Vinicius Munhoz

Vinicius Munhoz

Personal information
Full name	Vinicius da Cunha Munhoz
Date of birth	(1978-12-11) 11 December 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Santa Maria, Brazil
Team information
Current team	Ituano (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2005–2008	Brazil U20 (women) (assistant)
2009	Saint Louis Athletica (assistant)
2013	Osasco U20
2014	Grêmio Osasco U20
2014–2015	Grêmio Osasco
2015	Audax
2016	Mirassol U20
2016	Audax
2017–2018	Inter-SM
2018–2019	Ferroviária
2020–2022	Red Bull Brasil
2020	Red Bull Bragantino (interim)
2022–2023	Ferroviária
2024	Villa Nova
2024	Mirassol U20
2025–	Ituano

Vinicius da Cunha Munhoz (born 11 December 1978) is a Brazilian football coach. He is the current head coach of Ituano.

Career

Born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Munhoz started his career in 1999 as a fitness coach of Internacional de Santa Maria's under-20 squad. He later worked in the same role with the main squad before joining Grêmio in 2003, again as fitness coach.^[1]

In 2005, Munhoz was hired by the Brazilian Football Confederation to work as a fitness coach and assistant of Jorge Barcellos at the women's under-20 national team. Between 2007 and 2008 he worked at Esportivo as a fitness coach before rejoining Barcelos' staff at the women's national team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

In 2009, Munhoz followed Barcelos to Saint Louis Athletica in Women's Professional Soccer,^[1] being later a technical coordinator at Fragata Futebol Clube. In 2013, after a stint back at Grêmio's under-20 squad as a fitness coach, he joined Audax's subsidiary teams: starting with Osasco FC's under-20s, he later managed Grêmio Osasco's under-20 and senior squads in 2014 before taking over Audax's first team in 2015.^[3]

Dismissed by Audax in late 2015, Munhoz was appointed in charge of Mirassol's under-20 squad for the 2016 campaign. After reaching the round of 32 of the year's Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, he returned to Audax, being in charge of the club during the year's Série D.^[3]

On 1 November 2016, Munhoz returned to his first club Inter-SM, now named first team head coach.^[1] He renewed his contract the following 1 July,^[4] but resigned on 15 June 2018 after accepting an offer from Ferroviária.^[5][6]

In December 2019, after Ferroviária's change of ownership, Munhoz was offered a board role, but opted to leave the club and joined Red Bull Brasil.^[7] The following 2 January, after Antônio Carlos Zago left to Kashima Antlers, Munhoz was named interim head coach of Red Bull Bragantino.^[8]

Munhoz returned to RB Brasil after the appointment of Felipe Conceição, before agreeing to return to Ferroviária on 24 May 2022.^[9] Sacked on 26 January 2023 after three consecutive defeats,^[10] he spent nearly the entire year without a club before taking over Villa Nova on 6 December.^[11]

Munhoz joined Mirassol in September 2024, to coach their under-20 team, before being announced as head coach of Ituano on 18 December.^[12]

References

1. "Da Seleção feminina ao retorno à terra natal, saiba quem é o novo técnico do Inter-SM" [From the women's national team to the return to the homeland, know who is the new head coach of Inter-SM] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Zero Hora. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Desligado da seleção brasileira feminina, santa-mariense Vinicius Munhoz pode voltar a atuar em clube brasileiro" [Fired from the Brazil national team, Santa Maria-born Vinicius Munhoz may go back to work in a Brazilian club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EsporteSul. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "Vinícius Munhoz retorna ao Osasco Audax e será o técnico no nacional" [Vinícius Munhoz returns to Osasco Audax and will be the head coach in the national league] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
4. "Vinicius Munhoz permanece no Inter SM" [Vinicius Munhoz stays at Inter SM] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Internacional. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. "Após dois anos, Munhoz deixa o Inter SM" [After two years, Munhoz leaves Inter SM] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Internacional. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
6. "Vinícius Munhoz é o novo técnico da AFE" [Vinícius Munhoz is the new head coach of AFE] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Ferroviária de Esportes. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
7. "Clubes da Red Bull vivem momento de indefinição com relação a técnicos" [Red Bull teams have grey areas when it comes to head coaches] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
8. "Até contratar novo treinador, Bragantino anuncia Vinicius Munhoz como interino" [Until signing a new head coach, Bragantino announce Vinicius Munhoz as interim] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Bragantina. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
9. "Ferroviária acerta retorno de Vinicius Munhoz para comandar time na Série D" [Ferroviária agree return of Vinicius Munhoz to take over the team in the Série D] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
10. "Ferroviária demite Vinícius Munhoz após terceira derrota seguida no Paulistão" [Ferroviária sack Vinícius Munhoz after third consecutive defeat in the Paulistão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
11. "Villa Nova anuncia novo técnico para a temporada 2024" [Villa Nova announce new head coach for the 2024 season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio Itatiaia. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
12. "Ituano anuncia o técnico Vinícius Munhoz para a Série A2 de 2025" [Ituano announce head coach Vinícius Munhoz for the 2025 Série A2] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

• Soccer House profile (in Brazilian Portuguese)
• Vinicius Munhoz at Soccerway