Thiago Gomes Pacheco (born 12 May 1984) is a Brazilian
footballcoach, currently the head coach of
Sampaio Corrêa.
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]