Adenor Leonardo Bacchi (born 25 May 1961), commonly known as Tite (Brazilian Portuguese: ['t?it?(i)]), is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Brazil national team.
Tite played from 1978 to 1984 for Caxias, then a season for Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves and a season for Portuguesa.
The three following seasons from 1986 to 1989 at Guarani where his most successful as player.
At age 27, he ended his career due successive knee injuries that caused him to lose mobility in one of the knees.
From 1991 onwards, Tite coached more than 10 teams in more than 15 stints.
Amongst these were his first club, Caxias.
He returned to them in 1999, became champion of the 2000 Campeonato GaĂșcho defeating GrĂȘmio, which had Ronaldinho in its team.
Due to the achievements with Caxias, Tite became the GrĂȘmio coach in 2001, staying until 2003, where he won the 2001 Campeonato GaĂșcho and the 2001 Copa do Brasil.