João Paulo Sanches

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Imbernom and the second or paternal family name is Sanches.

João Paulo Imbernom Sanches (born 14 August 1980), known as João Paulo Sanches, is a Brazilian football manager. He is the current technical coordinator of Ceará.

João Paulo Sanches

Personal information
Full name	João Paulo Imbernom Sanches
Date of birth	(1980-08-14) 14 August 1980 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	Mirassol, Brazil
Team information
Current team	Ceará (technical coordinator)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2015–2017	Atlético Goianiense (assistant)
2015	Atlético Goianiense (interim)
2015	Atlético Goianiense (interim)
2015	Atlético Goianiense (interim)
2017	Atlético Goianiense (interim)
2017–2018	Atlético Goianiense
2018	Atlético Goianiense (assistant)
2018–2019	Ponte Preta (assistant)
2020	Aparecidense
2020–2021	Atlético Goianiense (interim)
2022–2023	Bahia (technical coordinator)
2023–	Ceará (technical coordinator)

Career

Sanches' first experience as first team manager occurred in February 2015, after Marcelo Chamusca's dismissal.^[2] He was in charge for two further spells during the year, replacing Jorginho and Gilberto Pereira.^[3]

Sanches returned to his assistant role in 2016, but was again appointed interim manager on 21 July 2017, replacing sacked Doriva.^[4] Despite failing to avoid relegation with the club, he was definitely named manager on 3 December.^[5]

Sanches went back to the assistant role after the appointment of Claudio Tencati, and subsequently had spells at Ponte Preta (as an assistant) and Aparecidense (as a manager) before returning to Dragão in 2020, as a technical coordinator. On 3 March 2021, after both manager Marcelo Cabo and permanent assistant manager Eduardo Souza left the club, he was named interim manager for the start of the campaign.^[6]