William Batista (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Batista de Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | América Mineiro (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Bragantino | |||
| Red Bull Brasil | |||
| Rio Ave | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Sumaré U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2015 | Guarani U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Atibaia U15 (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Atibaia U17 | ||
| 2018 | Chapecoense U20 (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | América Mineiro U15 | ||
| 2020–2022 | América Mineiro U20 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Vasco da Gama U20 | ||
| 2023 | Vasco da Gama (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Vasco da Gama (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Red Bull Bragantino U20 | ||
| 2024 | América Mineiro (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | América Mineiro | ||
William Batista de Almeida (born 13 May 1993) is a Brazilian football coach, currently the head coach of América Mineiro.
Career
Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Batista played for Bragantino, Red Bull Brasil and Rio Ave before retiring at the age of 20 to pursue a coaching career.[1] After working in the youth categories of Sumaré, Guarani[2] and Atibaia, before becoming a coach of the latter's under-17 team in 2016, aged 23.[1]
In 2019, after a period at Chapecoense, Batista became an under-15 coach at América Mineiro. On 13 October 2020, he was named in charge of the club's under-20 squad.[3]
William left América on 14 November 2022,[4] and was named head coach of Vasco da Gama's under-20 team eight days later.[5] On 23 June of the following year, he was named interim head coach of the main squad, after Maurício Barbieri was sacked.[6]
Batista was in charge of Vasco for three matches, becoming the club's youngest head coach in the century,[7] before returning to his previous duties after the appointment of Ramón Díaz. He was also in charge of the first two matches of the 2024 Campeonato Carioca, as the first team was away on pre-season, but was sacked on 22 January of that year.[8]
On 26 February 2024, Batista was appointed head coach of the under-20 team of Red Bull Bragantino.[9] He left the side in August to return to América, as an assistant of Lisca.[10]
On 6 December 2024, Batista was named head coach of América for the upcoming season.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Paulista Sub 17: Técnico mais jovem da competição, William Batista comanda o Atibaia" [Paulista U17: Youngest head coach of the competition, William Batista is in charge of Atibaia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Auxiliar do Sub-20 inicia visitas aos clubes europeus" [Assistant of the under-20s starts visitng European clubs] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Guarani FC. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "América-MG promove técnico William Batista do sub-15 para o time sub-20" [América-MG promote head coach William Batista from the under-15s to the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "William Batista deixa o comando da equipe Sub-20 do América" [William Batista leaves the command of the under-20 team of América] (in Brazilian Portuguese). América FC. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "William Batista é o novo treinador do Sub-20 do Vasco" [William Batista is the new head coach of the under-20s of Vasco] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Fã do Cruyff, parceiro de Alex e invicto: conheça o interino do Vasco" [Fan of Cruyff, Alex's partner and unbeaten: know Vasco's interim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "William Batista se tornou o técnico mais novo a treinar o Vasco neste século" [William Batista became the youngest head coach to manage Vasco this century] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Super Vasco. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Vasco demite William Batista, técnico do sub-20" [Vasco sack William Batista, head coach of the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Bragantino contrata William Batista, ex-Vasco, para ser técnico do sub-20" [Bragantino sign William Batista, formerly of Vasco, to coach the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Técnico Lisca está de volta ao América" [Head coach Lisca is back at América] (in Brazilian Portuguese). América FC. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "América-MG anuncia William Batista como novo treinador" [América-MG announce William Batista as new head coach] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
External links
- William Batista coach profile at Soccerway
