New Santos boss Cuca has poor record in debuts for São Paulo clubs | OneFootball

Announced this Thursday, Cuca will make his debut for Santos this weekend, against Cruzeiro, at Mineirão. Hired to replace Vojvoda, the coach brings vast experience and joins the Alvinegro Praiano after several stints with São Paulo state teams. Before his first official match in charge of Santos, it’s worth recalling Cuca’s debuts with other São Paulo clubs.

Cuca’s track record is negative. In nine stints with São Paulo teams, the coach has accumulated five defeats, three draws, and only one victory, with a success rate of just 22.2%.

In the previous decade, Cuca managed three São Paulo clubs and had poor debuts with all of them. In 2004, with São Paulo, he drew 0-0 against Ponte Preta at Morumbis. The following year, with São Caetano, he lost 3-1 to Juventude. And in 2008, he lost to Vitória by the minimum score at Barradão.

Even in his best spell with São Paulo clubs, which happened in 2016 with Palmeiras, Cuca debuted with a defeat. On that occasion, he traveled to Uruguay and saw Verdão lose 1-0, bidding farewell to the Libertadores. At the end of that season, he won the Brasileirão and ended Alviverde’s title drought.

The following year, he achieved his only victory in debuts for São Paulo teams: a 4-0 thrashing of Vasco at Allianz Parque.

After that, he had spells with the other three big clubs but failed to secure any victory in regular time. In 2018, on his debut for Santos at Vila Belmiro, coincidentally, he lost to Cruzeiro—the same opponent for this new debut—by 1-0. The following year, he eliminated Palmeiras in the Paulista semifinal while managing São Paulo, but drew in regular time and only secured victory on penalties.

In 2020, the coach debuted for Santos with a 1-1 draw against Red Bull Bragantino. Finally, during his brief stint with Corinthians in 2023, he lost 3-1 to Goiás in Goiânia.

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