Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role. In 2000, he made history by taking the first Fédération internationale de football association Club World Championship. After leaving, Oliveira would coach Brazilian teams Vasco, Fluminense,, Flamengo, Vitória, Santos, Fluminense and Cruzeiro.
The only title at this period would come with, the 2002 State Super Championship.
After tricolor quit in Campeonato Brasileiro de 2002, against Santos, and lose the final of Campeonato Paulista de 2003 for, Oliveira was dismissed because of bad results. He also had a short spell at First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ahli of Qatar.
In 2007 Oliveira started to coach J. League side. So far he has had a quite successful managerial career in Japan, winning three J. League Division 1 titles, one Emperor"s Cup, one Japanese Super Cup.
In 2009 he became the first J. League manager to be named J. League Manager of the Year three times.
In 2012, Oliveira returned to managing in Brazil when he became the manager of Rio de Janeiro side. After the 2013 season, Oliveira was hired by fellow Brazilian side Santos Football Club. In 2015, he will be coaching Palmeiras, which will make him the first manager to have worked with all four main teams of (, Palmeiras, Santos and ) and four main teams of Rio de Janeiro (, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco).