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Mourning! Former Guaraní, legendary Bragantino coach, dies at 56 due to covid-19
Coach Marcelo Veiga led São Bernardo FC in the Paulista Cup
Published on 12/14/2020
by Agência Futebol Interior
Campinas, SP, 14 (AFI) – Brazilian football is in mourning. After all, on Monday afternoon (14), the coach Marcelo Veiga, who had been in command of the Sao Bernardo FC in Paulista Cup and is considered a legend of the Bragantino.
The 56-year-old coach was a victim of the outbreak of covid-19, the new coronavirus, which affected Tigris last month. For this reason, since mid-November he was admitted to the ICU of the Santa Casa de Bragança Paulista (SP).
According to the commander’s press office, he had been hospitalized since November 20. There are no details about the funeral and burial yet. The information is that Marcelo Veiga contracted the disease and stayed at home for several days.
Only later was he referred by a doctor friend, Alexandre Moreira (former doctor of Bragantino and brother of Nilson Moreira, president of Penapolense), to the Holy House. When the case worsened, the São Bernardo board hired a private doctor and received support from the Albert Einstein Hospital, in São Paulo, a benchmark in Brazil.
Marcelo veiga
THAT’S!
Born in São Paulo (SP), Marcelo Veiga has worked for countless São Paulo clubs as a coach, such as Francana, São Caetano, Portuguesa, Guarani and Mogi Mirim, as well as working in teams such as Ferroviário-CE, América-RN and Remo- PA. .
However, the story of Marcelo Veiga is directly linked to Bragantino. There were more than 500 games and important achievements, such as the title of the Brazilian Championship of Series C of 2007. Still in the Interior of São Paulo, he was the Brazilian champion of Series D of 2015 with Botafogo-SP.
As a player, left-back Marcelo Veiga, who could also play as a right-back, defended teams like Santos, Santo André, Internacional and Goiás, and became known for scoring Ferroviário’s title goal in 1988.
LAST JOB
Marcelo Veiga had been doing a good job at São Bernardo FC during the season, he had been working since November 19, 2019. He was a semi-finalist in Paulista A2, losing access to Paulistão in São Bento with a score of 3 to 2 in the aggregate after two games. .
In the Paulista Cup, Tigre, led by Sérgio Ricardo from the second game, is in the semifinal – on the way, on May 1, in São Bernardo do Campo, tied, by 1 to 1, with the Portuguese.
PRESS NOTICE CONFIRMS DEATH OF MARCELO VEIGA
“Death Note
With much regret, we report the death of coach Marcelo Veiga as a result of Covid19. Veiga entered the Santa Casa de Bragança Paulista in November and passed away this afternoon (December 14).
Marcelo Veiga has played for several clubs in Brazil, but made history in Bragantino, where he led the team for more than 500 games. Currently, Veiga was ahead of São Bernardo Futebol Clube “.
