Guilherme de Cássio Alves (born 8 May 1974), known simply as Guilherme, is a Brazilian

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coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Amazonas. A stiker, Guilherme played with eight clubs with different fortunes in his country, and also competed professionally in Spain and Saudi Arabia during a 13-year career, most notably for Rayo Vallecano and

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. Over the course of 11 Série A seasons, he amassed totals of 155 games and 68 goals. Guilherme appeared with the Brazil national team at the 2001 Copa América. In 2011, he started working as a coach.

Club career

Born in

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, Guilherme started his professional career at age 18 with local Marília AC. After a few games,

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manager Telê Santana signed him, and he played a relatively important part in the club's conquests in the following two years: the Supercopa Sudamericana, the

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, the Intercontinental Cup, the

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and the

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. In January 1995, Guilherme left for Spain and joined Rayo Vallecano, scoring 14 goals in only 17 matches (half-a-season) as the team achieved promotion to

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. During the following two campaigns, he continued to net in double digits, but they returned to the second division at the end of the latter. In 1997, Guilherme returned to his country with Grêmio. In the following year he moved to

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, where he was very rarely played, but also helped to the Torneio Rio – São Paulo conquest. Still in 1999, Guilherme signed with

, where he experienced his best years as a professional. In the year's Série A, he was crowned top scorer by breaking the record which belonged to club legend Reinaldo, and led the team to the vice-championship. Guilherme played one year on loan with Corinthians, scoring twice in his debut, a 3–2 home win against Internacional. However, his stay was marred by a serious

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which resulted in the death of two persons. He never regained his previous form with Corinthians, and after leaving Atlético for good (with a total of 139 official goals), represented

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. In the year 2004, Guilherme signed for Cruzeiro, scoring 13 goals in 50 competitive games and helping the team to the

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. He finished his career in the following year, with

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; he suffered a serious injury while at the service of the latter and, whilst recovering from his condition at Corinthians, severely hurt his

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and decided to end his career, at 31.

International career

Courtesy of his solid Atlético performances, Guilherme played a total of six matches with

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, his debut coming in 2000. He was called up for the squad which represented the nation in the following year's

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, scoring in a 2–0 group stage win against

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in an eventual quarter-final exit.

Coaching career

In the beginning of 2007, Guilherme served as first club Marília's

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, with the side in the Série B, being later an assistant and interim coach. He subsequently joined another former team, Atlético Mineiro, being named assistant coach alongside Nei Pandolfo and Freddy Rincón. On 21 February 2011, Guilherme was hired as Ipatinga's head coach. On 21 June 2013, after a successful spell back at Marília, he was named in charge of Grêmio Novorizontino, being crowned champions of the following year's

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. After achieving a first ever promotion to the

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in 2015, Guilherme was appointed at the helm of Vila Nova on 14 June 2016. He departed the club in November, after being confirmed as head coach of Linense for the 2017 Campeonato Paulista. Sacked by Linense on 20 February 2017, Guilherme agreed to become the head coach of Portuguesa on 23 November. He resigned from the latter on 6 February 2018, taking over Paysandu on 14 July but being dismissed on 25 August. On 3 February 2020, after more than a year unemployed, Guilherme returned to Marília after being appointed head coach. He was sacked on 17 April 2023, after four seasons and nearly 50 matches in charge. On 26 January 2024, Guilherme was named head coach of Velo Clube. He led the club to the year's

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title, and renewed his contract on 22 May before joining Água Santa on 10 June, in a temporary deal. Back to Velo for the 2025 Campeonato Paulista, Guilherme avoided relegation with the club before agreeing to join Amazonas on 19 April of that year.

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;São Paulo *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

;Vasco da Gama * Torneio Rio – São Paulo:

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;Atlético Mineiro *

: 1999, 2000 ;Cruzeiro *

: 2004

Manager

;Novorizontino *

: 2014 ;Velo Clube *

: 2024

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alves, Guilherme 1974 births Living people Footballers from Marília Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Marília Atlético Clube players São Paulo FC players Grêmio FBPA players CR Vasco da Gama players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players La Liga players Segunda División players Rayo Vallecano players Saudi Pro League players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players Brazil men's international footballers 2001 Copa América players Copa Libertadores–winning players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Ipatinga Futebol Clube managers Marília Atlético Clube managers Grêmio Novorizontino managers Vila Nova Futebol Clube managers Clube Atlético Linense managers Associação Portuguesa de Desportos managers Paysandu Sport Club managers Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense managers Esporte Clube Água Santa managers Amazonas Futebol Clube managers