Overview
- Fluminense announced on Saturday that Paulo Sérgio Scudiere Angioni died in Rio de Janeiro after beginning treatment for pancreatic cancer earlier in September.
- Angioni had served as Fluminense’s director-executive of football since rejoining the club in 2018 and was credited by the club with a role in winning the 2023 Copa Libertadores and multiple state trophies.
- He spent more than four decades in Brazilian football with roles at Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Palmeiras, Corinthians, Bahia and others and worked for the Brazilian national team as a CBF supervisor in 1989–1990.
- Trained in psychology and sports administration, Angioni is remembered for introducing psychological support into club structures in the late 1980s and for strengthening Fluminense’s Xerém youth academy.
- Fluminense and former employers published public tributes praising his leadership, his part in Bahia’s 2010 return to Série A and his influence on player development across several clubs.