Cláudio Aparecido Tencati (born 9 December 1973) is a Brazilian football coach, currently the head coach of Botafogo-SP.
Career Born in Indianópolis, Paraná, Tencati started his career with Cianorte, being a fitness coach and youth coach between 1997 and 2005. Ahead of the 2006 Taça FPF, after being an assistant and interim during the 2005 Série C, he was named head coach of the main squad.
Tencati was sacked from Cianorte on 16 October 2008, and was named in charge of Paranavaí for the 2009 campaign. Dismissed on 2 February of that year, he then moved to Iraty in 2010 to work as manager of the under-20 side.
On 21 April 2011, Tencati was named the new head coach of Londrina. While at the club, he won the 2011 Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the 2014 Campeonato Paranaense, and achieved two consecutive promotions in the 2014 Série D and the 2015 Série C. Additionally, he also won the 2017 Primeira Liga.
In November 2017, Tencati left Londrina after six years in charge. He took over fellow Série B side Atlético Goianiense on 30 January of the following year, but was sacked on 13 October.
On 19 March 2019, Tencati replaced Marcelo Chamusca at the helm of Vitória, but was himself dismissed on 19 May. He returned to Londrina on 22 August, but was sacked on 28 September after only one win in eight matches.
On 1 November 2020, Tencati was appointed in charge of Brasil de Pelotas. Sacked on 29 July of the following year, he replaced Paulo Baier at the helm of Criciúma on 5 October.
Tencati led Tigre to a promotion to the second division in his first season, won the Campeonato Catarinense Série B in his second, and also won the Campeonato Catarinense in his third, while also achieving promotion to the Série A; on 28 November 2023, he renewed his contract with the club for a further year.
On 8 December 2024, after suffering top tier relegation, Tencati announced his departure from Tigre. On 13 March of the following year, he returned to Atlético Goianiense, but left the club two months later to take over Juventude.
On 29 July 2025, Tencati was sacked by Ju, with the club in the relegation zone. On 24 November, he was announced as head coach of Botafogo-SP for the upcoming season.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Cianorte (interim)April 2005September 2005CianorteSeptember 200616 October 2008ParanavaíNovember 20082 February 2009Londrina21 April 201125 November 2017Atlético Goianiense30 January 201813 October 2018Vitória19 March 201919 May 2019Londrina22 August 201928 September 2019Brasil de Pelotas1 November 202029 July 2021Criciúma5 October 20218 December 2024Atlético Goianiense13 March 202513 May 2025Juventude13 May 202529 July 2025Botafogo24 November 2025presentTotal—
Honours Londrina Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata: 2011 Campeonato Paranaense: 2014 Primeira Liga: 2017
Criciúma Campeonato Catarinense Série B: 2022 Campeonato Catarinense: 2023 Recopa Catarinense: 2024
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