Goiás name Michel Alves as new football director | OneFootball

Thinking about the 2026 season, Goiás officially announced this Monday the hiring of Michel Alves as football director. The 44-year-old director, with stints at Cuiabá, Guarani, Juventude, and more recently at Novorizontino, joins the Verdão Esmeraldino with the goal of bringing the team back to the top tier of national football.

Michel Alves' mission at Goiás will be to restructure the squad and strengthen the team to fight for promotion. Alongside him, the football manager Eduardo Pinheiro will work to form the best possible team for coach Fábio Carille.

Michel Alves will start his work at the Edmo Pinheiro Training Center this Monday and is already eyeing the start of the Campeonato Goiano. Goiás will debut in the state championship on January 11, at 4 PM (Brasília time), when they host Goiatuba.

Near Miss

Before taking over at Goiás, Michel Alves spent three seasons at Novorizontino. Leading the football department of the team from the interior of São Paulo, the director strengthened the squad and achieved great campaigns in Serie B, but always came close and failed to secure promotion to the top tier.

In 2023, Novorizontino finished in fifth place, with 63 points, just one point behind Atlético-GO. In 2024, an even more painful record: with 64 points, they tied with Ceará in points but did not advance due to the number of victories.

In 2025, the team remained in the G4 for most of the season, but after accumulating negative results in the final stretch, they finished only in seventh place, with 60 points.

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