Baltemar José de Oliveira Brito (born 9 January 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and a former player who played as a central defender,[1] who is the interim head coach of the Zimbabwe national football team.
Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brito spent the vast majority of his professional career in Portugal, representing Vitória Guimarães (no league games played), Paços Ferreira (two spells), Feirense, Rio Ave (two stints), Vitória de Setúbal and Varzim.
Over the course of eight seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 games and seven goals in representation of all the clubs except Paços, with which he competed solely in the second division.
[5] On 5 June 2010, he was appointed head coach at Belenenses in the Portuguese second level,[6] but was sacked the following month before the season had even started.
[7] On 8 January 2018, Brito became head coach at Union Titus Pétange, a club of the first Luxembourgish league.