Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Moraes worked at Internacional's youth setup for 12 years before joining Juventude in 2009.
He worked in the club's under-17, under-20, B-team and main squad, the latter as an assistant, and also won the 2011 Copa FGF.
He was relieved of his duties at the latter club on 19 May 2015,[6] and agreed to a deal with Brasil de Farroupilha on 6 October.
[7] On 21 September 2016, Moraes left Brasil to join Ypiranga,[8] but was dismissed the following 13 February after being in the last place of the 2017 Campeonato Gaúcho.
[9] He returned to his previous side Brasil de Farroupilha in April,[10] and later worked at Bagé in the following campaign.