Lucas Zanella

Brazilian football coach

Lucas Zanella
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Palavro Zanella
Date of birth	(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Team information
Current team	Vila Nova (assistant)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2010–2014	Juventude U14
2014–2016	Juventude U20 (assistant)
2017	Panambi
2017–2018	Grêmio U14
2019	Grêmio U15
2019–2020	Juventude U20
2021	Juventude (assistant)
2022	Juventude U20
2022	Juventude (assistant)
2022	Juventude (interim)
2023–	Vila Nova (assistant)

Lucas Palavro Zanella (born 6 February 1990) is a Brazilian professional football coach. He is the current assistant coach of Vila Nova.

Career

Born in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Zanella joined Juventude's youth categories in 2010, remaining four years before becoming an assistant of the B-team and coach of the under-20 side.^[1]^[2] In 2017, he was named in charge of Panambi, but left in March of that year to take over the under-14 team of Grêmio.^[3]^[4]

Zanella returned to Ju on 20 February 2019, after being named under-20 coach.^[5] He then worked as an assistant of the main squad before returning to the previous role for the 2022 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.^[6]

On 3 October 2022, Zanella was named interim head coach of the main squad, after Umberto Louzer was sacked.^[7] He was in charge of the club until the final rounds of the 2022 Série A, before returning to his previous role after Celso Roth was appointed manager.

On 2 December 2022, Zanella was fired by Ju.^[8]

References

^ "Caxiense assume o comando interino do Juventude" [Caxiense takes over Juventude in an interim manner] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Peleia FC. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Conheça Lucas Zanella, técnico interino do Juventude no Brasileirão" [Know Lucas Zanella, interim head coach of Juventude in the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gaúcha ZH. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Panambi, próximo adversário do União Frederiquense, está sem técnico" [Panami, União Frederiquense's next opponent, is managerless] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Comunitária. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Grêmio anuncia dois técnicos para as categorias de base" [Grêmio announce two head coaches for the youth categories] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Porto Feliz AM 1530. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Lucas Zanella é o novo treinador do sub-20" [Lucas Zanella is the new head coach of the under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Juventude anuncia novo treinador para a disputa da Copa São Paulo" [Juventude announce new head coach for the Copa São Paulo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Juventude. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Após a demissão de Louzer, auxiliar vai comandar o Juventude nos dois próximos jogos do Brasileirão" [After Louzer's dismissal, assistant will be in charge of Juventude in the following two matches of the Brasileirão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ "Juventude desliga auxiliar técnico e preparador de goleiros antes do início da pré-temporada" [Juventude sack assistant manager and goalkeeper coach before the start of the pre-season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.