| Rafael Guanaes | |
| Fullname: | Rafael Silva Guanaes |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1981 |
| Birth Place: | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Operário Ferroviário (head coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Palmeiras |
| Youthclubs2: | Corinthians |
| Youthclubs3: | Nacional-SP |
| Years1: | 1999 |
| Clubs1: | Nacional-SP |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | Joseense |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Collegeyears1: | 1999–2000 |
| College1: | Campbell University |
| Collegecaps1: | 30 |
| Collegegoals1: | 7 |
| Manageryears1: | 2010–2014 |
| Managerclubs1: | Joseense |
| Manageryears2: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs2: | União São João |
| Manageryears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs3: | São Carlos |
| Manageryears4: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs4: | Monte Azul |
| Manageryears5: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs5: | Votuporanguense |
| Manageryears6: | 2019–2021 |
| Managerclubs6: | Athletico Paranaense U23 |
| Manageryears7: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs7: | Sampaio Corrêa |
| Manageryears8: | 2021–2022 |
| Managerclubs8: | Tombense |
| Manageryears9: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs9: | Cruzeiro (assistant) |
| Manageryears10: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs10: | Novorizontino |
| Manageryears11: | 2023– |
| Managerclubs11: | Operário Ferroviário |
Rafael Silva Guanaes (born 27 March 1981) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of Operário Ferroviário.
Born in São Paulo, Guanaes played for Palmeiras, Corinthians and Nacional-SP as a youth.[1] He also played for the Campbell University's soccer team during the 1999 and 2000 campaigns,[2] Nacional and Joseense.
On 16 June 2010, Guanaes was named manager of Joseense for the remainder of the year, replacing sacked Ricardo Longhi.[3] He achieved promotion to Campeonato Paulista Série A3 with the club in 2012, and was appointed in charge of União São João on 6 August 2014.[4]
Guanaes was sacked by União on 9 September 2014,[5] but took over São Carlos on 2 December, for the ensuing campaign.[6] He won the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in the following year with the club, but left in November 2016 as his contract expired.[7]
On 18 November 2016, Guanaes was appointed Monte Azul manager.[8] He took over Votuporanguense on 29 September of the following year,[9] and won the 2018 Copa Paulista with the latter club.
On 2 January 2019, Guanaes was named manager of Athletico Paranaense's under-23 side.[10] He won the 2019 Campeonato Paranaense with the club, and later went on to work also with the under-20s.[11]
On 5 February 2021, Guanaes left Athletico to take over Série B side Sampaio Corrêa.[12] Dismissed on 22 April,[13] he replaced Bruno Pivetti at the helm of Tombense four days later.[14]
Guanaes led Tombense to their first-ever promotion to the Série B, but was sacked on 22 February 2022, with the club threatened with relegation in the 2022 Campeonato Mineiro.[15] He then worked for a short period as a permanent assistant manager at Cruzeiro before taking over second division side Novorizontino on 21 June.[16]
On 3 September 2022, Guanaes was sacked by Novorizontino.[17] On 1 November, he was announced as manager of Operário Ferroviário, recently relegated to the third level, for the upcoming season.[18]
São Carlos
2015
Votuporanguense
2018
Athletico Paranaense