| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thiago Mendes Larghi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-09-27)27 September 1980 (age 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Paraíba do Sul, Brazil[2] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2016 | Sport (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Atlético Mineiro (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Atlético Mineiro (interim) | ||
| 2018 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2020 | Goiás | ||
| 2023 | Corinthians (assistant) | ||
Thiago Mendes Larghi (born 27 September 1980) is a Brazilianfootballmanager.
Born inParaíba do Sul,Rio de Janeiro,[2] Larghi began his professional career atBotafogo in 2011, as a performance analyst. In January 2013, he was called up by technical directorCarlos Alberto Parreira to joinLuiz Felipe Scolari's staff in theBrazil national team.[3]
After the2014 FIFA World Cup, Larghi left theSeleção and spent some time in Europe.[1] In 2016, he returned to Brazil and joinedOswaldo de Oliveira's staff atSport.[4]
Larghi remained as Oswaldo's assistant atCorinthians[5] andAtlético Mineiro. On 9 February 2018, after Oswaldo's dismissal from the latter, Larghi was the only staff member kept atGalo;[6] he was subsequently named interim manager.
On 25 June 2018, Larghi was appointed as permanent manager after over four months and 32 matches in charge, a record tenure for an interim manager in Brazil.[7] On 17 October, however, he was sacked and replaced byLevir Culpi.[8]
On 21 August 2020, after more than a year without a club, Larghi was named manager ofGoiás in the first division,[9] but was sacked after only 38 days in charge.[10] On 5 December 2022, he was announced as an assistant manager ofCorinthians.[11] He left the following 20 April, after head coachFernando Lázaro was removed from the role.
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Atlético Mineiro (interim) |  | 9 February 2018 | 25 June 2018 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 053.13 | [citation needed] |
| Atlético Mineiro | | 25 June 2018 | 17 October 2018 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 042.11 | [citation needed] |
| Goiás | | 21 August 2020 | 28 September 2020 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 016.67 | [citation needed] |
| Total | 57 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 91 | 60 | +31 | 045.61 | — | |||