Thiago Leitāo

Thiago Leitão Polieri (born 12 June 1978) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Playing career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Leitão was a Ponte Preta youth graduate. After making his first team debut, he represented Internacional de Santa Maria and Ceará before moving to Bolivia in 2002, to join Jorge Wilstermann.

In 2005, Leitão signed for Portuguese Segunda Liga side F.C. Marco, but returned to Bolivia in the following year with Oriente Petrolero. In 2008, he agreed to a contract with The Strongest, and had a subsequent short stint at local side União Barbarense before returning to the club in 2009. In August 2018, after a fight with Argentine midfielder Cristian Chávez, he was sacked by the club.

In April 2019, Leitão was named manager of Aurora. He left the club in May, after his contract expired.

On 2 March 2021, Leitão was appointed manager of San José. He resigned from the club late in the month, to take over fellow league team Atlético Palmaflor.

On 16 December 2022, Leitão was named manager of Blooming for the upcoming season, but was sacked after just three matches.

Leitão later became manager of San Antonio Bulo Bulo, leading the side to a first-ever promotion to the top tier and later winning the 2024 Apertura tournament. On 1 October of that year, he was sacked after a poor performance in the Clausura, and took over fellow league team Royal Pari fifteen days later, where he also left by mutual consent on 26 November.

On 6 January 2025, Leitão was confirmed as manager of Universitario de Vinto also in the top tier. On 30 September, he resigned, and was named at the helm of Independiente Petrolero on 16 March 2026.

On 6 August 2026, Leitão left Independiente by mutual consent.