Umberto Louzer

Umberto Lourenço Louzer Filho (born 24 February 1980) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current head coach of Chapecoense.

Playing career
Known as Umberto during his playing days, he was a Paulista youth graduate. In 2005 he joined Marília, but moved to Guarani in May of that year.

After two years featuring sparingly at Bugre, Umberto signed for Atlético Sorocaba. On 27 January 2010, after representing Sendas and Ituiutaba, he was presented at Juventude.

On 11 October 2011, Umberto agreed to a contract with Caxias. He returned to his first club Paulista in 2014, and retired in that year at the age of 34.

Managerial career
Louzer began his managerial career with his first club Paulista's youth setup in 2016, being promoted to assistant of the first team in the following year. In February 2017, he was announced assistant of another club he represented as a player, Guarani.

On 3 January 2018, Louzer was appointed manager of Guarani. On 19 April, after leading the club to a Campeonato Paulista Série A2 title, he renewed his contract for a further year.

Louzer was sacked on 13 November 2018, and was subsequently in charge of Vila Nova and Coritiba during the 2019 season. On 17 February 2020, he was named manager of Chapecoense.

Louzer left Chape on 14 April 2021, after winning the 2020 Campeonato Catarinense and the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. The following day, he was named manager of fellow top tier side Sport Recife.

On 23 August 2021, Louzer left Sport on a mutual agreement. The following 22 February, he took over Atlético Goianiense also in the first division.

On 15 May 2022, Louzer was sacked after a poor start in the 2022 Série A. On 22 June, he replaced Eduardo Baptista at the helm of fellow top tier side Juventude, but was himself dismissed on 3 October.

On 5 November 2022, Louzer was named in charge of CRB in the second division for the 2023 season. Despite winning the 2023 Campeonato Alagoano, he was sacked on 27 May 2023, after a poor start in the 2023 Série B.

On 13 June 2023, Louzer returned to Guarani, replacing Bruno Pivetti. Sacked the following 9 February, he returned to Chape two days later.

Manager

 * Guarani
 * Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 2018


 * Chapecoense
 * Campeonato Catarinense: 2020
 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2020


 * Atlético Goianiense
 * Campeonato Goiano: 2022


 * CRB
 * Campeonato Alagoano: 2023