Thiago Kosloski

Thiago Kosloski (born 16 May 1981) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a full back. He is the current assistant coach of the Brazil national under-20 team.

Thiago Kosloski

Kosloski in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Thiago Kosloski
Date of birth	(1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Telêmaco Borba, Brazil
Position(s)	Full back
Team information
Current team	Brazil U20 (assistant)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	PSTC
1999	Telêmaco Borba [pt]
	Operário Ferroviário
	Londrina
	Grêmio Barueri
2004	Botafogo-SP
2005	Rio Branco-PR
2006	Grêmio Coariense
2007	Al Ahed
2008	Cianorte
2008	Vilhena
2008–2009	Penapolense
Managerial career
2009	Olé Brasil U17
2010	Olé Brasil U20
2010	Olé Brasil
2011	Astana-1964
2012	Bayterek
2014	Atlético Pernambucano [pt]
2016–2018	Botafogo-SP U20
2018–2020	SWQ Thunder
2020	Vasco da Gama (assistant)
2020	CRB (assistant)
2021	Vitória (assistant)
2022	Chapecoense (assistant)
2022–2023	Coritiba U20
2022–2023	Brazil U20 (assistant)
2023	Coritiba (assistant)
2023	Brazil (assistant)
2023	Coritiba (interim)
2023	Coritiba
2024	Corinthians (assistant)
2024	Corinthians (interim)
2024–	Brazil U20 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Telêmaco Borba, Paraná, Kosloski began his career with PSTC in 1998.^[1] He won the Campeonato Paranaense Série Bronze with Telêmaco Borba [pt] in the following year,^[2] and later played for Operário Ferroviário, Londrina, Grêmio Barueri, Botafogo-SP, Rio Branco-PR and Grêmio Coariense before signing for Lebanese side Al Ahed in 2007.

Back to his home country in 2008, Kosloski represented Cianorte, Vilhena and Penapolense, retiring with the latter in 2009 at the age of 29.

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring, Kosloski began his coaching career in charge of Olé Brasil's under-17 team. In the following year, he after being in charge of the under-20 team, he became head coach of the main squad in the 2010 Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in July.^[3][4]

In November 2011, Kosloski moved to Kazakhstan and was appointed manager of FC Astana-1964.^[5] He left the country on 5 April 2012 after not having a license,^[6] but returned late in the month to take over FC Bayterek.^[7]

Back to Brazil, Kosloski worked as a youth coordinator at Botafogo-SP, and was also the head coach of Atlético Pernambucano [pt] in the 2014 Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2,^[8] before taking over Botafogo's under-20 team in November 2015.^[9] In October 2018, he moved to Australia and became SWQ Thunder's coach.^[10]

On 10 April 2020, Kosloski was announced as Ramon Menezes' assistant at Vasco da Gama.^[11] He followed Ramon to CRB^[12] and Vitória,^[13] before becoming Felipe Conceição's assistant at Chapecoense.^[14]

Kosloski announced his departure from Chape on 17 February 2022,^[15] and moved to Coritiba shortly after, as an under-20 coach.^[16] In May, he was also appointed assistant of the Brazil national under-20 team, managed by Ramon.^[17]

In March 2023, Kosloski was a part of Ramon's staff at the Brazil national team for a short period.^[18] On 27 June of that year, he was named permanent assistant coach of Coxa, being also appointed interim head coach after the dismissal of Antônio Carlos Zago.^[19]

On 31 July 2023, Coritiba announced that Kosloski as head coach of the first team, on a contract until December 2024.^[20] He was sacked on 27 November, after the club's relegation was confirmed.^[21]

On 3 January 2024, Kosloski was named assistant of Mano Menezes at Corinthians,^[22] and became an interim on 5 February, after Mano was sacked. Four days later, however, he was dismissed from the club.^[23]

