Odair Hellmann is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on January 22, 1977 in Salete, Brazil. After his retirement, Odair started working as an assistant manager at his former club Internacional initially in charge of the team for under-17s. Then, in 2013, Odair was promoted to an assistant manager on a permanent basis for the team. He was appointed assistant manager in 2015. also was in charge of the team’s first team for two games after the departure of Diego Aguirre.
Ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Odair worked as Rogério Micale’s assistant in the Brazil under-23 squad, helping the side to achieve the gold medal for the first time in history. Upon returning to Inter, he was appointed interim manager on 11 November 2017, after the dismissal of Guto Ferreira.
On 10 October 2019, after being knocked out by Flamengo in the Libertadores quarterfinals and a streak of four games without a league win, Odair was dismissed by Internacional. On 11 December, he was appointed manager of another of his former clubs, Fluminense.
Odair also played in two matches out of the country: in 2003, he played three times for the Swedish team Enkopings SK, and represented Hong Kong First Division League club Eastern SC in the 2007-08 season. The month of January, 2009, was when he was part of those on the Brasil de Pelotas squad which was involved in an accident when the bus that was carrying the team plunged 130 feet into the ravine. He sustained minor back injuries due to the incident. He completely recovered from in October of the year. However, he chose to retire.
Odair was transferred to Fluminense during his first season in Serie C for the 1999 season. When he returned after the season, he was let out by the club, and he resumed his career within the leagues of lower levels, most notably being crowned third in the year 2005, while being a player for Remo.
On 25 November 2017, Odair was announced as manager of the club for the 2018 season. After qualifying for the 2019 Copa Libertadores, he remained as manager for the 2019 season, as they went on to reach the finals in the 2019 Copa do Brasil, but lost it to Athletico Paranaense.
