Pachequinho

Pachequinho

Personal information
Full name	Eriélton Carlos Pacheco
Date of birth	(1970-09-26) 26 September 1970
Place of birth	Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1996	Coritiba	79	(20)
1997	Bahia
1997	Atlético Paranaense	?	(5)
1998	Matonense
1998	Paraná
1999–2000	Criciúma	10	(1)
Managerial career
2015	Coritiba (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eriélton Carlos Pacheco (born 26 September 1970), known as Pachequinho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current manager of Coritiba.

Playing career

Pachequinho was born in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, and was a Coritiba youth graduate. He made his senior debut on 11 February 1990, in a 3–0 win against Nove de Julho, and scored his first senior goal one month later, in a match against Matsubara.

Pachequinho left Coxa in 1996, with 215 matches and 64 goals. He subsequently represented Bahia, Atlético Paranaense, Matonense, Paraná and Criciúma before retiring in 2000 at the age of 30, mainly due to injuries.

Manager career

After his retirement, Pachequinho worked at his first club Coritiba, as a scout. On 4 November 2015, after the dismissal of Ney Franco, he was appointed interim manager of the main squad.

On 9 November, Pachequinho was definitely appointed manager until the end of the year.

Honours

Individual

• Campeonato Paranaense top goalscorer: 1995

External links

• Coritiba official profile (Portuguese)
• Pachequinho at footballzz.co.uk
• Pachequinho manager stats at footballzz.co.uk
• Meu Time na Rede profile (Portuguese)
• Soccerway profile