Corinthians confirm Emily Lima as new women's team manager

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·24 de febrero de 2026

Corinthians confirm Emily Lima as new women's team manager

By Henrique Pereira / Central do Timão Editorial Team

In the late afternoon of this Tuesday (24), Corinthians officially announced Emily Lima as the new coach of the women's team. She arrives to fill the position left by Lucas Piccinato and will have a contract valid for two seasons, until the end of 2027.

The new head coach will already have her first session with the Brabas squad this Wednesday (25), when the athletes will go to the Training Center to continue preparing for the Derby on March 13th, a Friday, for the Brasileirão. Until then, the Brazilian football calendar will pause due to the FIFA Date.

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In an interview with Corinthians' communications team, Emily Lima praised the greatness of the club and expressed her joy at taking over as head coach of Timão. “This is a very heavy and globally respected jersey. For me, who has been involved in women's football for many years, representing it at this moment is something very grand for my life and my career. It is the result of 16 years working as a coach. I want to represent in the best way possible and there will be no lack of hard work. Being at Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is already a reality and the goal now is, day by day, to continue the great work that others have already been doing within the club.”

Osmar Stabile, president of Corinthians, welcomed the new coach. “Her trajectory, competence, and dedication to women's football reflect exactly the values we uphold at our club. We are fully confident that Emily's professionalism will further strengthen our project and keep Corinthians at the highest level of competitiveness. May this new stage be marked by great achievements, solid work, and a strong connection with our fans.”

Íris Sesso, the club's director of women's football, highlighted that the coach's profile was fundamental in the decision. “We know the responsibility of leading, on the field, such a successful project as ours. Our standards are always very high and, for this reason, we needed a professional like Emily Lima, who is a reference, is always seeking to update herself and, moreover, is a disruptive person, a pioneer at various moments in her career and is used to working with teams that have demanding characteristics like ours. I wish the entire staff the best of luck and I am sure this will be a very successful and prosperous period with the arrival of everyone.”

A coach since 2010, Emily has built her career at different Brazilian clubs, with stints at Portuguesa, Juventus-SP, and São Caetano, before initially taking charge of the Brazil Women's U-17 National Team. In 2016, after leading São José, she reached the pinnacle of her career and was named head coach of the Brazil Women's Senior National Team, a position she held from 2016 to 2017. During this period, she led the team in nine matches and achieved four victories. It is worth noting that, during her time with the National Team, she called up and used the current Corinthians captain Gabi Zanotti on four occasions.

In 2018, at the helm of Santos, Emily Lima achieved the main — and so far only — title of her coaching career: the Paulista Championship. That season, she led the team in 29 matches, with 19 wins, eight draws, and only two losses.

After leaving the Baixada Santista club in 2019, Emily directed her career to the international scene. Between 2019 and 2022, she worked with the youth and senior teams of the Ecuadorian National Football Team. Her last victory as a coach was on July 8, 2022, when Ecuador defeated the Bolivian National Football Team 6-1.

Subsequently, she took over the Peruvian National Football Team, where she led the team in six matches, all with negative results. More recently, she managed Levante UD Femenino in Spain, staying for 11 games, with one draw and ten losses.

Even in the face of unfavorable results in her recent jobs, Emily sees her return to Brazil as a chance to get back on the winning track. At Corinthians, she returns to domestic football after more than six years away from the country. Among the hallmarks of her methodology are the appreciation of structure and internal organization — factors that, as reported and confirmed by her at the time, influenced her departure from Santos in 2019.

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