Mano Menezes

Mano Menezes
Menezes in 2011
Personal information
Full name Luiz Antônio Venker Menezes
Date of birth (1962-06-11) 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.