Nívia Maria Bezerra de Lima (born 3 June 1981), simply known as Nívia de Lima, is a Brazilian football manager.
Career
Before become a coach, Lima played futsal, winning the National League championship with the . After retiring, she began working at football schools in the city, arriving at Chapecoense in 2012. In 2024, she was promoted to coach the under-20 team, and in 2025, she was defined to command the B team in the Copa Santa Catarina dispute. Lima is the second woman to manage a men's team in a professional competition in Brazil, after Nilmara Alves at Manthiqueira, between 2012 and 2017.
In 2026, she participated as a coach in Chapecoense campaign in the traditional Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.
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