Matheus Rizzi Bachi (born 8 January 1989) is a Brazilianfootballcoach and former player who played as acentre-back. He is the current assistant coach ofSantos.

Born inCaxias do Sul,Rio Grande do Sul, Bachi played forCruzeiro-RS as a youth.^[1] In January 2010, after a period of trainings atAl Ain, he signed forTrês Passos.^[2]

Still in 2010, Bachi moved to the United States to study at theUniversity of the Cumberlands, and played for their soccer side Cumberlands Patriots.^[3] In the following year, he moved to theCarson–Newman University and played for theCarson–Newman Eagles until 2013.^[4]

After leaving the Carson-Newman University, Bachi joined his father in a sabbatical year before becoming an assistant ofPaulo Turra atCaxias.^[5] After working in the2015 Campeonato Gaúcho, he spent a period in Europe^[6] before joining his father's staff atCorinthians in September of that year.^[7]

Bachi followed Tite to theBrazil national team in June 2016, again as his assistant.^[8][9] He was a part of the staff which featured in the2018 and2022 editions of theFIFA World Cup, before departing the national side after the latter tournament.^[10]

In late 2022, Bachi expressed his desire to become a head coach.^[11] In October of the following year, he was again an assistant of his father atFlamengo.^[12]

Bachi leftFla in October 2024, after his father's dismissal.^[13] The following 29 April, he was named assistant ofCleber Xavier (also a former assistant of Tite) atSantos.^[14]

Bachi remained at Santos even after Xavier's dismissal on 17 August 2025,^[15] and became an interim head coach two days later.^[16] He coached the side on a 2–0 away loss toBahia, before returning to the assistant role after the appointment ofJuan Pablo Vojvoda.

Bachi's fatherTite was also a footballer and a coach.^[17]

As of 25 August 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Flamengo (interim)[a]		25 August 2024	25 August 2024	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[18]
Santos (interim)		19 August 2025	24 August 2025	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	[19]
Career total				2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00	—

Notes

• Matheus Bachi coach profile atSoccerway (archived)

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul
• Brazilian men's footballers
• Men's association football defenders
• Três Passos Atlético Clube players
• University of the Cumberlands alumni
• Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
• Brazilian football managers
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers
• Santos FC managers
• SC Corinthians Paulista non-playing staff
• CR Flamengo non-playing staff
• Santos FC non-playing staff
• Brazil national football team non-playing staff

• CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br)
• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Date of birth not in Wikidata