Ademar Braga (football manager)

Ademar da Silva Braga (born 8 January 1945) is a Brazilian football manager who has managed Chinese side Changsha Ginde, the Iran national team, Brazilian Série A club Corinthians and America FC.

He would broaden his horizons with a move to Asia where he gained experience in Kuwait and Japanese side Cerezo Osaka upon returning to Brazil.

[1] In 1999 Ademar took his first permanent Head coach position with top tier Chinese side Shenyang Haishi where he guided them to eleventh within the league.

[2] This was soon followed by a move to the Iran national team where despite winning all three of the games he was in charge of he was soon replaced for a more high-profile manager in Miroslav Blažević.

[3] By 10 May 2006 he was replaced by Geninho and Ademar soon returned to assistant coaching with Mirassol Futebol Clube.