James Freitas

James Francisco Freitas Iahnke (born 16 August 1968), known as James Freitas, is a Brazilian football manager.

James Freitas
Personal information
Full name James Francisco Freitas Iahnke
Date of birth (1968-08-16) 16 August 1968
Place of birth São Lourenço do Sul, Brazil
Teams managed
Years Team
2000 Grêmio (women)
2001 Internacional U17 (assistant)
2002 Brasil de Farroupilha U20
2003 São José de Cachoeira U20
2004 Santa Cruz-RS U20
2005–2008 Grêmio U17
2008–2009 Juventude U17
2009 Juventude U20
2009 Juventude (interim)
2010 Internacional U20
2011 Luverdense (assistant)
2011 Guaraní (assistant)
2011 Guaraní (interim)
2012–2013 Juventude U20
2012 Juventude B
2013–2015 Grêmio U20
2015 Grêmio (interim)
2015–2016 Grêmio (assistant)
2016 Grêmio (interim)
2017 Cruzeiro (assistant)
2018 Palmeiras (assistant)
2019 Cruzeiro (assistant)
2019–2020 Atlético Mineiro (assistant)
2020 Atlético Mineiro (interim)

Career

Freitas was born in São Lourenço do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, and started his career in lower clubs in his state, as a fitness coach. His first managerial experience came up in 2000, as he took over Grêmio's women squad.[1]

After being an assistant of Internacional's under-17 squad, Freitas took over the under-20 sides of Brasil de Farroupilha, São José de Cachoeira[2] and Santa Cruz-RS before returning to Grêmio in 2005, as manager of the under-17s. He left the club in 2008 for Juventude,[3] being in charge of the under-17s and under-20s while also acting as an interim first team manager for one Série B match.[4]

For the 2010 season, Freitas returned to Internacional, being named in charge of the under-20 team.[5] In April of the following year, he was appointed Lisca's assistant at Luverdense.[6]

In August 2011, Freitas moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Paraguayan side Club Guaraní as Beto Almeida's assistant;[7] in late November, as Almeida was sacked, he took over the side in an interim manner.[8] He then returned to Juventude the following February, being again named in charge of the under-20s[9] while also taking over the B-team.[10]

Freitas then returned to Grêmio in 2013, being manager of the under-20s; in May 2015, he was named interim manager of the first team, as Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked.[11] He was in charge for two matches before the appointment of Roger Machado, and was later promoted to the role of permanent assistant manager of the first team.[12] In 2016, as Roger was dismissed, he was again interim for a further three matches.

On 21 December 2016, Freitas was announced as Mano Menezes' assistant at Cruzeiro.[13] The following November, he moved to Palmeiras under the same role,[14] but returned to Cruzeiro on 15 February 2019.[15]

In September 2019, Freitas moved to Cruzeiro's rivals Atlético Mineiro as an assistant manager and coordinator of a "transition team".[16] The following 27 February, he was named interim manager of the first team, after the dismissal of Rafael Dudamel.[17]

References
  1. "Técnico interino do Grêmio comandou algoz do Corinthians e time feminino" [Interim manager of Grêmio was in charge of Corinthians' headsman and women's squad] (in Portuguese). BOL. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "Esporte: Amadores do Lobão voltam a campo hoje" [Sport: Amateurs of Lobão return to training today] (in Portuguese). Diário Popular. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. "James Freitas assume comando da equipe júnior" [James Freitas takes over the under-20s] (in Portuguese). EC Juventude. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "James Freitas comanda interinamente o time diante do Campinense" [James Freitas takes over the team in an interim manner against Campinense] (in Portuguese). EC Juventude. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "Juniores dão início à temporada 2010" [Under-20s start the 2010 season] (in Portuguese). SC Internacional. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. "Ex-treinador dos juniores da dupla Gre-Nal será auxiliar do Lisca" [Former manager of the youth teams of Gre-Nal duo will be Lisca's assistant] (in Portuguese). Na Cara do Gol. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. "Auxiliar técnico e preparador físico deixam Luverdense" [Assistant manager and fitness coach leave Luverdense] (in Portuguese). Só Notícias. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. "James Freitas asumió la conducción de Guaraní" [James Freitas took over Guaraní] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  9. "James Freitas é o técnico Sub20" [James Freitas is the under-20 manager] (in Portuguese). EC Juventude. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  10. "Atacante e novo Auxiliar Técnico são apresentados" [Forward and new assistant manager are presented] (in Portuguese). EC Juventude. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  11. "Grêmio anuncia a saída de Felipão" [Grêmio announce the departure of Felipão] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  12. "James Freitas deve ser auxiliar fixo do Grêmio; Romildo seguirá como vice" [James Freitas may be Grêmio's fixed assistant manager; Romildo will remain as vice-president] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  13. "Cruzeiro anuncia novo auxiliar-técnico James Freitas" [Cruzeiro announce new assistant manager James Freitas] (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. "Palmeiras contrata mais um do Cruzeiro: auxiliar aceita convite de Roger Machado" [Palmeiras sign another one from Cruzeiro: assistant accepts invitation from Roger Machado] (in Portuguese). Superesportes. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  15. "Campeão da Copa do Brasil 2017, auxiliar técnico James Freitas está de volta ao Cruzeiro" [Champion of the 2017 Copa do Brasil, assistant manager James Freitas is back at Cruzeiro] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  16. "Atlético-MG contrata ex-auxiliar do Cruzeiro para coordenar "equipe de transição"" [Atlético-MG sign former Cruzeiro assistant to coordinate "transition team"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  17. "Atlético será comandado por auxiliar pela terceira vez na gestão Sette Câmara" [Atlético will be run by an assistant for the third time in Sette Câmara's tenure] (in Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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