| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Silveira Mendes | ||
| Date of birth | January 23, 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | United States (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1998 | Universidade Gama Filho (women's football) | ||
| 1998–1999 | Flamengo (women's football) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Portugal | ||
| 2000 | Fluminense (beach soccer) | ||
| 2000 | São Paulo (beach soccer) | ||
| 2001 | Rio de Janeiro (beach soccer) | ||
| 2001 | Vasco da Gama (beach soccer) | ||
| 2001 | United States | ||
| 2002 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| 2002–2005 | São Paulo (beach soccer) | ||
| 2003 | Portugal | ||
| 2003–2004 | Bonsucesso (U-20/U-15) | ||
| 2005 | Madureira | ||
| 2005–2006 | Uruguay | ||
| 2006 | South Africa | ||
| 2007–2013 | United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2011–2012 | Seattle Sounders (beach soccer) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Japan | ||
| 2018–2019 | Thailand | ||
| 2020–2022 | Uruguay | ||
| 2022–2025 | China | ||
| 2024 | Corinthians (beach soccer) | ||
| 2025– | United States | ||
Marcelo Silveira Mendes (born 23 January 1970) is a Brazilian beach soccer coach. He is the head coach of the United States Men's National Beach Soccer Team. [1]
Mendes is one of the most travelled coaches in beach soccer, having managed senior national teams in Europe (Portugal), Asia (UAE, Japan, Thailand, China), South America (Uruguay), North America (United States), the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago), and Africa (South Africa), as well as club sides in Brazil (including Fluminense and Corinthians) and the United States (Seattle Sounders). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Mendes began his coaching career in women's football with Universidade Gama Filho (1998) and Flamengo (1998–1999) before transitioning to beach soccer. [2] He took charge of the Portugal national team in 1999–2000 and returned briefly in 2003. [2] [5]
In 2000, Mendes led Fluminense to the Rio de Janeiro State Championship title. [5] He also coached São Paulo (2000, 2002–2005), Rio de Janeiro (2001), and Vasco da Gama (2001), while serving as head coach for the United States (2001) and Trinidad and Tobago (2002). [2]
Mendes worked in youth development with Bonsucesso's U-20 and U-15 teams (2003–2004) and coached Madureira (2005). [2] He later managed Uruguay (2005–2006) and South Africa (2006). [2] [3] [8]
Mendes was appointed head coach of the United Arab Emirates in 2007. [3] Under his leadership, the UAE won the AFC Beach Soccer Championship in 2007 and 2008, and qualified for four consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013). [4] [9] [10]
Mendes coached the Seattle Sounders beach soccer team (2011–2012), competing in the Mundialito de Clubes. [7]
He led the Japan from 2014 to 2017, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and finishing second at the 2014 Asian Beach Games. [11] [12] Mendes coached Thailand (2018–2019), returned to Uruguay (2020–2022), served as assistant for Portugal (2023) and coached China (2022–2025). [13] [14] [15]
In December 2025, U.S. Soccer appointed Mendes as head coach of the U.S. men's beach soccer national team, succeeding Ian Carry and Francis Farberoff before him. [1]
Mendes managed Corinthians' beach soccer team in 2024, winning the Campeonato Paulista de Beach Soccer. [16] [17] He previously coached Catania Beach Soccer in Italy (2022). [5] [18]
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