Alí Cañas

Alí Cañas
Personal information
Full name José Alí Cañas Navas
Date of birth (1960-06-19) 19 June 1960
Place of birth Mérida, Venezuela
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Táchira (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976 Portuguesa
1976–1980 Estudiantes de Mérida
1985–1986 ULA
1987 Estudiantes de Mérida
Managerial career
1992–2000 Venezuela (assistant)
1998 Zulia (assistant)
1998 Monagas
2001–2002 Estudiantes de Mérida (assistant)
2003 Maracaibo
2003–2005 Monagas
2006 Ghana (assistant)
2007 Monagas
2008 Mineros
2009 Estrella Roja
2010–2011 Monagas
2012–2013 Yaracuyanos
2014–2015 Deportivo Lara (assistant)
2016–2017 Deportivo Lara
2017–2019 Zamora
2020–2022 Portuguesa
2023 Estudiantes de Mérida
2024 Zamora
2025– Deportivo Táchira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Alí Cañas Navas (born 19 June 1960) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current assistant manager of Deportivo Táchira.

Cañas is the youngest Venezuelan to feature in a Copa Libertadores match, playing at the age of 15 in the 1976 edition. He is also the only Venezuelan manager to take part of a FIFA World Cup, after being an assistant of Ratomir Dujković in the Ghana national team for the 2006 edition.