Cláudio Prates

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Prates.

Cláudio Mendes Prates (born 18 September 1965), known as Cláudio Prates or just Claudinho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward, and is the current assistant manager of Bahia.

Cláudio Prates

Personal information
Full name	Cláudio Mendes Prates
Date of birth	(1965-09-18) 18 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Rosário do Sul, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bahia (assistant)
Youth career
1983–1984	Inter-SM
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1985	Inter-SM
1986–1989	Vasco da Gama	17	(5)
1987	→ América-SP (loan)
1987	→ Farense (loan)	2	(1)
1988	→ Bragantino (loan)
1989	→ Juventus-SP (loan)
1990–1992	Vitória
1993	Caxias
1994	Figueirense
1994–1995	Košice
1995–1996	ABC
1996–1997	Al Arabi
1997–1998	Al Shamal
1998–2001	Al Arabi
2001–2002	Al-Shoulla
2002–2004	Al Khaleej
Managerial career
2006–2007	Vitória (youth)
2007	Brasiliense (assistant)
2008	Brasiliense (interim)
2008	Paysandu (assistant)
2008–2009	Vila Nova (assistant)
2009	Mogi Mirim (assistant)
2009	América Mineiro (assistant)
2010	Sport (assistant)
2010	Santa Cruz (assistant)
2010	Ponte Preta (assistant)
2011	Remo (assistant)
2011	Joinville (assistant)
2011–2016	América Mineiro (assistant)
2012	América Mineiro (interim)
2014	América Mineiro (interim)
2016	América Mineiro (interim)
2016–2017	Al-Shabab (assistant)
2017–2018	Palmeiras (assistant)
2018–	Bahia (assistant)
2018	Bahia (interim)
2020	Bahia (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Known as Claudinho during his playing days, he was an Internacional de Santa Maria youth graduate.^[1] In 1986 he joined Vasco da Gama, and went on to feature sparingly for the club during his three-year spell, split by loans to América-SP, Bragantino, Juventus-SP and Primeira Liga side S.C. Farense.

Claudinho subsequently represented Vitória, Caxias, Figueirense, Košice and ABC before moving to Arabic football. He retired in 2004, with Al Khaleej.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Prates began his career with former club Vitória, being an assistant of the youth setup. In 2006 he was promoted to the first team, remaining as an assistant until the arrival of Givanildo Oliveira as manager.

Prates subsequently followed Givanildo at Brasiliense, Paysandu, Vila Nova, Mogi Mirim, América Mineiro, Sport, Santa Cruz, Ponte Preta and Remo before parting ways in 2011 to become Joinville's assistant. Late in that year he returned to América, being an assistant but also interim manager on some occasions.

On 19 October 2016 Prates left Coelho,^[2] and was named Palmeiras' assistant the following 10 January.^[3] In April 2018, he joined Bahia;^[4] initially an assistant, he was appointed interim manager after the dismissal of Guto Ferreira.^[5]

Honours

Player

Vasco da Gama

• Taça Guanabara: 1986

Bragantino

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 1988

Vitória

• Campeonato Baiano: 1990, 1992
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B runner up: 1992

ABC

• Campeonato Potiguar: 1997

Al Arabi

• Kuwait Emir Cup: 1999, 2000
• Kuwait Crown Prince Cup: 1999, 2000
• Al Kurafi Cup: 1999