Managerial statistics

As of 8 February 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Olé Brasil		7 July 2010	October 2010	16	8	4	4	23	13	+10	050.00
Atlético Pernambucano [pt]		May 2014	October 2014	21	8	9	4	30	25	+5	038.10
Vasco da Gama (interim)		19 September 2020	23 September 2020	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coritiba (interim)		27 June 2023	30 July 2023	5	3	1	1	8	6	+2	060.00
Coritiba		31 July 2023	27 November 2023	19	5	0	14	23	38	−15	026.32
Corinthians (interim)		5 February 2024	9 February 2024	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Career total				64	24	15	25	84	84	+0	037.50	—

Honours

Player

Telêmaco Borba

• Campeonato Paranaense Série Bronze: 1999

References

1. "Thiago Kosloski fala sobre a oportunidade de treinar o Coritiba: "Encarei como uma convocação"" [Thiago Kosloski talks about opportunity of training Coritiba: "I faced it like a call-up"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). C+ Esportes. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
2. "Prefeitura realizará curso teórico e prático para treinamento no futebol, dias 03 e 04/12" [City hall will make a theoretical and practical course for football training on 03 and 04/12] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio dos Campos. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "Segundona: Depois da classificação, meta do Olé Brasil é garantir liderança" [Segundona: After qualification, Olé Brasil's goal is to assure the leadership] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
4. "Kosloski lidera ranking de técnicos do Olé Brasil" [Kosloski leads ranking of head coaches of Olé Brasil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). DataGonça. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
5. "«Астану-1964» возглавит наставник из Бразилии" ["Astana-1964" will be managed by a coach from Brazil] (in Russian). Sports.kz. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
6. "Тиаго Козлоски покинул Казахстан" [Thiago Kosloski left Kazakhstan] (in Russian). ProSports.kz. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
7. "Выдворенный из Казахстана бразильский тренер вернулся в "Байтерек"" [Brazilian coach expelled from Kazakhstan returned to Bayterek] (in Russian). Tengri News. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
8. "A subida do Atlético Pernambucano" [The promotion of Atlético Pernambucano] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Jornal do Commercio. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
9. "Thiago Kosloski vai comandar o Botafogo-SP na Copa São Paulo" [Thiago Kosloski will be in charge of Botafogo-SP in the Copa São Paulo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
10. "New Thunder coach focuses on club's DNA". The Toowoomba Chronicle. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
11. "Vasco acerta com Thiago Kosloski para o cargo de auxiliar técnico" [Vasco sign Thiago Kosloski for the assistant coach role] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
12. "Ramon Menezes se apresenta ao CRB e expõe sua filosofia de trabalho aos jogadores: "Já me sinto em casa"" [Ramon Menezes presents himself at CRB and exposes his work philosophy to the players: "I already feel at home"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
13. "Ramon Menezes não é mais treinador do Vitória; profissional já se despediu do elenco" [Ramon Menezes is no longer head coach of Vitória; professional already bid farewell from the squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bahia Notícias. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
14. "Chape anuncia a contratação do técnico Felipe Conceição" [Chape announce the signing of head coach Felipe Conceição] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
15. "Em nota, peça importante se despede da Chapecoense: "Destino me quis em outro lugar"" [In a note, important piece bids farewell from Chapecoense: "Destiny wanted me somewhere else"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bolavip. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
16. "Thiago Koloski almeja boa temporada para o Coritiba sub-20" [Thiago Kosloski aims for good season for Coritiba under-20s] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
17. "Thiago Kosloski na Seleção Brasileira sub-20" [Thiago Kosloski in the Brazil national under-20 team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
18. "Thiago Kosloski na Seleção Brasileira!" [Thiago Kosloski in the Brazil national team!] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
19. "Nota oficial" [Official note] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
20. "Thiago Kosloski é o novo treinador do Coritiba" [Thiago Kosloski is the new head coach of Coritiba] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
21. "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Coritiba FBC. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
22. "Corinthians: Ex-técnico do Coritiba é o novo auxiliar de Mano Menezes" [Corinthians: Former head coach of Coritiba is the new assistant coach of Mano Menezes] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Brazil. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
23. "Auxiliar Thiago Kosloski é demitido do Corinthians um mês após contratação" [Assistant Thiago Kosloski is sacked from Corinthians one month after signing] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

External links

• Thiago Kosloski coach profile at Soccerway