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Lucas Gonçalves
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Gonçalves da Silva
Date of birth	14 October 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Team information
Current team	Atlético Mineiro (assistant)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2005–2007	Grêmio U11
2007–2008	Grêmio U13
2009	Grêmio U15
2010	Porto Alegre U17 (assistant)
2011	Cabofriense (assistant)
2011–2012	Porto Alegre U20 (assistant)
2012–2014	Grêmio U20
2015	Tombense (assistant)
2016	Atlético Tubarão (assistant)
2018	Atlético Mineiro (assistant)
2018	Paraná (assistant)
2020–	Atlético Mineiro (assistant)
2021	Atlético Mineiro (interim)
2022	Atlético Mineiro (interim)
2024–	Atlético Mineiro (interim)

Lucas Gonçalves da Silva (born 14 October 1981) is a Brazilian football assistant coach of Atlético Mineiro.

Career

Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Gonçalves graduated in Physical Education at the Universidade Luterana do Brasil in 2004, and was appointed manager of Grêmio's under-11 squad in the following year. He left the club in 2010, after managing the under-13s and under-15s, and was named assistant manager of Porto Alegre's under-17 team.^[1]

On 13 December 2010, Gonçalves was appointed Luís Antônio Zaluar's assistant at Cabofriense.^[2] After another year back at Porto Alegre, he returned to Grêmio in 2012, now as manager of the under-20s.

In August 2016, after being an assistant at Tombense and Atlético Tubarão, Gonçalves was named analyst at Atlético Mineiro.^[3] In 2018, while Thiago Larghi was the interim manager, he was his assistant.^[4]

After a short period at Paraná, Gonçalves returned to Galo in 2019, again as analyst.^[4] He became the permanent assistant manager of the first team in the 2020 season, after James Freitas left, and was named interim manager on 26 February 2021, after the departure of Jorge Sampaoli.^[5]

Personal life

Gonçalves' father Otacílio Gonçalves was also a football manager.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Curriculum Lucas" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lucas Gonçalves. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "RJ: Técnico será auxiliar de Zaluar em time do Rio de Janeiro" [RJ: Manager will be the assistant of Zaluar in Rio de Janeiro team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "Time, adversários e mercado na mira: conheça o trabalho do olheiro digital do Atlético" [Team, opponents and market on sight: know the work of Atlético's digital scout] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "James Freitas e Lucas Gonçalves: conheça auxiliar e analista que irão comandar o Atlético-MG" [James Freitas and Lucas Gonçalves: know the assistant and analyst who will take over Atlético-MG] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "Sem Sampaoli, Galo define comissão técnica que inicia o Mineiro" [Without Sampaoli, Galo set technical staff who start the Mineiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Tempo. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "O guri criado entre o Beira-Rio e o Olímpico que comanda o Atlético-MG" [The kid raised between Beira-Rio and Olímpico who is in charge of Atlético-MG] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gaúcha ZH. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.