Alvimar de O. Costa

Alvimar de Oliveira Costa, (born on 1961, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais) is currently the president of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais and he has been reelected for an additional three-year term, which started in 2006 and will end in 2008. Under him Cruzeiro have successfully won the following titles, when commanding the club's football department: Campeonato Mineiro 1997, Copa Libertadores de América 1997, Campeonato Mineiro 1998, Recopa Sudamericana 1999, Copa Centro-Oeste 1999, Copa dos Campeões Mineiros 1999, Copa do Brasil 2000, Copa Sul-Minas 2001, Copa Sul-Minas 2002, Supercampeonato Mineiro 2002. He has also won the Campeonato Mineiro 2004 and Campeonato Mineiro 2006 as the club's president. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Belo Horizonte (a Portuguese name meaning beautiful horizon) is the third or fourth largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and, by population within the city limits, Salvador. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921. ... Belo Horizonte (a Portuguese name meaning beautiful horizon) is the third or fourth largest city in Brazil (after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and, by population within the city limits, Salvador. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ... FMF official logo) Campeonato Mineiro is the league played in the Brazilian southeastern State of Minas Gerais and is held by the Minas Gerais Soccer Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol). ... Copa Libertadores Logo The Copa Libertadores de América (also know as Copa Toyota Libertadores) (Portuguese:Taça Libertadores da América, English:Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... The Recopa Sudamericana (English: South American Recup, Portuguese: Recopa Sulamericana) is at stake in an annual football series (2 legs) between the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores de América and Copa Sudamericana. ... Copa Copa Centro-Oeste (Center-West Cup in English) was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams. ... The Copa do Brasil (or Brazilian Cup) is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all the 26 states of Brazil plus the Federal District. ... Copa Sul-Minas (Minas-South Cup in English) was a Brazilian football competition contested between South region and Minas Gerais state teams. ...

He participated of six of the eight years of Zezé Perrella's Cruzeiro administration. In 1997, he took over the Football's Superintendency, and was the club's vice-president in 1999, without leaving the Football's Superintendency.

He is also the only president in the history of Brazilian football to win the triple crown. No doubt that so far he has been a great president at Cruzeiro. The Campeonato Brasileiro (Portuguese for Brazilian Championship) is the name of the largest national championship of Brazilian football, organized by the CBF. Brazilian clubs may also compete in other national tournaments of lesser significance, such as the Copa do Brasil, as well as tournaments at the continental, regional, and state... The Triple Crown of Brazilian Football is an unofficial title given to the club that won the three more important competitions of the Brazilian football in the same year: the State Championships, Copa do Brasil and Campeonato Brasileiro). ...

Personal Life

Besides being Cruzeiro's thirtieth president, Alvimar de Oliveira Costa is also a rural producer, and a transportation and refrigeration businessman. He is also the current vice-president of Sinduscarne, the Minas Gerais state meat industry syndicate.

External links

• Cruzeiro EC Official Site (Portuguese)