Fábio Luiz Carille de Araújo (born 26 September 1973), known asFábio Carille, is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played both as acentral defender andleft back. He is the current head coach ofGoiás.
Born inSão Paulo, Carille was known asFábio Luiz during his playing days. He moved toSertãozinho at the age of 12, and made his senior debut with hometown sideSertãozinho in 1993, after a trial period.[1]
In 1993, Carille moved toXV de Jaú, and impressed enough to earn a loan move toCorinthians in August 1995.[2] He left the club in December, after making no first team appearances, and subsequently moved toIraty.
Immediately after retiring, Carille was named interim coach of Barueri, as head coachSérgio Soares was relieved from his duties.[10] He would subsequently remain at the club for two more seasons, acting as an assistant and under-20 coach.
In 2009, Carille moved to another club he represented as a player, Corinthians, asMano Menezes' assistant. On 11 October 2010 he was appointed as interim coach, afterAdílson Batista resigned.[11] He returned to his previous duties after the appointment ofTite as head coach, but was again interim in June 2016, as the latter left to manage theBrazil national team.
On 17 September 2016, Carille was named first team coach until the end of the year, replacing dismissedCristóvão Borges.[12] In October, however, he was replaced byOswaldo de Oliveira and returned to assistant duties.[13]
On 22 December 2016, Carille was permanently appointed head coach of the main squad for the2017 campaign.[14] He subsequently won twoCampeonato Paulista titles and oneSérie A with the club before leaving on 22 May after accepting an offer from abroad.[15]
On 7 December 2018, Carille was announced as head coach back at former side Corinthians for the ensuing campaign.[18] He won the2019 Campeonato Paulista withTimão, but was dismissed on 3 November 2019, after a 4–1 loss toFlamengo.[19]
On 8 September 2021, Carille was appointed head coach ofSantos, after signing a contract until the end of 2022.[22] He was sacked on 18 February 2022, after a poor start of the new campaign.[23]
On 13 April 2022, Carille was named head coach ofAthletico Paranaense also in the top tier, on a two-year contract.[24] On 4 May, after just 21 days and seven matches, he was sacked.[25]
On 12 June 2022, Carille was announced as manager ofJ2 League sideV-Varen Nagasaki.[26] Despite missing out promotion, his contract was renewed for a further year.[27]
On 19 December 2023, Santos,recently-relegated toSérie B for the first time in their history, announced the return of Carille on a one-year contract, with an option for a further year.[28] He was presented by his new club the following day.[29]
Carille led Santos to the2024 Campeonato Paulista finals, losing toPalmeiras, and won the2024 Série B; despite that, he faced severe criticism from the supporters due to the poor football displayed.[30] On 18 November 2024, in spite of having his contract automatically renewed after the promotion, he left by mutual consent.[31]
On 20 December 2023, just hours after his presentation, V-Varen Nagasaki released a note claiming that Carille and his staff already have renewed contracts with for 2024 as early as late November 2023, then reconfirmed Carille's intention to manage V-Varen for another year in early December, after they heard about a news that Carille was in negotiations with Santos.[32] On 12 January 2024, Santos announced that they registered Carille as their coach, after knowing that his contract with V-Varen ended on 1 January;[33] V-Varen later released another note stating that Carille and his staff were still under contract for the 2024 season, and that the club will "consider taking appropriate measures" in the future.[34]
On 19 December 2024, Carille was announcedVasco da Gama head coach for the upcoming season.[35] On 27 April of the following year, he was dismissed.[36]
On 9 July 2025, Carille replacedThiago Carpini at the helm ofVitória also in the top tier; he agreed to a contract until December 2026.[37] He was sacked on 25 August, hours after a 8–0 loss toFlamengo.[38]
^"Athletico promove mudanças no Futebol" [Athletico promote changes in the Football section] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 4 May 2022. Retrieved4 May 2022.
^"Nota oficial" [Official announcement] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 18 November 2024. Retrieved19 November 2024.
^"ファビオ カリーレ監督及びスタッフとの契約の現状について" [Current situations of contracts with manager Fábio Carille and his staff] (in Japanese). V-Varen Nagasaki. 20 December 2023. Retrieved10 January 2024.
^"ファビオ カリーレ監督及びスタッフとの現状について(1月13日時点)" [Regarding the current situation with coach Fabio Carrile and his staff (as of January 13th)] (in Japanese). V-Varen Nagasaki. 13 January 2024. Retrieved13 January 2024.