Fernandão

Coaching career On 20 July 2012, Internacional, after the sacking of Dorival Júnior, announced Fernandão as their new coach. On 20 November, however, Fernandão was dismissed himself.

Death On 7 June 2014, Fernandão, aged 36, died in a helicopter crash. The Eurocopter AS350 where he was with four more people crashed by around 1 a.m. in Aruanã, Goiás, Brazil. All occupants were found dead.

Fernandão's wake was held at the training center of his first team Goiás before a burial in Goiânia. In Porto Alegre, Internacional honoured him with a statue outside Beira-Rio later that year, while in 2015, one of the streets outside the stadium received his name as "Rua Fernando Lúcio da Costa".

Honours

Goiás Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1999 Copa Centro-Oeste: 2000, 2001 Campeonato Goiano: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Internacional Campeonato Gaúcho: 2005, 2008 Copa Libertadores de América: 2006 FIFA Club World Cup: 2006 Recopa Sudamericana: 2007 Dubai Cup: 2008

Al-Gharafa Qatar Stars League: 2008-09 Emir of Qatar Cup: 2009

Individual Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2006 Bola de Prata: 2006