Ailton Silva

Ailton dos Santos Silva (born 31 October 1966) is a Brazilian football manager.

Born in São Paulo, Silva began his managerial career at São Paulo Futebol Center, a São Paulo youth system based in Osasco, in 1996. In 2005, he joined Palmeiras, also taking care of the club's youth setup.

Silva left Verdão in 2007, and moved to Spanish Tercera División side CF Atlético Ciudad, being appointed as a sports director. He returned to his homeland in the following year, being named Santo André's assistant manager.

After being in the staff of São Bento, Desportivo Brasil and Portuguesa, Silva was appointed River Plate-SE manager on 1 February 2011. He led the latter to their second Campeonato Sergipano title of its history, and also managed the side in both Série D and Copa do Brasil.

Silva moved to São Caetano in the following year, as an assistant manager. In November, he was appointed as caretaker, replacing fired Émerson Leão.

Silva was relieved from his duties on 5 February 2013, but returned to Azulão on 13 March. He was sacked again on the 28th, and moved to Mogi Mirim on 16 May.

Silva was sacked on 27 February 2014, and was appointed Ferroviária manager on 1 August. He was relieved from his duties on 2 October, and signed for Portuguesa on 15 December.

On 6 April 2015 Silva was dismissed, with Lusa being almost relegated. On 1 June he returned to Mogi Mirim, replacing fired Edinho.

In October 2019, After the club announced the appointment of Ailton dos Santos Silva the new head coach of the club. The Beetles won the Thai League 1 for the first time in the club's history. Chiangrai United and Buriram United ended up with identical 58 points from 30 matches. However, the Beetles were declared the winners of the league on the basis of a better head-to-head record, Chiangrai held Buriram to a goalless draw away in the first leg in April and then thrashed the northeastern giants 4-0 at home in July, Chiangrai United are only the third team to win the top flight after Buriram United and Muangthong United since the country's premier tournament was revamped in 2009.

As of 12 November 2019

Note: win by penalty shoot-out is counted as the draw in time.

River Plate-SE

• Campeonato Sergipano: 2011

Chiangrai United

• Thai League 1: 2019