Muricy Ramalho (born 30 November 1955) is a Brazilian former football coach and player who is the current sporting director of São Paulo.

On July 23, 2010, it was reported that he had been offered the post of the coach of the Brazil national team,[6] to replace the sacked Dunga.

[10] Despite the technical limitations of the team, São Paulo won the cup, defeating Peñarol of Uruguay in the final.

[10] After working for Internacional, including taking them to runners-up in the Campeonato Brasileiro de 2005, on January 3, 2006, he went back to manage São Paulo, signing a one-year contract, ten years after his first stint with the club.

[16] After almost a month of negotiations, Ramalho agreed to manage the team of Palmeiras, signing a contract on July 22, 2009.

After six months as Palmeiras' head coach, Ramalho was fired on February 18, 2010, after a 1–4 defeat against São Caetano.

[18] Ramalho led Fluminense to win that year's Brazilian League title, the club's third national championship, and his fourth as a manager.

After losing the 2013 State Championship, and after having star player Neymar sold to Barcelona, Ramalho, on 31 May, was dismissed by club.

On December 7, 2013, Ramalho, after a very successful return ahead of the club, renewed his contract with São Paulo for two more seasons.

"[25] On April 6, 2015, Ramalho stepped down as coach of São Paulo due to illness; he had been hospitalized in January with a digestive disease.

[26] Ramalho was appointed head coach of Flamengo in early 2016, but was forced to resign due to poor health in May of that year.

The latter had been little impressed by Neymar's performances in a friendly match in London, later stating, "I would not pay a lot of money to sign him."

[30] In July 2013, two months after leaving Santos, Ramalho said that if he was to work in Europe, he would have been given a 30-year contract and would have a statue dedicated to him afterwards because even "[Arsène] Wenger can coach Arsenal for almost 15 years having had so little success".

Meanwhile, on the defender Breno, whom Ramalho coached with at São Paulo, he stated, "He thought he was [Franz] Beckenbauer.