Marcelo de Oliveira Santos (born 4 March 1955) is a Brazilian professional

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manager and former player who last managed Ponte Preta.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, he was known as Marcelo during his playing days, and was an

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youth graduate. Promoted to the first team in 1972, he went on to play seven seasons for the club before joining

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in 1979. In 1984, after a short period at Uruguay's

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, Oliveira returned to Atlético. He subsequently represented Desportiva Ferroviária and

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, retiring with the latter in 1985.

International

Oliveira represented

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at under-23 level during the

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. He was included in

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's list ahead of the

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, and made his debut for the full side on 30 July by starting in a 4–0 home routing of

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Managerial career

After a period as a sports commentator on Rede Minas, Oliveira began his coaching career at first club Atletico's youth setup. In December 2007, he was named CRB manager. In May 2008, Oliveira – who was acting as an assistant – was appointed interim manager of Atlético, replacing

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. After the arrival of

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he returned to his previous duties, but as the latter was dismissed in July, he was appointed manager; he avoided relegation with the club, but was still released in December. On 8 December 2009, after a spell at

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, Oliveira was appointed manager of Paraná. He was dismissed the following 3 October after a 6–1 loss to Portuguesa, and took over

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on 18 November. In his first year at ''Coxa'', Oliveira reached the finals of the

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, lost to

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. He was sacked on 6 September 2012, after a poor run of form. On 12 September 2012, Oliveira was named at the helm of Vasco, but was fired only two months later. On 3 December he was appointed Cruzeiro manager, and managed to win two consecutive

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titles. On 2 June 2015, Oliveira was relieved from his duties, after being knocked out of the year's

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. Thirteen days later, he was named manager of

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, and won the

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. Sacked on 10 March 2016, Oliveira returned to Atlético on 20 May. He managed to reach the finals of the

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, but after a defeat to eventual champions Grêmio in the first leg, he was fired. On 25 July 2017 Oliveira returned to Coritiba, but left the club after failing to avoid relegation. On 22 June of the following year, he replaced

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at the helm of

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, leaving on 29 November after being knocked out of the year's

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and being threatened with relegation.

Personal life

Marcelo Oliveira is married and is Roman Catholic.

Honours

Player

Club

;Atlético Mineiro *

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: 1975, 1976 *

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: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983 *

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: 1978 ;Desportiva *

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: 1984

International

;Brazil U23 *

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Manager

;Coritiba *

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: 2011, 2012 ;Cruzeiro *

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: 2014 ;Palmeiras *

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References

External links

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