Umberto Louzer at Criciúma: how his career debuts went | OneFootball

Criciúma has a new head coach for the remainder of the Brazilian Championship Serie B. Umberto Louzer replaces Eduardo Baptista, who has agreed to join Internacional, and arrives on loan from Guarani until the end of the competition.

His debut will be against Avaí on Sunday the 27th at Heriberto Hülse Stadium. Umberto Louzer takes over Criciúma in the decisive stretch of Serie B, with the team in sixth place on 47 points, after the loss to Operário-PR.

Before beginning his work at Tigre, Umberto Louzer’s track record allows for an analysis of his debuts at the clubs he has managed. The record shows mixed results, including wins, draws, and losses, with no clear pattern in his first matches.

Umberto Louzer’s debut record

Considering his first ten matches for professional clubs, Umberto Louzer has recorded two wins, three draws, and five losses. His success rate in those games is 30% of the points contested. The survey considers Umberto Louzer’s debut at each club, regardless of the tournament.

There were wins with Guarani and Vila Nova, draws with Atlético-GO, Juventude, and Novorizontino, and losses with Coritiba, Chapecoense, Sport, CRB, and América-MG. The record shows that the initial result did not always foreshadow Umberto Louzer’s performance over the course of his spells.

The two wins

Umberto Louzer’s first win as head coach of a professional team came at Guarani. In January 2018, the team beat Internacional 1-0 at the start of a campaign that would end with the Paulista Championship Serie A2 title.

After working as an assistant at Guarani, Umberto Louzer made his debut as head coach with a win. At Vila Nova, for example, he also won his debut, beating Goiatuba 1-0 in the Goiano Championship in January 2019.

Draws came in three debuts

Draws are the second most frequent outcome in his record. Umberto Louzer began his spell at Atlético-GO with a 1-1 draw against Iporá. At Juventude, in 2022, he drew 0-0 with São Paulo.

The third draw came when he arrived at Novorizontino. In April 2025, the São Paulo state club drew 1-1 with Operário-PR. These results show that three of his ten debuts ended without a winner, accounting for 30% of the sample.

Five losses in the first match

Losses make up the largest share of the record. Umberto Louzer lost his debut with Coritiba, 4-0 to Londrina, and also began his spell at Chapecoense with a 2-0 defeat to Avaí.

At Sport, his first match ended in a 3-0 loss to Vitória. Later, Umberto Louzer lost 2-1 to Cruzeiro in his debut with CRB and 2-1 to Operário-PR with América-MG.

The figure is relevant to his new job because it shows that Criciúma’s new coach has already begun five spells with a loss and still managed to build standout campaigns at some of those clubs.

What does the record show before Criciúma?

Umberto Louzer’s debut record shows 20% wins, 30% draws, and 50% losses, with an average return of 30% of the points from the ten first matches for the clubs considered.

The number, however, needs to be read within the context of each spell. At Chapecoense, for example, the coach won the Catarinense Championship and the 2020 Brazilian Championship Serie B despite losing his debut.

Juventude, on the other hand, was a short spell. Now, Criciúma will be another chapter in that journey. His debut against Avaí will add a new result to Umberto Louzer’s statistics, but the record shows that the first match did not define his spells.

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