Abel Braga is a former professional football player and a manager. He was born on 1 September 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abel got a first taste of professional football at his hometown club Fluminense in 1968. He played in defense of the club for eight years and then moved to Vasco da Gama. In between 1979 and 1981, Braga had a brilliant two-year stint at the French PSG and then played for Cruzeiro, Botafogo and Goytacaz.
Braga took up coaching in 1985. Since that time he trained an array of clubs such as Internacional, Famalicão, Guarani, Coritiba, Olympique de Marseille, Botafogo and others. Under Abel Braga, Internacional finished as a runner-up in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A losing the final clash to Bahia. Nevertheless, the club recorded the Copa Libertadores de América and FIFA Club World Cup victories in 2006 with Braga at the helm. The Brazilian coach had two consecutive Campeonato Paranaense wins with Clube Atlético Paranaense and Coritiba in 1998 and 1999 respectively. He also has four Campeonato Carioca trophies on his trophy cabinet.
After a three-year spell at UAE club Al Jazira from 2008 till 2011, Abel Braga took over the Brazilian heavyweights Fluminense and guided them to the championship title in 2013. After a disastrous start to the next campaign Braga was released from the club.
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