Born in Tuparendi, Rio Grande do Sul, Turra started playing football with local side Caxias, making his first team debut in 1991.

Back to Caxias, Turra helped his the side to win their first-ever Campeonato Gaúcho in 2000, under the management of Tite.

On 24 August 2004, Turra agreed to a one-year contract with Vitória de Guimarães, also in the Portuguese top tier.

[8] The following January, he replaced Celso Freitas at the helm of Esportivo,[9] but was dismissed on 8 March, with the club in an eight-match losing run.

[14] He then took over Paraná state side Operário Ferroviário late in the month,[15] before being moved to Marcílio Dias with his technical staff in May, as the club was playing in the Série D.[16] After a failed move to Daegu FC in February 2014,[17] Turra returned to Avaí on the 14th of that month, replacing Emerson Nunes.

[22] Turra left Cianorte on 2 December 2016,[23] to join Luiz Felipe Scolari (his head coach during his playing days at Palmeiras) at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, as his assistant.