Cauan de Almeida

Cauan Felipe de Almeida (born 8 February 1989) is a Brazilian football coach.

Career Born in Betim, Minas Gerais, Cauan de Almeida began his career as a coach of the under-17 team of Betim. After working as a coach of the same category at Associação Mineira de Desenvolvimento Humano, he moved to Portugal in 2014, and was an assistant coach at F.C. Infesta.

Cauan de Almeida returned to Brazil in 2016, and moved back to AMDH's under-17 side. He was subsequently an assistant coach of before being named coach of the under-17 team of América Mineiro in 2017. The following January, after Conceição left for Red Bull Bragantino, Cauan was named interim manager.

Cauan de Almeida was in charge of the club for two Campeonato Mineiro matches (two wins) before returning to his previous role after the appointment of Lisca; during the campaign, he also replaced Lisca on several opportunities due to the manager's suspension or illnesses. On 15 June, he was again interim after Lisca resigned.

On 27 July 2021, Cauan de Almeida moved to Vasco da Gama, again to work as Lisca's assistant. He became the permanent assistant coach of Internacional the following 7 January, before becoming the interim head coach of the latter side on 15 April 2022, after Alexander Medina was sacked.

Cauan de Almeida returned to his previous role after the appointment of Mano Menezes, and left Inter on 29 September 2023 to join his staff at Corinthians. On 18 December, he left the latter to return to América, now as a head coach of the first team.

Cauan de Almeida was sacked by Coelho on 27 August 2024, after a poor run of form. On 13 November, he was announced as head coach of Portuguesa for the upcoming season.

On 15 August 2025, Cauan de Almeida was dismissed by Lusa after their elimination from the Série D. On 2 December, he returned to the second division after being named at the helm of Avaí.

On 6 July 2026, with Avaí in the relegation zone of the Série B, Cauan de Almeida was sacked.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNat.FromToRecordAmérica Mineiro (interim) 26 January 2020 1 February 2020 América Mineiro (interim) 14 April 2021 14 April 2021 América Mineiro 18 December 2023 27 August 2024 Portuguesa 2 December 2024 15 August 2025 Avaí 2 December 2025 6 July 2026 Career total—