Doriva

Doriva

Personal information
Full name	Dorival Guidoni Júnior
Date of birth	(1972-05-28) 28 May 1972
Place of birth	Mirassol, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bahia (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	São Paulo	33	(0)
1992	→ Anapolina (loan)
1993	→ Goiânia (loan)
1995	XV de Piracicaba
1995–1997	Atlético Mineiro	75	(1)
1997–1999	Porto	30	(5)
1999–2000	Sampdoria	54	(5)
2000–2003	Celta Vigo	34	(1)
2003	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	5	(0)
2003–2006	Middlesbrough	74	(0)
2007	América-SP
2007	Mirassol
International career
1995–1998	Brazil	12	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Ituano
2014	Atlético Paranaense
2015	Vasco da Gama
2015	Ponte Preta
2015	São Paulo
2016–	Bahia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dorival Guidoni Júnior, known simply as Doriva (born 28 May 1972) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current football manager.

From 2003 until 2006, he played for English Premier League club Middlesbrough, winning the 2004 League Cup and finishing as runner-up in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. He retired due to a misdiagnosed heart condition while playing for Brazilian club América-SP in 2007.

Doriva played for the Brazil national football team between 1995 and 1998, making a brief substitute appearance in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in which Brazil finished as runners-up.

Club career

Brazil

Doriva began his career at the youth of São Paulo, and after spending 1992 at Goiás teams Anapolina and Goiânia, was promoted to the main team under coach Telê Santana in 1993. That same year he won both the Libertadores da América and the Intercontinental Cup. In 1995 he was transferred to XV de Piracicaba after having his rights purchased by then-owner Rolim Amaro, founder of TAM Airlines.

Doriva came to Atlético Mineiro in 1995, as the team had just gotten a sponsorship deal with TAM. There Doriva had what he considered crucial years in his formation as a player, leading to a $4 million sale to FC Porto.

Porto, Sampdoria and Celta Vigo

Doriva's career in Porto had three Primeira Liga titles before he opted to transfer to Italy's U.C. Sampdoria, in an $8 million four-year contract. In 2000, he went to Spain, playing for Celta Vigo.

Middlesbrough

Doriva was signed by Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren in January 2003, on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut on 5 April 2003 in a 3–0 home win over West Bromwich Albion.

After five appearances for the club, Doriva was given a one-year contract with Middlesbrough on 21 July 2003. In his first full season at the club, Doriva was first choice in midfield alongside George Boateng. He found his chances limited after this, however, due to the emergence of Stewart Downing and the conversion of Boudewijn Zenden to central midfield. On 11 February 2004, in a 3–2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford, Doriva was pushed by Paul Scholes, who in April was given a three-match ban for the incident. On 29 February he started as Middlesbrough won their first major trophy, the 2004 Football League Cup Final, with a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. His only goal for Middlesbrough came in a 2–1 victory at Notts County in the third round of the FA Cup on 8 January 2005.

In 2005 he earned a one-year contract extension, which Middlesbrough allowed to expire in July 2006.

América-SP

Following his release from Middlesbrough, he then signed for América-SP in Brazil, where he had a heart problem detected. Doriva's father and grandfather both died from heart conditions, and therefore he decided to retire from playing. Subsequent tests showed that the diagnosis was inaccurate and he could have continued playing, although he remained retired.

Managerial career

After retirement, in 2009 Ituano president Juninho Paulista, who played with Doriva in both Middlesbrough and São Paulo, invited his friend to work at the team. Following some time in the team's youth clubs and as an assistant coach, in 2014, Doriva became Ituano's coach. He led Ituano to a Cinderella run on the Campeonato Paulista, winning the title on penalty kicks over Santos.

Doriva was hired by Atlético Paranaense on 16 June 2014, but he failed to impress, getting the sack two months later.

On 14 December 2014, Doriva was appointed as manager of Vasco. but it was not for very temp because on August 4, with the Ponte Preta. little time on the Ponte Preta, due have accepted an offer advantageous to command the São Paulo.

International

Doriva's first cap for the Brazil national football team was in 1995. He was part of the Brazil squad which reached the final of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He wore the number 17 shirt and made one appearance, in the second match of the group. He came on against Morocco in Nantes as a 68th-minute substitute for César Sampaio. He played a total of 12 games for the Brazilian squad. Left the cruzmaltino in May 2015, after a negative result, at the beginning of the Campeonato Brasileiro.

External links

• Doriva profile at ForaDeJogo
• BDFutbol profile
• Doriva at National-Football-Teams.com