Ernesto Paulo Ferreira Calainho known as Ernesto Paulo (born 2 February 1954 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional football manager.
Since 1986 he coached the Rio Negro-RR, Tuna Luso, Fluminense (youth), Flamengo (youth) and Botafogo.
As a manager Brasil U20 in 1991, he won the South American Championship (Under 20). It was also the coach of the Brasil Olympic[1] in the Pre-Olympic Tournament 1992 held in Paraguay. The team failed to qualify for the Football Tournament Barcelona Olympics.
He led the Brazil national football team in the September 11, 1991 match, when Brazil was defeated by Wales by 1-0 at the National Arms Park stadium in Wales.[2] Later, he coached the União da Madeira, XV de Piracicaba, CRB, Vila Nova, União São João, Juventude, Botafogo-SP, Veranópolis, Juventus-SC,[3] Campo Grande, Saudi Arabia Olympic,[4] Cabofriense and América-RJ.[5]