Candinho

{{Short description|Brazilian football manager (born 1945)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Portuguese name|Sotto|Maior}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Candinho

|fullname=José Cândido Sotto Maior

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1945|1|18|df=y}}

|birth_place=São Paulo, Brazil

|position=Centre back

|manageryears1=1979|managerclubs1=Catanduvense

|manageryears2=1980|managerclubs2=XV de Jaú

|manageryears3=1981|managerclubs3=XV de Piracicaba

|manageryears4=1982|managerclubs4=São Bento

|manageryears5=1983|managerclubs5=Juventus-SP

|manageryears6=1984|managerclubs6=América-SP

|manageryears7=1984–1985|managerclubs7=Al-Hilal

|manageryears8=1986|managerclubs8=Grêmio

|manageryears9=1987|managerclubs9=Santos

|manageryears10=1988|managerclubs10=Inter de Limeira

|manageryears11=1988|managerclubs11=Flamengo

|manageryears12=1988–1990|managerclubs12=Fluminense

|manageryears13=1990–1991|managerclubs13=Bahia

|manageryears14=1992|managerclubs14=Bragantino

|manageryears15=1993–1996|managerclubs15=Guarani

|manageryears16=1997|managerclubs16=Vitoria

|manageryears17=1997|managerclubs17=Corinthians

|manageryears18=1997–1999|managerclubs18=Portuguesa

|manageryears19=1999–2000|managerclubs19=Brazil (interim)

|manageryears20=2000–2001|managerclubs20=Corinthians

|manageryears21=2001–2002|managerclubs21=Portuguesa

|manageryears22=2002–2003|managerclubs22=Bahia

|manageryears23=2003–2003|managerclubs23=Goias

|manageryears24=2004–2005|managerclubs24=Al-Ittihad

|manageryears25=2005–2005|managerclubs25=Palmeiras

|manageryears26=2006–2006|managerclubs26=Portuguesa

|manageryears27=2007|managerclubs27=Al-Ittihad

}}

José Cândido Sotto Maior, usually known as Candinho (born January 18, 1945), is a Brazilian football manager.{{cite web|url=http://en.sambafoot.com/trainers/145_Candinho.html|title=Candinho at Sambafoot|access-date=2014-04-11}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://sitedalusa.com/institucional/54-tecnicos/186-candinho.html|title=Profile at Sitedalusa.com|access-date=2014-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723130649/http://sitedalusa.com/institucional/54-tecnicos/186-candinho.html|archive-date=2012-07-23|url-status=dead}}