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

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, currently the head coach of Portuguesa.

Career

Born in

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, Cauan de Almeida began his career as a coach of the under-17 team of

. 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

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in 2017. On 15 July 2019, after

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was named manager of América's first team, Cauan de Almeida was named his assistant. The following January, after Conceição left for

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, Cauan was named interim manager. Cauan de Almeida was in charge of the club for two

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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

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, again to work as Lisca's assistant. He became the permanent assistant coach of

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the following 7 January, before becoming the interim head coach of the latter side on 15 April 2022, after

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was sacked. Cauan de Almeida returned to his previous role after the appointment of

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, and left Inter on 29 September 2023 to join his staff at

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. 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.

Managerial statistics

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References

External links

América Mineiro profile
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