Ratinho
Ratinho ( born June 8, 1971 in Colorado, Brazil; actually Everson Rodrigues), is a former Brazilian football player and current coach.
Career
Ratinho began his professional career in Brazil at Atletico Paranaense in 1991, moved to Switzerland in 1992 to FC St. Gallen and from there in 1993 for FC Aarau, where he remained for three years.
At the start of the 1996/97 season, he joined the 1st FC Kaiserslautern, who had just been relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga. He immediately became a regular player and played a key role in the chances of promotion of FCK. The following season he claimed his place and was able to celebrate with the sensational winning the German championship by the FCK his greatest success as a player. The exchanged to this season for the first FC Kaiserslautern Andreas Buck he made on the right side a very good discordant attacking partnership. The became an audience favorite Ratinho (nicknamed "magic fly on the wall " ) remained at 1 FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the season 2002/ 03. Because he played in the planning of the former FCK coach Eric Gerets no role and he had come in the second half of the 2002/ 03 only in the second team of the FCK in the amateurs to use, his contract was terminated prematurely. Ratinho achieved so far in 113 Bundesliga games for the FCK seven goals in 27 second-division games and two goals.
Ratinho then moved to the Chinese first division Shenyang Ginde, where at the time Dragoslav Stepanovic was coach. Back in December of the same year he left the club and joined the Kazakh club Zhenis Astana. In July 2004 he returned back to Switzerland, and signed a contract at FC Luzern to 2006. Ratinho there ended his contract expires at his career as a footballer.
After holding various positions as a youth coach at Swiss clubs Ratinho returned on January 18, 2010 1 FC Kaiserslautern back and coached there, the U-17 junior team of the club. In March 2011 he was released from his duties as U-17 coach. He also gives lessons in football camps in the Kaiserslautern area and surroundings.
Others
In June 2012, Ratinho opened a Brazilian restaurant in Kaiserslautern.
Achievements
- German Masters: 1998
- German second division champions: 1997