Fernando Diniz

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Fernando Diniz Silva (born 27 March 1974) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Post retirement as a professional athlete in 2008, Diniz graduated from the Universidade São Marcos in São Paulo. Where his final thesis would be "The importance of the coach's leadership in a football team". Diniz is widely recognized in Brazil for his unique style of tactical structure, prioritizing ball control, playing out the back, and a position-less approach to attacking. A modern style influenced by Jogo Bonito. Initially compared to Pep Guardiola's tiki-taka, his style of play is described in Brazil as the Dinizismo, his own version of the relationism style of play.

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