# Cauan de Almeida

Cauan Felipe de Almeida (born 8 February 1989) is a Brazilian football coach, currently the head coach of Portuguesa.

## Career

Born in Betim, Minas Gerais, Cauan de Almeida began his career as a coach of the under-17 team of Betim. 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 Betinense [pt] before being named coach of the under-17 team of América Mineiro in 2017.
On 15 July 2019, after Felipe Conceição was named manager of América's first team, Cauan de Almeida was named his assistant. The following January, after Conceição left for Red Bull Bragantino, Cauan was named interim manager.
Cauan de Almeida was in charge of the club for two Campeonato Mineiro 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 Vasco da Gama, again to work as Lisca's assistant. He became the permanent assistant coach of Internacional the following 7 January, before becoming the interim head coach of the latter side on 15 April 2022, after Alexander Medina was sacked.
Cauan de Almeida returned to his previous role after the appointment of Mano Menezes, and left Inter on 29 September 2023 to join his staff at Corinthians. 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 career

    As of 2 March 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure :
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Ref |
| Team | Nat. | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 26 January 2020 | 1 February 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 9 September 2020 | 9 September 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 14 November 2020 | 21 November 2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 5 December 2020 | 8 December 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 18 March 2021 | 18 March 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 14 April 2021 | 14 April 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 9 May 2021 | 9 May 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro (interim) | | 15 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| Internacional (interim) | | 15 April 2022 | 19 April 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| América Mineiro | | 18 December 2023 | 27 August 2024 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 041.18 | |
| Portuguesa | | 2 December 2024 | present | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 015.38 | |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | Career total | 60 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 80 | 49 | +31 | 041.67 | — |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 Interim head coach as Lisca was suspended
* ↑ Interim head coach as Lisca was suspended and later sidelined due to an illness