Alan Dotti

Alan David Dotti (born 19 March 1977) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender.

Playing career

After playing with the youth sides of Votuporanguense, Junventus-SP and Corinthians, Dotti made his senior debut with Rio Claro in 1998 before moving to Japan with Montedio Yamagata in the following year. He returned to his home country in 2001, with Inter de Limeira.

Dotti subsequently represented Comercial-SP and União Rondonópolis before signing for Juventude for the 2004 season, but was mainly used with the B-team. He then played for Santo André, before retiring with Extrema in 2006.

Coaching career

After retiring, Dotti worked as a youth coach at Santo André before becoming an interim coach of the main squad in February 2013. He subsequently worked as an assistant at ASA, Cuiabá, Confiança (two stints) and back at ASA before becoming the under-20 coach of Oeste.

In July 2018, Dotti joined was named in Paulo Roberto Santos' staff at Sampaio Corrêa, as his assistant. On 20 November, he returned to ASA after being named head coach for the upcoming season, but resigned on 24 January 2019, after just one official match.

Dotti rejoined Santos' staff in February 2019 at Portuguesa, being the interim head coach in their first match as Santos was not registered on time. On 15 May, he joined Betinho's staff at Sergipe, but left the club five days later after accepting an offer from Inter de Limeira, which later also did not materialize.

Dotti continued to work in Santos' staff in the following years, at Santo André (two stints), Ferroviária and São Bento; he was also an interim head coach at Ramalhão in 2021, as Santos was sidelined due to the COVID-19, and at Bentão due to Santos' suspension.

Dotti left São Bento on 3 October 2021, and returned to Lusa on 19 November, now as head coach of the under-20 team. He led the club to the semifinals of the Campeonato Paulista Sub-20[pt] in 2022 after 12 years.

On 17 April 2024, Dotti was confirmed as head coach of Portuguesa's first team for the year's Copa Paulista. He reached the semifinals of the competition, before departing by mutual consent on 30 November.

On 24 March 2025, after working as an assistant of Pintado at Água Santa, Dotti was named head coach of Lagarto. He left the club on 1 July, and returned to Água Santa the following day, now as head coach.

On 5 September 2025, after one win in his five matches in charge, Dotti was sacked by Netuno.

Career statistics

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Managerial

As of 2 December 2024

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External links

• at J.League () (in Japanese)