Dorival sets another record on return: São Paulo's oldest hire | OneFootball

At 64 years and 20 days old, Dorival Júnior becomes the oldest coach in history to arrive at São Paulo, surpassing Émerson Leão, who arrived at 62 years and 105 days old in 2011.

He still will not be the oldest to manage the team, however, as that distinction still belongs to Telê Santana, for now the only one to have done so after turning 64.

The last time the legendary coach was on the Tricolor bench was on January 27, 1996, when he was 64 years and 185 days old.

For Dorival to surpass him, he will need to remain in charge of the team at least until the week of November 18, when the match against Fluminense in the second half of the Brazilian Championship is scheduled at Morumbi.

This is the second record reached by Dorival in this return to Tricolor. He will also become only the fourth person in the club’s history to have at least three spells as head coach, after Vicente Feola, José Poy, and Muricy Ramalho.

Feola is the one who coached the team the most in history, with 538 matches over seven spells between 1937 and 1960. Poy, meanwhile, was on the São Paulo bench on four occasions between 1964 and 1983, with 397 matches.

Finally, Muricy totaled 431 matches over four spells between 1996 and 2015. All three also had spells as replacements, and the two most recent ones were also interim coaches on two occasions each.

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