Cauan de Almeida

Cauan Felipe de Almeida (born 8 February 1989) is a Brazilian football coach. He is the current head coach of América Mineiro.

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 Clube Atlético Serranense 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.