | ||
| 2008 | Santos | ||
| 2008 | Fluminense | ||
| 2009 | Flamengo | ||
| 2009–2010 | Fluminense | ||
| 2010–2011 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2011–2013 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2013–2015 | Shandong Luneng | ||
| 2016 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2017 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2018 | Santos | ||
| 2019 | São Paulo | ||
| 2020–2021 | Santos | ||
| 2021 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2022 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2023 | Corinthians | ||
| 2024 | Athletico Paranaense | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alexi Stival (born 7 June 1963), known as Cuca (Portuguese pronunciation: [kukɐ]), is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player.
Cuca played as a forward, winning Campeonato Gaúcho titles for Grêmio and Internacional, while also featuring for Palmeiras and Santos, among others. He made one appearance for the Brazil national team in 1991.
Since his retirement, Cuca has been the head coach of a number of clubs, mostly in his native country. He has led nine of the Big 12, winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with Palmeiras in 2016 and Atlético Mineiro in 2021, and also lifting the 2013 Copa Libertadores with the latter.
- ^ "Cuca, a vingança do 'azarado'". BOL Notícias. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2018.