Filipe Luis’s Flamengo surge fuels talk of Brazil’s next great coach | OneFootball

At 40, Filipe Luis has amassed five trophies in 15 months at Flamengo, having taken charge in September 2024. His rapid rise is prompting talk that he could be the elite Brazilian coach long awaited.

According to L'Équipe, his coaching streak was foreshadowed in his playing days, when senior figures admired his tactical curiosity. Former sporting director Bruno Spindel recalls a first meeting in Madrid in May 2019.

Newly retired, he started with Flamengo’s under-17s in early 2024 alongside Spaniard Ivan Palanco, whose salary he partly covered amid budget limits. Spindel then turned to him after Tite resigned at the end of September 2024.

He won the 2024 Copa do Brasil, then the SuperCopa and the Rio state title early in 2025. After he publicly criticised forward Pedro’s training attitude, the striker responded and Flamengo later added two more titles, the Libertadores and the Brasileiro, in early December.

That haul already makes him the most precocious coach in Brazilian football, part of a new wave with Rafael Guanaes’s Mirassol fourth and Rogerio Ceni’s Bahia sixth in the Brasileirao, with Thiago Silva to follow.

Former Seleçao forward Casagrande praises his mix of European tactical sense with South American intuition and technique, and even imagines him succeeding Diego Simeone at Atlético. The coach, who rejected Fenerbahçe, could extend his Flamengo deal to December 2027.

Former assistant Charles Hembert expects European offers to arrive. Even greater attention may follow if Flamengo beat PSG on Wednesday in the Intercontinental Cup final.

Source: L'Équipe