.jpg) Cortez in August 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fábio Cortez Torres | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-04-03)3 April 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santa Cruz (interim) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2000–2003 | Barra Futsal (futsal) | ||
| 2003–2007 | Vasco da Gama (futsal) | ||
| 2008 | Atlético Mineiro (youth) | ||
| 2009 | Colégio Pentágono (futsal) | ||
| 2010 | Vasco da Gama (futsal) | ||
| 2010–2016 | Qadsia (futsal) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kuwait (futsal) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Vasco da Gama U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Vasco da Gama U16 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Vasco da Gama (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Vasco da Gama (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Vasco da Gama (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Remo (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Remo (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Nanjing City (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Nanjing City | ||
| 2025– | Santa Cruz (assistant) | ||
| 2026– | Santa Cruz (interim) | ||
Fábio Cortez Torres (born 3 April 1974) is a Brazilianfootballcoach, currently the interim head coach ofSanta Cruz.
Cortez was afutsal player before switching to coaching with Barra Futsal. He then coachedVasco da Gama until 2008, when he switched tofootball withAtlético Mineiro.[1][2]
In 2010, shortly after his return to Vasco's futsal section, Cortez accepted an offer from theKuwait national futsal team to work as their coach; he was also in charge ofQadsia.[3] He returned to Vasco in 2017, as an assistant of the under-20 football side; in 2018, he was named coach of the under-16 team.[4]
On 27 February 2021, Cortez was namedMarcelo Cabo's assistant in the main squad.[5] On 16 June, he was in charge of the side in a 0–2Série B home loss againstAvaí, after Cabo and his assistant Gabriel Cabo weresent off.[6]
On 11 November 2021, Cortez was named interim manager of Vasco until the end ofthe campaign, afterFernando Diniz was sacked.[7] He returned to his former role after the appointment ofZé Ricardo as head coach for the 2022 season.
On 14 December 2022, Cortez moved toRemo as the club's permanent assistant manager.[8] He was also an interim head coach of the side during the second leg of the2023 Campeonato Paraense Finals, as the club lost the title toÁguia de Marabá.
In 2024, Cortez moved abroad and joined Chinese sideNanjing City. Initially an assistant, he became the head coach of the club afterKim Jong-boo was sacked in May,[9] but was himself replaced by Zhang Xiaofeng in September.
In 2025, Cortez returned to Brazil and joinedSanta Cruz as an assistant.