Brasileirão 2023 has a new “invasion” of foreign coaches

Serie A of the Brazilian Championship features a new wave of foreign coaches. Of the 19 clubs that start the tournament with an effective coach (Goiás is under the care of an interim coach), more than half have a professional from outside the country on the pitch.

Brazilian clubs have returned to invest in the arrival of foreign coaches.

Among them, three are remnants of previous years: Abel Ferreira, in Palmeiras, Juan Pablo Vojvodain Fortaleza, and Luis Castro, in Botafogo.

the argentinian Jorge Sampaoli it’s the most recent one. He was announced by Flamengo last Friday night (14), to replace the Portuguese Vítor Pereira.

There are seven Portuguese technicians and three Argentineans.

A foreigner working in Brazil for the longest time, Abel Ferreira is the current Brazilian champion, with Palmeiras.

The coach has also won two editions of Libertadores, Copa do Brasil, Recopa Sul-Americana, Supercopa do Brasil and Paulista.

Vojvoda was champion of the Northeast Cup last year and is three times in the State, in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Among the new arrivals are the Portuguese Ivo Vieira (Cuiabá) and Renato Paiva (Bahia).

Coudet was State champion for Atlético-MG, but he shook his position last week after controversial statements.

Fla’s new coach, Sampaoli knows Brazilian football well. He has already worked at Santos and Atlético-MG.

Among Brazilian technicians, there are several profiles.

Grêmio and São Paulo start the Brazilian with idols on the edge of the pitch, like Renato Gaúcho and Rogério Ceni, respectively.

Mano Menezes at Internacional, Odair Hellmann at Santos, and Vagner Mancini at América-MG are more established names on the scene.

Corinthians is betting on Fernando Lázaro, who had already worked at the club and is effectively having his first chance.

Fluminense kept Fernando Diniz, who was champion of Carioca with “Dinizismo” and has even been speculated in the national team.

View list of coaches

America-MG – Vagner Mancini

Athletico – Paulo Turra

Atlético-MG – Eduardo Coudet (Argentine)

Bahia – Renato Paiva (Portuguese)

Botafogo – Luís Castro (Portuguese)

Red Bull Bragantino – Pedro Caixinha (Portuguese)

Corinthians – Fernando Lazaro

Coritiba – António Oliveira (Portuguese)

Cruzeiro – Pepa (Portuguese)

Cuiabá – Ivo Vieira (Portuguese)

Flamengo – Jorge Sampaoli (Argentine)

Fluminense – Fernando Diniz

Fortaleza – Juan Pablo Vojvoda (Argentinian)

Goiás – Emerson Ávila (interim)

Grêmio – Renato Gaucho

International – Mano Menezes

Palm trees – Abel Ferreira (Portuguese)

Santos – Odair Hellmann

Sao Paulo – Rogério Ceni

Vasco – Mauricio Barbieri