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Tite in 2016, photo: Celso Pupo /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Adenor Leonardo Bachi
Place of Birth: Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of Birth: May 25, 1961
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Italian, possibly other]
Tite is a Brazilian professional footballer and manager. A midfielder, he played for Caxias, Esportivo, Portuguesa, Guarani, and Guarany de Garibaldi. He manages Cruzeiro. He previously managed Guarany de Garibaldi, Caxias, Veranópolis, Ypiranga-RS, Juventude, Grêmio, São Caetano, Corinthians, Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras, Al Ain, Internacional, Al Wahda, the Brazil national team, and Flamengo.
Tite is the son of Ivone Tereza/Thereza Mazzochi and Genor Bachi. His parents have Italian ancestry. Their surnames were originally spelt Mazzocchi and Bacchi. Tite is married to Rosmari Rizzi, with whom he has two children. He speaks some Italian and some family members are also fluent in the Talian dialect.
Two of Tite’s paternal great-grandparents were Andrea Bacchi and Maria Domenica Mazzocchi. Andrea and Maria were born in Viadana, province of Mantua, Lombardia region, Italy, and moved to Brazil in 1883.
Sources: http://pioneiro.clicrbs.com.br http://comunitaitaliana.com
Obituary of Tite’s father – http://clicrbs.com.br