Corinthians confirm Elcio Mendonça to lead club communications | OneFootball

Corinthians has appointed the new person in charge of the club’s institutional communication. Elcio Mendonça was hired to take over as head of communication and has already started working at Parque São Jorge. His arrival ends a period of nearly two months in which the department did not have a permanent professional leading the area, since the departure of Vinicius Rodrigues in July.

With a career of approximately two decades linked to football, Mendonça brings experience from sports media outlets and communication companies, including RedeTV, TNT Sports, and CazéTV. The journalist also has additional training in sports management and marketing and has worked in the communication departments of Brazilian clubs.

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His experience with football teams includes work at Santo André and Portuguesa, where he served as a communications adviser, as well as Náutico, where he held the position of communications manager. His most recent work in the field had been precisely at Portuguesa. Mendonça returned to the club in January 2025 and remained there until May of this year, again as communications manager.

During his second spell at Portuguesa, the professional was involved in organizing the club’s communication during a period of internal changes, which included restructuring the department as part of the transition process to the Sociedade Anônima do Futebol (SAF) model.

At Corinthians, Mendonça arrives to fill a position that had been handled on an interim basis since July. Vinicius Rodrigues left the superintendency of his own accord after 14 months in the role, following a new professional opportunity.

Mendonça’s arrival also marks yet another change in the leadership of Corinthians’ communication department in recent years. Since the election of former president Augusto Melo in 2024, the department has already gone through five different professionals.

Wagner Vilaron was the first name chosen to lead the area after the change in the presidency. Later, Josiane Ribeiro took over the role, but also left the position for the arrival of Tiago Maranhão in September 2024. Maranhão remained in charge of the sector until Vinicius Rodrigues came in in May of the following year.

Now, Elcio Mendonça becomes the person responsible for Corinthians’ communication, taking on the mission of leading the department into a new phase after a series of changes in its leadership structure.

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