Jonathan Alves

Jonathan Alves
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Juveliano Silva Oliveira Alves
Date of birth (1982-12-02) 2 December 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Choisy-le-Roi, France
Team information
Current team
 Dender EH (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
2026– Dender EH

Jonathan Juveliano Silva Oliveira Alves (born 2 December 1982) is a Portuguese football manager. He is the manager of Belgian club Dender EH.

Career

Alves was born in Choisy-le-Roi, France, to Portuguese parents and raised in Portugal. After assisting Bruno Cardoso at União da Madeira and Penafiel, he was assistant to Vítor Oliveira at Arouca in 2012–13, earning promotion to the Primeira Liga. He then assisted Paulo Alves at Nassaji Mazandaran in Iran, and spent four years alongside Alain Casanova at Lens and Toulouse of France and Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland.

In September 2022, Alves moved to Belgium, where he assisted Vincent Euvrard at RWDM and Zulte Waregem. He was hired by Anderlecht to assist David Hubert in September 2024. In July 2025, he joined Club Brugge as part of Ivan Leko's staff.

On 1 July 2026, Alves had his first appointment as a head coach, at Dender EH, newly relegated to Belgium's second-tier Challenger Pro League. His debut on 14 August was a 1–0 loss away to Sporting Hasselt.

Personal life

As of his appointment at Dender EH, Alves spoke Portuguese, French, Spanish and English, had a command of Italian and was looking to learn Dutch.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Redant, Wim (1 July 2026). "Jonathan Alves ruilt Club Brugge voor FCV Dender en debuteert als hoofdtrainer: "Als degradant moeten we bescheiden blijven, maar top vijf moet wel haalbaar zijn"" [Jonathan Alves leaves Club Brugge for FCV Dender to make his debut as head coach: "As a newly relegated team, we need to remain humble, but a top-five finish should be achievable"]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  2. ↑ Aresta, Luís (26 July 2024). "Quem é Zakaria El Ouahdi? Um ex-treinador do alvo do Benfica explica: "Não se intimida com nada e trabalha imenso"" [Who is Zakaria El Ouahdi? An ex-manager of the Benfica target explains: "He's not intimidated by anything and works immensely"] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Anderlecht : Jonathan Alves devient entraîneur adjoint de David Hubert" [Anderlecht: Jonathan Alves becomes David Hubert's assistant manager]. Le Soir (in French). 4 December 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Schyns, Didier (18 July 2025). "En dix ans, la taille des staffs a explosé : ils sont 24 dans celui de Bruges, 10 de moins au Standard" [In ten years, the size of staff has exploded: there are 24 at Club Brugge, 10 fewer at Standard] (in French). Sud Info. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Van Lijsebeth, Jan (15 August 2026). "Dender-coach Jonathan Alves na nipt verlies op Sporting Hasselt: "Na slechte start gegroeid in de match, maar te weinig rendement"" [Dender coach Jonathan Alves after narrow loss at Sporting Hasselt: "We grew into the match after a poor start, but lacked end product"]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 October 2026.