William Batista

William Batista de Almeida (born 13 May 1993) is a Brazilian football coach, currently the head coach of the under-20 team of Corinthians.

Career Born in Hortolândia, São Paulo, Batista played for Bragantino, Red Bull Brasil and Rio Ave before retiring at the age of 20 to pursue a coaching career. After working in the youth categories of Sumaré, Guarani and Atibaia, before becoming a coach of the latter's under-17 team in 2016, aged 23.

William left América on 14 November 2022, and was named head coach of Vasco da Gama's under-20 team eight days later. On 23 June of the following year, he was named interim head coach of the main squad, after Maurício Barbieri was sacked.

Batista was in charge of Vasco for three matches, becoming the club's youngest head coach in the century, before returning to his previous duties after the appointment of Ramón Díaz. He was also in charge of the first two matches of the 2024 Campeonato Carioca, as the first team was away on pre-season, but was sacked on 22 January of that year.

On 26 February 2024, Batista was appointed head coach of the under-20 team of Red Bull Bragantino. He left the side in August to return to América, as an assistant of Lisca.

On 6 December 2024, Batista was named head coach of América for the upcoming season. He led the club to the finals of the 2025 Campeonato Mineiro, but was sacked on 2 June 2025.

On 5 August 2025, Batista was announced as head coach of Corinthians' under-20 team.