| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Fernando Iubel | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Curitiba, Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool (development coach) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Berea College | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Bahia (assistant coach) | ||
| 2018 | Ceará (assistant coach) | ||
| 2018 | Vasco da Gama (assistant coach) | ||
| 2019 | Ponte Preta (assistant coach) | ||
| 2019 | Coritiba (assistant coach) | ||
| 2020 | Coritiba (assistant coach) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Juventude (assistant coach) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cuiabá (assistant coach) | ||
| 2021 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2022 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2022–2024 | Cuiabá (assistant coach) | ||
| 2022 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Cuiabá (interim) | ||
| 2025 | Atlético Mineiro (assistant coach) | ||
| 2025– | Liverpool (development coach) | ||
Luiz Fernando Iubel (born 13 March 1989) is a Brazilianfootballcoach, currently the individual development lead coach forPremier League clubLiverpool.
Iubel started his career atCoritiba, working in the club’s marketing department before transitioning to the soccer department and becoming an analyst.[1]
JoiningBahia as head of analysis in 2014, Iubel became the assistant coach in the main squad in October 2015.[2] After getting to knowJorginho in his period at Bahia, Iubel subsequently worked as his assistant atCeará,Vasco da Gama,Ponte Preta[3] and Coritiba (two spells).[1]
On 23 February 2021, after a short stint atJuventude where they won promotion for Serie A in 2020, Iubel was appointed assistant manager atCuiabá, being also the interim manager of the first team.[4] His first match in charge occurred five days later, a 6–1Campeonato Mato-Grossense home routing ofPoconé.[5]
Iubel returned to his assistant duties after the appointment ofAlberto Valentim on 1 April 2021, but was again named interim on 29 May after Valentim was sacked. On 22 January 2022, one day after he took over Cuiabá's first team in the opening match of the campaign, he announced his departure from the club on a mutual agreement.[6]
Iubel returned to Cuiabá on 7 May 2022,[7] and became an interim head coach of the first team for the fourth time five days later, afterPintado was sacked.[8] He returned to the assistant role after the arrival ofAntónio Oliveira, but was again named interim on 10 May 2023, replacing fellow PortugueseIvo Vieira who had just been sacked.[9]
Iubel returned to the assistant role after Oliveira returned, but took over on 7 February 2024, after Oliveira left forCorinthians.[10] As head coach, he won the 2024Campeonato Mato-Grossense,[11] but left by mutual consent on 29 April.[12]
After leaving Cuiabá, Iubel took a sabbatical to earn hisUEFA A License.[13] In March 2025, he joinedAtlético Mineiro as an assistant coach, mainly helping the youth players promoted to the main squad.[14]
In August 2025, Iubel was announced asLiverpool's new individual development lead coach, joining managerArne Slot’s backroom staff from 1 September 2025. In this role, he oversees development across the first team, under-21s, under-18s, and loan players, with a focus on supporting their progression to the senior squad.[15]
Iubel was born and raised inCuritiba,Brazil. In 2009, he moved toKentucky in the United States to study atBerea College, where he also played college soccer. In 2012, Iubel graduated from Berea with a bachelor’s degree inPhysical Education, with minors in Communication and Business Administration.[16]
Iubel went on to earn an international post-graduate degree in High-Performance Football Coaching from theUniversity of Lisbon’s School of Human Kinetics, a program spearheaded byJosé Mourinho.[17]
He is a dual citizen of Brazil andGermany.[18]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Cuiabá (interim) |  | 23 February 2021 | 1 April 2021 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 062.50 | [19] |
| Cuiabá (interim) | | 29 May 2021 | 3 July 2021 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 000.00 | [19] |
| Cuiabá (interim) | | 4 January 2022 | 22 January 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | |
| Cuiabá (interim) | | 12 May 2022 | 4 June 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| Cuiabá (interim) | | 10 May 2023 | 13 May 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 | |
| Cuiabá (interim) | | 7 February 2024 | 29 April 2024 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 055.00 | |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 043.59 | — | |||
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