Fernando Seabra (born 19 June 1977) is a Brazilian football

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, recently in charge of Cruzeiro.

Career

Born in

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, Seabra began his career as an assistant coach of Assisense in 2006. He later worked at Grêmio Barueri under the same role, before taking over the youth sides of PAEC and

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. On 8 June 2013, Seabra was named head coach of ''RB'' for the year's

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. He later worked in the staff of other clubs in his native state, before becoming a development analyst at

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in January 2015. Between 2016 and 2017, Seabra was a coordinator of

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' B-team, being dismissed in April 2017. Later in that year, he joined

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as a youth coordinator, being later an assistant of

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in the under-20 team. In February 2020, Seabra left ''Timão'' to join

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as an under-17 coach. He moved to

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in the following year, being initially an under-20 coach before taking over the main squad on 14 December 2021. On 28 February 2022, Seabra left ''DB'' on a mutual agreement, and was announced as an under-20 coach of Cruzeiro on 8 March. On 29 August 2023, he was named interim head coach of the first team, replacing sacked

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. Seabra coached the ''Raposa'' in a 0–0 home draw against

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on 3 September 2023, and returned to his former role two days later after the appointment of

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. In November, he was

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's assistant in the last rounds of the season. On 30 January 2024, Seabra was announced as

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head coach. On 9 April, he returned to Cruzeiro, now being named head coach of the main squad. Seabra remained in charge of Cruzeiro after the club's change of ownership, but was criticized by new owner Pedro Lourenço in July 2024 in a leaked audio. He was sacked on 23 September, after a 0–0 home draw against

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Managerial statistics

;Notes

Honours

Cruzeiro U20 *Campeonato Mineiro Sub-20: 2023 *

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: 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seabra, Fernando 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Red Bull Bragantino II managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Santos FC non-playing staff Sport Club Corinthians Paulista non-playing staff