| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Silva Guanaes | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Operário Ferroviário (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palmeiras | |||
| Corinthians | |||
| Nacional-SP | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Campbell University | 30 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Nacional-SP | ||
| 2010 | Joseense | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2014 | Joseense | ||
| 2014 | União São João | ||
| 2015–2016 | São Carlos | ||
| 2017 | Monte Azul | ||
| 2018 | Votuporanguense | ||
| 2019–2021 | Athletico Paranaense U23 | ||
| 2021 | Sampaio Corrêa | ||
| 2021–2022 | Tombense | ||
| 2022 | Cruzeiro (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Novorizontino | ||
| 2023– | Operário Ferroviário | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rafael Silva Guanaes (born 27 March 1981) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Operário Ferroviário.
Born in São Paulo, Guanaes played for Palmeiras, Corinthians and Nacional-SP as a youth.[1] He also played for the Campbell University's soccer team during the 1999 and 2000 campaigns,[2] Nacional and Joseense.
On 16 June 2010, Guanaes was named manager of Joseense for the remainder of the year, replacing sacked Ricardo Longhi.[3] He achieved promotion to Campeonato Paulista Série A3 with the club in 2012, and was appointed in charge of União São João on 6 August 2014.[4]
Guanaes was sacked by União on 9 September 2014,[5] but took over São Carlos on 2 December, for the ensuing campaign.[6] He won the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in the following year with the club, but left in November 2016 as his contract expired.[7]
On 18 November 2016, Guanaes was appointed Monte Azul manager.[8] He took over Votuporanguense on 29 September of the following year,[9] and won the 2018 Copa Paulista with the latter club.
On 2 January 2019, Guanaes was named manager of Athletico Paranaense's under-23 side.[10] He won the 2019 Campeonato Paranaense with the club, and later went on to work also with the under-20s.[11]
On 5 February 2021, Guanaes left Athletico to take over Série B side Sampaio Corrêa.[12] Dismissed on 22 April,[13] he replaced Bruno Pivetti at the helm of Tombense four days later.[14]
Guanaes led Tombense to their first-ever promotion to the Série B, but was sacked on 22 February 2022, with the club threatened with relegation in the 2022 Campeonato Mineiro.[15] He then worked for a short period as a permanent assistant manager at Cruzeiro before taking over second division side Novorizontino on 21 June.[16]
On 3 September 2022, Guanaes was sacked by Novorizontino.[17] On 1 November, he was announced as manager of Operário Ferroviário, recently relegated to the third level, for the upcoming season.[18]
São Carlos
Votuporanguense
Athletico Paranaense