Alan do Nascimento
“Finfou”
Source: encouragebjj.comFrom Cantagalo to teaching in Sweden, Alan “Finfou” do Nascimento built a career as a competitor and coach.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Encourage BJJ, coaching directory(opens in a new tab)
Encourage BJJ lists Alan do Nascimento with the nickname Finfou and an affiliation to Allstars Sweden.
Where in the source: First named coach card.
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His birth year is 1982.
Where in the source: Birth-date entry on the first coach card.
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The same coaching directory identifies Nascimento as a black belt.
Where in the source: Belt entry on the first coach card.
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BJJ Heroes, Nascimento biography(opens in a new tab)
BJJ Heroes describes his move from Jardim Catarina to his grandmother in Cantagalo, where Fernando Tererê invited him to jiu-jitsu while he was playing pinball.
Where in the source: Biography, first two paragraphs.
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The biography links his competitive drive to losing his first yellow-belt tournament while his teammates won; it also describes Ricardo Vieira encouraging him back when work interrupted training.
Where in the source: Biography, first competition and work passages.
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The biography dates the start of his teaching in Sweden to 2005.
Where in the source: Biography, closing paragraph.
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David Onuma, interview, 1 December 2009(opens in a new tab)
Nascimento told David Onuma that he trained with Tererê through purple belt, then continued under Ricardo Vieira, who awarded his black belt.
Where in the source: First answer about teachers and belt progression.
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In 2009 he described teaching at the VB project in Brazil and for Hans Ersson in Sweden. He credited Ersson and Margarita Myhr with bringing him over as a purple belt and wanted his work to support his family and children in the favela.
Where in the source: Answers on teaching, aims and closing thanks.
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IBJJF, 2005 Worlds results(opens in a new tab)
Alan Nascimento, representing Brasa, won the adult men’s purple-belt lightweight division at the 2005 IBJJF Worlds.
Where in the source: Adult purple men, lightweight table; first place.
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IBJJF, 2006 Worlds results(opens in a new tab)
Brasa’s Alan do Nascimento won the adult men’s brown-belt lightweight division at the 2006 IBJJF Worlds.
Where in the source: Adult brown men, lightweight table; first place.
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IBJJF, 2007 European results(opens in a new tab)
Nascimento won the adult men’s black-belt middleweight division at the 2007 European Championship for Brasa.
Where in the source: Adult black men, middleweight table; first place.
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IBJJF, 2008 European results(opens in a new tab)
He retained the adult men’s black-belt middleweight European title in 2008, again representing Brasa.
Where in the source: Adult black men, middleweight table; first place.
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IBJJF, 2009 European results(opens in a new tab)
At the 2009 Europeans he won adult black-belt medium-heavyweight and took open-class bronze for Check Mat Bjj.
Where in the source: Adult black men, medium-heavyweight and open-class tables.
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IBJJF, 2009 Worlds results(opens in a new tab)
He earned adult men’s black-belt middleweight bronze for Check Mat Bjj at the 2009 IBJJF Worlds.
Where in the source: Adult black men, middleweight table; third-place row.
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Fighter Magazine, Allstars report, 6 March 2013(opens in a new tab)
Fighter Magazine’s 2013 visit to the newly opened Allstars described Finfou teaching a guard pass to a group including Alexander Gustafsson, Reza Madadi, Bruno Carvalho and Nico Musoke.
Where in the source: Opening gym-visit scene, before Gustafsson’s interview.
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UFC Brasil, coaching interview, 23 May 2017(opens in a new tab)
UFC Brasil identified him as a Brazilian ground coach who had worked with Alexander Gustafsson for five years by May 2017. Nascimento described studying opponents and prioritising his athlete’s success, including when facing Brazilians.
Where in the source: Article introduction and Nascimento’s coaching answers.
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BJJEE, translated Tatame interview, 30 July 2013(opens in a new tab)
In a 2013 interview translated from Tatame, Nascimento said a student bought his flight to Brazil and Allstars gave him time away. He wanted to make room for ordinary family life after frequent competition travel.
Where in the source: Later interview paragraphs, travel help and family plans.
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MMA Viking, recovery interview, 25 June 2014(opens in a new tab)
A neck injury during his 2014 Worlds semifinal against Otavio Sousa left Nascimento unable to move. MMA Viking reported hospitalisation in Long Beach and his gradual return to assisted walking.
Where in the source: Article opening, hospital account and injury recollection.
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In June 2014 he still hoped to compete again, but said he had to respect medical advice and recovery. He thanked students, Checkmat teammates and Allstars for practical support.
Where in the source: Interview answers on a return and on support.
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MMA Viking, teaching return, 7 August 2014(opens in a new tab)
MMA Viking photographed his return to teaching at Allstars in August 2014. Nascimento expressed happiness at teaching again while awaiting medical decisions about full training.
Where in the source: Dated report, return-to-class paragraph and captions.
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Graciemag, recovery interview, 25 November 2014(opens in a new tab)
By November 2014 he told Graciemag that he had been cleared for strength and conditioning and had little pain, though fatigue remained. He was still awaiting a return to jiu-jitsu training.
Where in the source: Medical-update interview, central and closing paragraphs.
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IBJJF, 2014 Worlds results(opens in a new tab)
His 2014 Worlds result was adult men’s black-belt middleweight bronze for CheckMat.
Where in the source: Male adult black, middleweight table; third-place row.
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IBJJF, 2016 No-Gi Worlds results(opens in a new tab)
At the 2016 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds, Nascimento won both medium-heavyweight and open class in men’s Master 1 black belt for CheckMat.
Where in the source: Male Master 1 black, medium-heavyweight and open-class tables.
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Fighter Magazine, Moestam interview, 29 January 2020(opens in a new tab)
Elina Moestam recalled training at Prana before the 2016 Worlds, when Finfou and Kenta Hammarström were teaching there and a group of women trained regularly together.
Where in the source: Moestam’s answer about moving to Prana.
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Moestam said she moved to Allstars to train with Alan do Nascimento after summer 2019, seeking more women training partners; she attended his and Bruno Matias’s midday and evening classes.
Where in the source: Answers about 2019 preparation and her current schedule.
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She also described travelling with Nascimento to a Polish training camp before the 2020 Europeans.
Where in the source: Answer on the New Year training camp.
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BJJ Heroes, Hugo Miranda interview(opens in a new tab)
At the European Open, he welcomed the progress of European competitors but wanted more consistent rules and fewer yearly changes, so athletes could better understand what applied.
Where in the source: Answers on European growth and rule changes.
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He presented training as a response to personal difficulty and regarded his own life as evidence of jiu-jitsu’s value beyond competition.
Where in the source: Closing message to readers.
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Sherdog, Nascimento recollection, 19 February 2026(opens in a new tab)
Sherdog described him in February 2026 as Khamzat Chimaev’s longtime grappling coach and reported his recollection of lending Chimaev shorts before his amateur debut; Chimaev added his coach’s logo.
Where in the source: Opening report and attributed recollection.
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