Maurício Ferreira de Souza

Maurício Ferreira de Souza (born 13 March 1974), known as Maurício Souza, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the interim manager of Flamengo's under-20 squad.

Maurício Souza
Personal information
Full name Maurício Ferreira de Souza
Date of birth (1974-03-13) 13 March 1974
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Flamengo U20
Youth career
America-RJ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 America-RJ
Teams managed
2010–2011 Botafogo U13
2012 Botafogo U15
2013 Botafogo U17
2014 Botafogo U20
2014 Botafogo (assistant)
2016–2017 Flamengo U17
2017– Flamengo U20
2018 Flamengo (assistant)
2020 Flamengo (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Souza was known as Maurício during his playing days, and was an America-RJ youth graduate. After three years in the main squad, he switched to futsal and played the remainder of his career in the sport.[1]

Souza's first managerial role back in football occurred in 2010, after Botafogo established a partnership with his futsal side Casa d'España; he was appointed in charge of the youth teams.[1] In 2014, already in charge of the under-20s, he became Eduardo Hungaro's assistant in the main squad.[2]

On 25 February 2016, Souza was dismissed at Bota.[3] Shortly after he joined Flamengo; initially a coordinator of the futsal squad of the club, he took over the under-17 side in 2017.

Promoted to the under-20 squad in the end of 2017, Souza was also an assistant manager of Maurício Barbieri and Dorival Júnior in the main squad during the 2018 campaign; he was also an interim manager during two Copa Libertadores matches, as Barbieri was suspended.[4] He was also in charge of the main squad for the four first matches of the 2020 Campeonato Carioca, as manager Jorge Jesus and the entire first-team squad was given an extended holiday period.[5]

Souza was named interim manager of Fla on 9 November 2020, after the dismissal of Domènec Torrent,[6] but his spell only lasted one day as the club signed Rogério Ceni.

References
  1. "Cria do futsal, técnico do Fla sub-20 busca título inédito na carreira" [Raised in futsal, manager of Fla under-20s seek for unprecedented title in his career] (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. "Treinador do Sub-20, Mauricio Souza é efetivado auxiliar técnico de Eduardo Hungaro" [Manager of the under-20s, Mauricio Souza is officially the assistant manager of Eduardo Hungaro] (in Portuguese). FogãoNET. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. "Com time líder no sub-20, Botafogo demite comissão técnica dos juniores" [With the team in the first place in the under-20s, Botafogo sack the staff of the juniores] (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. "Após "intervalo" no profissional, Maurício Souza lidera Flamengo Sub-20 em busca de título inédito" [After "break" in the main squad, Maurício Souza leads Flamengo under-20s in pursuit of unprecedented title] (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. "'Legado', diferenças de Jesus e carreira: Maurício Souza inicia trabalho no Flamengo nesta quarta" ['Legacy', differences from Jesus and career: Maurício Souza starts working at Flamengo this Wednesday] (in Portuguese). Terra. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Maurício Souza comanda o Flamengo nas quartas de final da Copa do Brasil" [Maurício Souza takes over Flamengo in the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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