Ceará backroom staff
We hold the names of 27 people on Ceará's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Mozart Santos manages the first team, with Denis Iwamura as assistant manager. Ceará's is the joint 13th longest staff list of the 23 Brasileirão Série A clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 11 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozart Santos | Manager | First team | 45 | Brazil | Mirassol Futebol Clube before that Coritiba |
| Alison Henry | Manager | Under-20s | 37 | Brazil | - |
| Denis Iwamura | Assistant manager | First team | 46 | Brazil | Mirassol Futebol Clube |
| Anderson Batatais | Coach | First team | 52 | Brazil |  |
| Edu Batista | Coach | First team | 47 | Brazil | - |
| Marcos Gontijo | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 39 | Brazil | - |
| William Mardoch | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 41 | Brazil | - |
| Luiz Andrade | Fitness coach | First team | 43 | Brazil |  |
| Roberto Farias | Fitness coach | First team | 53 | Brazil | - |
| Rodrigo Gonçalves Monginho | Fitness coach | First team | 39 | Brazil | - |
| Janderson Bessa | Fitness coach | Under-20s | 40 | Brazil | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Pires | Club doctor | First team | 53 | Brazil | - |
| Lucas Freire | Physio | First team | 32 | Brazil | - |
| Pedro Ícaro Marques Benevenuto | Physio | First team | 35 | Brazil | - |
| André Martins | Head of sports science | Club-wide | 37 | Brazil |  |
| Filipe Lourenço | Sports scientist | First team | 31 | Brazil | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kauê Azevedo | Recruitment analyst | Club-wide | 36 | Brazil |
| Valter Filho | Recruitment analyst | Club-wide | 32 | Brazil |
| Alcino Rodrigues | Performance analyst | First team | 38 | Brazil |
| André Maranhão Praciano | Performance analyst | First team | 31 | Brazil |
| Rennato Bennata | Performance analyst | First team | 39 | Brazil |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| João Paulo Sanches | Technical director | 44 | Brazil |  |
| Hudson Ferreira | Head of youth development | 46 | Brazil | - |
Owners and directors
Who owns Ceará and sits on its board
Backroom staff at every Brasileirão Série A club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Ceará's list is the joint 13th longest of the 23, against a median of 29 across the division. Palmeiras names the most, 53. Mirassol Futebol Clube names the fewest, 15.
Ceará against the Brasileirão Série A, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | CEARÁ | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 11 | 12 | 21 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 5 | 6 | 14 |  |
| Scouting and analysis | 5 | 7 | 19 | |
| Football management | 2 | 1 | 2 |  |
| Owners and directors | 4 | 4 | 8 |  |
Backrooms the size of Ceará's, in every league
Ceará's 27 names make the joint 389th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 370 |  | Women's Super League | 28 |
| 370 |  | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 | RAAL La Louvière | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 |  | La Liga | 28 |
| 370 | SK Beveren | Belgian Challenger Pro League | 28 |
| 370 | SK Sigma Olomouc | Czech First League | 28 |
| 370 |  | - | 28 |
| 370 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | J1 League | 28 |
| 370 |  | - | 28 |
| 389 |  | League One | 27 |
| 389 | | Brasileirão Série A | 27 |
| 389 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Chinese Super League | 27 |
| 389 |  | Super Liga | 27 |
| 389 |  | - | 27 |
| 389 |  | League Two | 27 |
| 389 |  | - | 27 |
| 389 |  | Eredivisie | 27 |
| 389 | Fredrikstad FK | Eliteserien | 27 |
| 389 |  | Süper Lig | 27 |
| 389 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 27 |
| 389 | JEF United Chiba | J1 League | 27 |
Where Ceará's former staff work now
On Ceará's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 8 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Vágner Mancini | Manager | |
| Pedro Sotero | Coach | |
| Lucas Itaberaba | Fitness coach | |
| Valdir Júnior | Fitness coach | Esporte Clube Vitória |
| Giovanni Bruno Sala Ramirez | Sports scientist |  |
| Arthur Souza de Vito | Performance analyst |  |
| João Marcos | Performance analyst | |
| Erisson Matias | Head of youth development |  |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Ceará's manager?
Mozart Santos is the Ceará first-team manager, aged 45. Denis Iwamura is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Ceará?
Marcos Gontijo and William Mardoch coach the Ceará first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Ceará's technical director?
João Paulo Sanches is technical director at Ceará.
How many backroom staff do Ceará have?
We hold the names of 27 people on Ceará's staff for 2025/26: 11 in coaching, 5 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 4 owners and directors. That is the joint 13th longest list of the 23 Brasileirão Série A clubs we hold, against a median of 29. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 389th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Ceará pays its squad, see Ceará player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Mozart Santos. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Brasileirão Série A wages.