Mano Menezes
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Menezes in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Antônio Venker Menezes | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Passo do Sobrado, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grêmio (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Guarani-VA | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Guarani-VA U20 | ||
| 1997 | Guarani-VA | ||
| 1999 | Guarani-VA | ||
| 2000–2001 | Internacional U17 | ||
| 2002 | Internacional U20 | ||
| 2002 | Guarani-VA | ||
| 2002 | Brasil de Pelotas | ||
| 2003 | Guarani-VA | ||
| 2003 | Iraty | ||
| 2004 | 15 de Novembro | ||
| 2004–2005 | Caxias | ||
| 2005–2007 | Grêmio | ||
| 2008–2010 | Corinthians | ||
| 2010–2012 | Brazil | ||
| 2012 | Brazil U23 | ||
| 2013 | Flamengo | ||
| 2014 | Corinthians | ||
| 2015 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2016 | Shandong Luneng | ||
| 2016–2019 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2019 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2020 | Bahia | ||
| 2021 | Al Nassr | ||
| 2022–2023 | Internacional | ||
| 2023–2024 | Corinthians | ||
| 2024–2025 | Fluminense | ||
| 2025– | Grêmio | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luiz Antônio Venker Menezes (born 11 June 1962), known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently the head coach of Grêmio.
Menezes managed the Brazil national team from July 2010 until his sacking in November 2012. His nickname comes from his early childhood, when his sister used to call him "Mano", which is a popular slang term meaning "brother" in Portuguese.