# Fábio Carille

Fábio Luiz Carille de Araújo (born 26 September 1973), known as Fábio Carille, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played both as a central defender and left back. He is the current head coach of Vasco da Gama.

## Playing career

Born in São Paulo, Carille was known as Fábio Luiz during his playing days. He moved to Sertãozinho at the age of 12, and made his senior debut with hometown side Sertãozinho in 1993, after a trial period.
In 1993, Carille moved to XV de Jaú, and impressed enough to earn a loan move to Corinthians in August 1995. He left the club in December, after making no first team appearances, and subsequently moved to Iraty.
Carille subsequently represented Coritiba, Paraná (two stints), Santa Cruz, XV de Piracicaba, Santo André and CRB while on loan from Iraty. In 2000, he signed a permanent deal with Juventus-SP, but also served loan stints at Botafogo-SP, Paraná and Chinese side Guangzhou.
After leaving the Moleque Travesso in 2004, Carille subsequently resumed his career with Gama, União Araxá [pt], Monte Azul, Ulbra and Grêmio Barueri. He retired with the latter in April 2007, aged 33.

## Managerial career
### Grêmio Barueri

Immediately after retiring, Carille was named interim coach of Barueri, as head coach Sérgio Soares was relieved from his duties. He would subsequently remain at the club for two more seasons, acting as an assistant and under-20 coach.

### Corinthians

In 2009, Carille moved to another club he represented as a player, Corinthians, as Mano Menezes' assistant. On 11 October 2010 he was appointed as interim coach, after Adílson Batista resigned. He returned to his previous duties after the appointment of Tite as head coach, but was again interim in June 2016, as the latter left to manage the Brazil national team.
On 17 September 2016, Carille was named first team coach until the end of the year, replacing dismissed Cristóvão Borges. In October, however, he was replaced by Oswaldo de Oliveira and returned to assistant duties.
On 22 December 2016, Carille was permanently appointed head coach of the main squad for the 2017 campaign. He subsequently won two Campeonato Paulista titles and one Série A with the club before leaving on 22 May after accepting an offer from abroad.

### Al-Wehda

Carille joined Saudi club Al-Wehda in May 2018. He left the club in December, after Corinthians agreed to pay his release clause.

### Corinthians return

On 7 December 2018, Carille was announced as head coach back at former side Corinthians for the ensuing campaign. He won the 2019 Campeonato Paulista with Timão, but was dismissed on 3 November 2019, after a 4–1 loss to Flamengo.

### Al-Ittihad

On 17 February 2020, Carille was appointed as the head coach of the Saudi club, Al-Ittihad. He was sacked on 23 August of the following year, after losing the 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final.

### Santos

On 8 September 2021, Carille was appointed head coach of Santos, after signing a contract until the end of 2022. He was sacked on 18 February 2022, after a poor start of the new campaign.

### Athletico Paranaense

On 13 April 2022, Carille was named head coach of Athletico Paranaense also in the top tier, on a two-year contract. On 4 May, after just 21 days and seven matches, he was sacked.

### V-Varen Nagasaki

On 12 June 2022, Carille was announced as manager of J2 League side V-Varen Nagasaki. Despite missing out promotion, his contract was renewed for a further year.

### Santos return

On 19 December 2023, Santos, recently-relegated to Série B for the first time in their history, announced the return of Carille on a one-year contract, with an option for a further year. He was presented by his new club the following day.
Carille led Santos to the 2024 Campeonato Paulista finals, losing to Palmeiras, and won the 2024 Série B; despite that, he faced severe criticism from the supporters due to the poor football displayed. On 18 November 2024, in spite of having his contract automatically renewed after the promotion, he left by mutual consent.

#### Contract dispute with V-Varen

On 20 December 2023, just hours after his presentation, V-Varen Nagasaki released a note claiming that Carille and his staff already have renewed contracts with for 2024 as early as late November 2023, then reconfirmed Carille's intention to manage V-Varen for another year in early December, after they heard about a news that Carille was in negotiations with Santos. On 12 January 2024, Santos announced that they registered Carille as their coach, after knowing that his contract with V-Varen ended on 1 January; V-Varen later released another note stating that Carille and his staff were still under contract for the 2024 season, and that the club will "consider taking appropriate measures" in the future.

### Vasco da Gama

On 19 December 2024, Carille was announced Vasco da Gama head coach for the upcoming season.

## Career statistics

| Club | Season | League | League | League | State League | State League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Corinthians | 1995 | Série A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Coritiba | 1996 | Série A | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Paraná | 1997 | Série A | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 |
| Botafogo-SP | 2001 | Série A | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Paraná | 2002 | Série A | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 |

## Managerial statistics

    As of 8 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 |
| Grêmio Barueri (interim) | | 11 April 2007 | 17 April 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| Corinthians (interim) | | 11 October 2010 | 17 October 2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 050.00 | |
| Corinthians (interim) | | 15 June 2016 | 19 June 2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| Corinthians (interim) | | 17 September 2016 | 13 October 2016 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| Corinthians | | 22 December 2016 | 22 May 2018 | 99 | 53 | 28 | 18 | 132 | 69 | +63 | 053.54 | |
| Al-Wehda | | 22 May 2018 | 13 December 2018 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 040.00 | |
| Corinthians | | 13 December 2018 | 3 November 2019 | 66 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 72 | 56 | +16 | 039.39 | |
| Al-Ittihad | | 17 February 2020 | 23 August 2021 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 044.68 | |
| Santos | | 8 September 2021 | 18 February 2022 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 23 | +0 | 033.33 | |
| Athletico Paranaense | | 13 April 2022 | 4 May 2022 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 042.86 | |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | | 1 July 2022 | 19 December 2023 | 63 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 94 | 91 | +3 | 036.51 | |
| Santos | | 19 December 2023 | 18 November 2024 | 53 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 056.60 | |
| Vasco da Gama | | 19 December 2024 | present | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 046.15 | |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | Career total | 384 | 174 | 107 | 103 | 526 | 373 | +153 | 045.31 | — |

## Honours
### Player
#### Paraná

* Campeonato Paranaense: 1996

### Coach
#### Corinthians

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2017
* Campeonato Paulista: 2017, 2018, 2019

#### Santos

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2024

### Individual

* Campeonato Paulista Team of the year: 2017
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Coach of the Year: 2017
* Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: October 2018, April & May 2021