Guilherme de Cássio Alves (born 8 May 1974), sometimes known as just Guilherme, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of

Marília Marília () is a Brazilian municipality in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. Its distance from the state capital São Paulo is by highway, by railway and in a straight line. It is located at an altitude of 675 meters. The popula ...

. In his country, he played with eight clubs with different fortunes, and also competed professionally in Spain and Saudi Arabia during a 13-year career. Over the course of 11 Série A seasons, he amassed totals of 155 games and 68 goals. Guilherme Alves appeared with the Brazil national team at the

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. In 2011, he started working as a manager.

Club career

Born in

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, Guilherme Alves started his professional career at age 18 with local

Marília Atlético Clube Marília Atlético Clube, commonly referred to as Marília, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Marília, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of the São Paulo state foo ...

. After a few games, São Paulo FC manager

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signed him, and he played a relatively important part in the club's conquests in the following two years: the Supercopa Sudamericana, the Copa Libertadores, the Intercontinental Cup, the

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and the Recopa Sudamericana. In January 1995, Guilherme Alves left for Spain and joined

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, scoring 14 goals in only 17 matches (half-a-season) as the team achieved promotion to

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. During the following two campaigns, he continued to net in double digits, but they returned to the

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at the end of the latter. In 1997, Guilherme Alves returned to his country with

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. In the following year he moved to

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...

, where he was very rarely played, but also helped to the Torneio Rio – São Paulo conquest. Still in 1999, Guilherme Alves signed with Clube Atlético Mineiro, where he experienced his best years as a professional. In the year's Série A, he was crowned top scorer by breaking the record which belonged to club legend Reinaldo, and led the team to the vice-championship. Guilherme Alves played one year on loan with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, scoring twice in his debut, a 3–2 home win against

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. However, his stay was marred by a serious car accident which resulted in the death of two persons. He never regained his previous form with Corinthians, and after leaving Atlético for good (with a total of 139 official goals), represented

Ittihad FC Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد العربي السعودي), referred to as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the to ...

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. In the year 2004, Guilherme Alves signed for

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, scoring 13 goals in 50 competitive games and helping the team to the Campeonato Mineiro. He finished his career in the following year, with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas; he suffered a serious injury while at the service of the latter and, whilst recovering from his condition at Corinthians, severely hurt his

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and decided to end his career, at 31. In the beginning of 2007, Guilherme Alves served as first club Marília's

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, with the side in the Série B. He subsequently joined another former team, Atlético Mineiro, being named assistant coach alongside Nei Pandolfo and

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. On 15 February 2011, Guilherme Alves was hired as

Ipatinga Futebol Clube Ipatinga Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Ipatinga, state of Minas Gerais, founded on 21 May 1998. During the 2013 season, the club played in Betim, shortly after returned to Ipatinga in 2015. On May 22, 2022, the club was a ...

's manager. On 21 June 2013, after a successful spell at

, he was named coach at

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, being crowned champions of the following year's

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. After achieving a first ever promotion to the Campeonato Paulista in 2015, Guilherme Alves was appointed at the helm of

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on 14 June 2016.

International career

Courtesy of his solid Atlético performances, Guilherme Alves played a total of six matches with

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, his debut coming in 2000. He was called up for the squad which represented the nation in the following year's Copa América, scoring in a 2–0 group stage win against

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in an eventual quarter-final exit.

International goals

Honours

Player

;São Paulo * Copa Libertadores:

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* Recopa Sudamericana: 1993, 1994 *

: 1994 ;Vasco da Gama * Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1999 ;Atlético Mineiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 1999, 2000 ;Cruzeiro * Campeonato Mineiro: 2004

Manager

;Novorizontino *

: 2014

References

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