Thiago Gomes Pacheco (born 12 May 1984) is a Brazilian footballcoach, currently in charge of Linense.
Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Gomes started his career with Internacional, being a manager of their youth categories and an assistant of the B-team for six years.[1] In 2011, he moved to Atlético Paranaense and worked as a scout and assistant manager.
In 2013, after a period in charge of São José-RS' under-20 squad, Gomes was named Osmar Loss' assistant at the under-20 team of Corinthians. He followed Loss to Bragantino in April 2015,[2] but left the club after being sacked in July.
Gomes subsequently returned to São José just days after leaving Bragantino, being now appointed first team head coach.[3] However, he did not stay at the club after accepting an invitation from Paulo Roberto Falcão to work as his assistant at Sport Recife.[4]
In April 2016, Gomes was named interim head coach of Sport after Falcão was sacked.[5] After the appointment of Oswaldo de Oliveira, he returned to his assistant role before leaving the club after the end of the year's Campeonato Pernambucano.[6]
On 7 November 2016, Gomes was appointed head coach of Fluminense's under-20 squad.[7] He left in the following July to take over Pelotas.[8]
In February 2018, Gomes left Pelotas to join Grêmio as head coach of the under-23 team.[9] On 15 April 2021, after the dismissal of Renato Gaúcho, he was named interim manager of the main squad.[10]
Gomes returned to his previous role after the appointment of Tiago Nunes, but was again named interim on 5 July 2021 after Nunes was sacked.[11] He was fired from the club in December.[12]
On 7 June 2022, Gomes was appointed head coach of Série C side Brasil de Pelotas.[13] On 10 September, he returned to São José for the upcoming season.[14]
On 1 December 2023, three days after renewing his contract with São José, Gomes resigned from the club,[15] and took over fellow third division side Sampaio Corrêa ten days later.[16] He was dismissed from the latter on 14 May 2024, after a poor start of the league,[17] and took over Caxias in the same category on 29 June.[18]