Vinícius Eutrópio

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vinícius Eutrópio

| fullname = Vinícius Soares Eutrópio

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mutum, Brazil

| currentclub =

| position = Defensive midfielder

| years1 = 1984–1989

| clubs1 = América Mineiro

| years2 = 1990

| clubs2 = Figueirense

| years3 = 1991–1992

| clubs3 = Catanduvense

| years4 = 1993–1994

| clubs4 = Caxias

| years5 = 1994

| clubs5 = Inter de Limeira

| years6 = 1995

| clubs6 = Novorizontino

| years7 = 1996

| clubs7 = Figueirense

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| years8 = 1996

| clubs8 = União São João

| years9 = 1997

| clubs9 = Criciúma

| years10 = 1998

| clubs10 = América Mineiro

| years11 = 1999

| clubs11 = Tubarão

| years12 = 2000

| clubs12 = Náutico

| manageryears1 = 2006

| managerclubs1 = Atlético Paranaense (interim)

| manageryears2 = 2007–2009

| managerclubs2 = Fluminense (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2009

| managerclubs3 = Ituano

| manageryears4 = 2009

| managerclubs4 = Fluminense (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 2009

| managerclubs5 = Fluminense

| manageryears6 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs6 = Grêmio Barueri

| manageryears7 = 2010

| managerclubs7 = South Africa (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2010–2011

| managerclubs8 = Estoril

| manageryears9 = 2012

| managerclubs9 = Grêmio Barueri

| manageryears10 = 2012

| managerclubs10 = Duque de Caxias

| manageryears11 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs11 = América Mineiro

| manageryears12 = 2013

| managerclubs12 = ASA

| manageryears13 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs13 = Figueirense

| manageryears14 = 2014

| managerclubs14 = Al-Ittihad Kalba

| manageryears15 = 2015

| managerclubs15 = Chapecoense

| manageryears16 = 2016

| managerclubs16 = Ponte Preta

| manageryears17 = 2016

| managerclubs17 = Figueirense

| manageryears18 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs18 = Santa Cruz

| manageryears19 = 2017

| managerclubs19 = Chapecoense

| manageryears20 = 2018

| managerclubs20 = Bolívar

| manageryears21 = 2019

| managerclubs21 = Guarani

| manageryears22 = 2019

| managerclubs22 = Figueirense

| manageryears23 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs23 = Joinville

| manageryears24 = 2021

| managerclubs24 = Paysandu

| manageryears25 = 2022

| managerclubs25 = Londrina

| manageryears26 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs26 = Confiança

| manageryears27 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs27 = Tacuary

| manageryears28 = 2024–2025

| managerclubs28 = Brunei

}}

Vinícius Soares Eutrópio (born 27 June 1966) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Managerial career

After being seven years in Atlético Paranaense's staff, Eutrópio moved to Fluminense as a part of Carlos Alberto Parreira's team. On 13 November 2008 he left the latter, being appointed manager of Ituano.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Fluminense/0,,MUL861549-9866,00.html Auxiliar deixa o Flu para assumir o Ituano (Assistant leaves Flu to take charge of Ituano)]; Globo Esporte, 13 November 2008 {{in lang|pt}}

Eutrópio returned to Flu in March 2009 as Parreira's assistant,[http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/estaduais/campeonato-paulista/zetti-assume-o-ituano-depois-de-saida-de-eutropio,5c19253fff2fd310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html Zetti assume o Ituano depois de saída de Eutrópio (Zetti takes charge of Ituano after Eutrópio's departure)]; Terra, 9 March 2009 {{in lang|pt}} being named manager on 13 July.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/Brasileirao/Serie_A/0,,MUL1228287-9827,00-FLUMINENSE+EFETIVA+VINICIUS+EUTROPIO+COMO+TREINADOR+E+PROMETE+REAVALIAR+ELE.html Fluminense efetiva Vinícius Eutrópio como treinador e promete reavaliar elenco (Fluminense turns Vinícius Eutrópio as the effective manager and promises to reevaluate squad)]; Globo Esporte, 13 July 2009 {{in lang|es}} After leaving the club just months later, he was appointed at the helm of Grêmio Barueri on 16 December.[http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/vinicius-eutropio-e-o-novo-tecnico-do-barueri,410805c351ced310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html Vinícius Eutrópio é o novo técnico do Barueri (Vinícius Eutrópio is the new manager of Barueri)]; Terra, 16 December 2009 {{in lang|pt}}

After finishing third in 2010 Campeonato Paulista, Eutrópio was again appointed Parreira's assistant, now with South Africa. After the year's FIFA World Cup he joined G.D. Estoril Praia, being sacked by the latter on 27 September 2011.[http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/desporto/detalhe/vinicius-eutropio-abandona-estoril.html Vinícius Eutrópio abandona Estoril (Vinícius Eutrópio leaves Estoril)]; Correio da Manhã, 27 September 2011 {{in lang|pt}}

In 2012 Eutrópio returned to Barueri, being relieved from his duties on 4 June.[http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-b/ultimas-noticias/2012/06/04/lanterna-da-serie-b-g-barueri-demite-vinicius-eutropio-e-acerta-com-mauro-fernandes.htm Lanterna da Série B, G. Barueri demite Vinícius Eutrópio e acerta com Mauro Fernandes (Série B's dead last, G. Barueri sacks Vinícius Eutrópio and signs with Mauro Fernandes)]; UOL Esporte, 4 June 2012 {{in lang|pt}} In August he was appointed at Duque de Caxias,[http://www.caxiasdigital.com.br/blog/novo-tecnico-vinicius-eutropio-tem-a-missao-de-reerguer-o-duque-de-caxias/ Novo técnico, Vinícius Eutrópio, tem a missão de reerguer o Duque de Caxias (New manager, Vinícius Eutrópio has the mission of reestructuring Duque de Caxias)]; Caxias Digital, 11 August 2012 {{in lang|pt}} leaving the club in November to manage América Mineiro.[http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,tecnico-vinicius-eutropio-inicia-trabalho-no-america-mg,959422 Técnico Vinícius Eutrópio inicia trabalho no América-MG (Manager Vinícius Eutrópio starts working at América-MG)]; O Estado de S. Paulo, 12 November 2012 {{in lang|pt}}

