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Biography
Eduardo do Nascimento Souza (born 1 January 1980), known as Eduardo Souza or Dorita, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of Atlético Goianiense.
Career
Born in Votuporanga, São Paulo, Souza played youth football as a central defender for Santos and Rio Branco-SP's youth categories before retiring at the age of 19. After graduating in Physical Education at the State University of Londrina in 2002, he started to work at Londrina's youth setup as a fitness coach, and was later promoted to the first team.
Souza then went on to work with Roberto Fonseca, always as a fitness coach. In December 2013, he joined CRB as Roberval Davino's assistant, and became the club's interim manager the following March after Davino's dismissal.
On 27 March 2014, Souza was confirmed as CRB manager, but resigned on 18 May. He then joined Doriva's staff as his assistant at Ituano, Atlético Paranaense, Vasco da Gama, Ponte Preta (two stints), São Paulo, Bahia, Santa Cruz, Atlético Goianiense, Novorizontino and again CRB.
On 9 December 2018, Souza was named manager of Votuporanguense, but was sacked the following 12 February after only six matches. He subsequently returned to Atlético Goianiense as a permanent assistant manager of the main squad; in October, he was interim manager for one match (a 0–0 home draw against Ponte Preta) before the signing of Eduardo Barroca.
After the dismissal of Cristóvão Borges in February 2020, Souza was again named interim of Dragão.