Lucas Gonçalves da Silva (born 14 October 1981) is a Brazilian

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assistant

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Career

Born in

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, Gonçalves graduated in Physical Education at the

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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

's under-17 team. On 13 December 2010, Gonçalves was appointed

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's assistant at Cabofriense. 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

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, Gonçalves was named analyst at

. In 2018, while Thiago Larghi was the interim manager, he was his assistant. After a short period at

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, Gonçalves returned to ''Galo'' in 2019, again as analyst. He became the permanent assistant manager of the first team in the 2020 season, after

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left, and was named interim manager on 26 February 2021, after the departure of

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Personal life

Gonçalves' father Otacílio Gonçalves was also a football manager.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goncalves, Lucas 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Porto Alegre Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Clube Atlético Mineiro managers