On 19 August 2013, after a brief stint at ASA in March,[http://www.alagoastempo.com.br/noticia/37045/esportes/2013/03/20/vinicius-eutropio-e-o-novo-tecnico-do-asa.html Vinícius Eutrópio é o novo técnico do ASA (Vinícius Eutrópio is the new manager of ASA)]; Alagoas Tempo, 20 March 2013 {{in lang|pt}} Eutrópio was appointed Figueirense manager.[http://placar.abril.com.br/materia/figueirense-anuncia-vinicius-eutropio-como-o-novo-treinador/ Figueirense anuncia Vinícius Eutrópio como o novo treinador (Figueirense announces Vinícius Eutrópio as the new manager)]; Placar, 19 August 2013 {{in lang|pt}} Despite achieving promotion to Série A at the end of the campaign and winning 2014 Campeonato Catarinense, he was dismissed on 30 April 2014.[http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/figueirense/noticia/2014/04/vinicius-eutropio-deixa-o-comando-tecnico-do-figueirense.html Demitido, Vinícius Eutrópio deixa o comando técnico do Figueirense (Dismissed, manager Vinícius Eutrópio leaves Figueirense's post)]; Globo Esporte, 30 April 2014 {{in lang|pt}}

On 2 June 2014 Eutrópio moved to Al-Ittihad Kalba SC,[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/nationsports/2014/June/nationsports_June14.xml§ion=nationsports Eutropio to coach promoted Ittihad Kalba]; Khaleej Times, 2 June 2014 leaving the club on 20 October.[http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/Grande-Area/noticias/2014-10/Vinicius-Eutropio-acerta-seu-desligamento-do-Al-Ittihad-Kalba Vinícius Eutrópio acerta seu desligamento do Al Ittihad Kalba (Vinícius Eutrópio completes his release from Al Ittihad Kalba)]; Futebol Interior, 20 October 2014 {{in lang|pt}} On 11 December he was appointed at Chapecoense.[http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/futebol/Chapecoense-SC/noticias/2014-12/Vinicius-Eutropio-ex-Fluminense-e-o-novo-tecnico-da-Chapecoense Chapecoense acerta com Vinícius Eutrópio, ex-técnico do Fluminense (Chapecoense signs with Vinícius Eutrópio, former Fluminense manager)]; Futebol Interior, 11 December 2014 {{in lang|pt}}

This was followed by spells at Ponte Preta and Figueirense, leaving the latter in July 2016. He joined Santa Cruz in December 2016.{{Cite web | title = Vinícius Eutrópio é o novo treinador do Santa Cruz | trans-title = Vinícius Eutrópio is the new coach of Santa Cruz | first = Diego | last = Toscano | work = Jornal do Commercio | date = 14 December 2016 | access-date = 20 June 2018 | url = http://jconline.ne10.uol.com.br/canal/esportes/santa-cruz/noticia/2016/12/14/vinicius-eutropio-e-o-novo-treinador-do-santa-cruz-263627.php | language = pt}}

Eutrópio returned to Chapecoense on 6 July 2017. He resigned in September 2017.{{Cite web | title = Chapecoense demite Vinícius Eutrópio | last = Debona | first = Darci | work = Diário Catarinense | date = 11 September 2017 | access-date = 19 June 2018 | url = http://dc.clicrbs.com.br/sc/esportes/noticia/2017/09/chapecoense-demite-vinicius-eutropio-9894315.html | language = pt}}

Eutrópio joined Bolívar in January 2018.{{Cite web | title = Brazilian Vinicius Eutropio coach of Bolívar | publisher = CONMEBOL | date = 5 January 2018 | access-date = 19 June 2018 | url = http://conmebol.com/es/brasileno-vinicius-eutropio-nuevo-tecnico-del-bolivar | language = es}} He left the club in June 2018 after a poor run of results.{{Cite web | title = Vinícius Eutrópio deja de ser DT de Bolívar | work = Goal.com | date = 10 June 2018 | access-date = 19 June 2018 | url = http://www.goal.com/es-mx/noticias/vinicius-eutropio-deja-de-ser-dt-de-bolivar/o2fmb9e87k281tz4posbmoiwg | language = es}}

In September 2024, he announced on social media of his appointment as the head coach of the Brunei national football team.{{Cite instagram |user=viniciuseutropiooficial |date=25 September 2024|postid=DAVGSjSyoXE |title=epois de 2 meses de negociação tenho o privilegio de assumir a Seleção Nacional de Brunei e apresentar um planejamento solido pautado por experiencias anteriores de sucesso para o desenvolvimento do futebol|access-date=25 September 2024}} Initially signing for three months, he reneged on an extension in February 2025 due to disagreements and lack of respect shown by the football association.{{cite web |title=Ex-técnico da Chapecoense dispara após deixar Brunei: “Faltou respeito”|url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/futebol/futebol-internacional/ex-tecnico-da-chapecoense-dispara-apos-deixar-brunei-faltou-respeito/|date=18 February 2025|publisher=CNN Brasil|accessdate=18 March 2025}}