Émerson Ávila

Emerson Rodrigues Ávila or just Émerson Ávila is a Brazilian football manager, he managed Ipatinga from July 19, 2007 until February 2, 2008.

Career

Emerson Ávila had worked for Cruzeiro for 10 years and since 2005 he had been an assistant manager for Cruzeiro. In the 2007 Campeonato Mineiro he was Cruzeiro's manager for one game, the second leg match of the finals, because Cruzeiro's then manager Paulo Autuori had resigned after the first leg game. Still in 2007, Émerson Ávila became the manager for Ipatinga and led them to an unpredictable promotion to Brazilian National First Division, but after a poor start to the Campeonato Mineiro 2008 he was fired.

Personal life

Émerson Ávila is married to Marluci and has two children, Beatriz, 4, and another child born in January 2008.

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