Rubens Minelli

Rubens Minelli

Personal information
Full name	Rubens Francisco Minelli
Date of birth	(1928-12-19)19 December 1928
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	23 November 2023(2023-11-23) (aged 94)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s)	Winger
Managerial career
Years	Team
1963–1965	América (SP)
1966	Botafogo (SP)
1966	América (SP)
1967	Sport
1968	Francana
1969	Guarani
1969–1971	Palmeiras
1971–1973	Portuguesa
1973	Rio Preto
1974–1976	Internacional
1977–1979	São Paulo
1979–1980	Al-Hilal
1982–1983	Palmeiras
1984	Atlético Mineiro
1985	Grêmio
1986	Corinthians
1987–1988	Palmeiras
1988–1989	Grêmio
1990	Paraná
1991	Rio Branco (SP)
1992	Santos
1995	XV de Piracicaba
1994	Ferroviária
1994–1997	Paraná
1997–1998	Coritiba

Rubens Francisco Minelli (19 December 1928 – 23 November 2023) was a Brazilian football player and manager.

As a player, he played as a winger for Ypiranga, Nacional (SP), Palmeiras, Taubaté and São Bento, where he ended his career after breaking a leg when he was 27.

Eight years later, he started his career as a manager for América, and coached many clubs of Brazil, like Internacional, São Paulo, Palmeiras, Grêmio, Paraná, Sport, Francana, Corinthians, Santos, Portuguesa, Guarani, Ponte Preta, Rio Branco, Ferroviária, Atlético Mineiro and Coritiba. Later, he moved abroad to manage Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team in Saudi Arabia.

Minelli died from an infection on 23 November 2023, at the age of 94.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Win %
América-SP	Brazil	1963	1965	54	25	15	14	77	58	+19	46.3
Botafogo-SP	Brazil	1966	1966	14	6	2	6	30	35	-5	42.86
América-SP	Brazil	1966	1966	6	1	1	4	6	14	-8	16.67
Palmeiras	Brazil	23 August 1969	24 July 1971	88	50	19	19	135	71	+64	56.82
Portuguesa	Brazil	30 July 1971	28 December 1973	117	34	41	42	131	132	-1	29.06
Internacional	Brazil	14 February 1974	20 December 1976	158	115	28	15	334	82	+252	72.78
Francana	Brazil	1 January 1977	4 December 1977	37	22	7	8	51	26	+25	59.46
São Paulo FC	Brazil	5 December 1977	23 July 1979	102	46	29	27	144	96	+48	45.1
Al-Hilal	Saudi Arabia	01 August 1979	4 May 1980	23	17	2	4	56	17	+39	73.91
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	30 January 1980	19 December 1981	22	9	3	10	31	30	+1	40.91
Palmeiras	Brazil	10 January 1982	30 November 1983	109	44	45	20	153	99	+54	40.37
Atlético Mineiro	Brazil	15 January 1984	12 December 1984	44	24	9	11	67	31	+36	54.55
Grêmio	Brazil	8 January 1985	15 December 1985	46	24	14	8	81	38	+43	52.17
Corinthians	Brazil	1 February 1986	22 December 1986	70	32	22	16	92	57	+45	45.71
Palmeiras	Brazil	1 March 1987	30 July 1988	80	30	32	18	77	61	+16	37.5
Grêmio	Brazil	10 August 1988	18 December 1989	72	37	21	14	104	53	+51	51.39
Santos	Brazil	19 December 1991	26 February 1992	6	2	2	2	5	8	-3	33.33
Total				1,048	518	292	248	1,573	896	+687	49.43

Honours

América (SP)

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 1963

Sport Club Recife

• Campeonato Pernambucano: 1966

Palmeiras

• Serié A: 1969

Internacional

• Serié A: 1975, 1976
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1974, 1975, 1976

Francana

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 1977

São Paulo

• Serié A: 1977

Al-Hilal

• Crown Prince Cup: 1979–80

Grêmio

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1985

Paraná

• Campeonato Paranaense: 1993, 1994, 1997