 Cauan de Almeida as head coach ofAvaí in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cauan Felipe de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-08)8 February 1989 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Betim, Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Avaí (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2012 | Betim U17 | ||
| 2013 | AMDH U17 | ||
| 2014–2016 | Infesta (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | AMDH U17 | ||
| 2017 | Betinense [pt] (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | América Mineiro U17 | ||
| 2019–2021 | América Mineiro (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | América Mineiro (interim) | ||
| 2021 | América Mineiro (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Vasco da Gama (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Internacional (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Internacional (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | América Mineiro | ||
| 2025 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2026– | Avaí | ||
Cauan Felipe de Almeida (born 8 February 1989) is a Brazilianfootballcoach, currently the head coach ofAvaí.
Born inBetim,Minas Gerais, Cauan de Almeida began his career as a coach of the under-17 team ofBetim. After working as a coach of the same category atAssociação Mineira de Desenvolvimento Humano, he moved to Portugal in 2014, and was an assistant coach atF.C. Infesta.[1]
Cauan de Almeida returned to Brazil in 2016, and moved back to AMDH's under-17 side. He was subsequently an assistant coach ofBetinense [pt] before being named coach of the under-17 team ofAmérica Mineiro in 2017.[1]
On 15 July 2019, afterFelipe Conceição was named manager of América's first team, Cauan de Almeida was named his assistant.[2] The following January, after Conceição left forRed Bull Bragantino, Cauan was named interim manager.[3]
Cauan de Almeida was in charge of the club for twoCampeonato Mineiro matches (two wins) before returning to his previous role after the appointment ofLisca; during the campaign, he also replaced Lisca on several opportunities due to the manager's suspension or illnesses.[4] On 15 June, he was again interim after Lisca resigned.[5]
On 27 July 2021, Cauan de Almeida moved toVasco da Gama, again to work as Lisca's assistant.[6] He became the permanent assistant coach ofInternacional the following 7 January,[7] before becoming the interim head coach of the latter side on 15 April 2022, afterAlexander Medina was sacked.
Cauan de Almeida returned to his previous role after the appointment ofMano Menezes, and left Inter on 29 September 2023 to join his staff atCorinthians.[8] On 18 December, he left the latter to return to América, now as a head coach of the first team.[9]
Cauan de Almeida was sacked byCoelho on 27 August 2024, after a poor run of form.[10] On 13 November, he was announced as head coach ofPortuguesa for the upcoming season.[11]
On 15 August 2025, Cauan de Almeida was dismissed byLusa after their elimination from theSérie D.[12] On 2 December, he returned to the second division after being named at the helm ofAvaí.[13]
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| América Mineiro (interim) |  | 26 January 2020 | 1 February 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | [4] |
| América Mineiro (interim)[a] | 9 September 2020 | 9 September 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | [4] | |
| América Mineiro (interim)[b] | 14 November 2020 | 21 November 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 | [4] | |
| América Mineiro (interim)[a] | 5 December 2020 | 8 December 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | [4] | |
| América Mineiro (interim)[a] | 18 March 2021 | 18 March 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | [14] | |
| América Mineiro (interim)[a] | 14 April 2021 | 14 April 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | [14] | |
| América Mineiro (interim)[a] | 9 May 2021 | 9 May 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | [14] | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | 15 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | ||
| Internacional (interim) | 15 April 2022 | 19 April 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | [15] | |
| América Mineiro | 18 December 2023 | 27 August 2024 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 041.18 | [10] | |
| Portuguesa | 2 December 2024 | 15 August 2025 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 039.29 | [12] | |
| Avaí | 2 December 2025 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | ||
| Career total | 75 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 102 | 63 | +39 | 045.33 | — | |||