Marcelo Faria Fernandes (; born 20 April 1974) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current interim head coach of Santos.

Playing career

Born in

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, Fernandes played amateur football until his 20s, and began his career at

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. He moved to Santos in 1991, but after failing to break into the club's starting XI, was loaned to Rio Branco de Americana,

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and

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, the last one already in 1998. Fernandes was released by ''Peixe'' in 1999, and returned to Portuguesa Santista. He subsequently returned to América-RN, and then played for

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, Náutico, Portuguesa and

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, retiring with the latter in 2003, aged 32.

Post-playing career

In 2011 Fernandes joined former club Santos' staff, being appointed as assistant manager. On 5 March 2015, after

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's dismissal, he was named interim manager. On 12 March, after a 2–1 home win against rivals

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, Fernandes was definitely appointed as manager.Comissão técnica permanente continua no comando do time (Permanent staff remains in charge of the club)
Santos FC, 12 March 2015 On 9 July, after only winning three out of 30 points, he returned to his previous assistant role, being replaced by

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.Dorival Júnior acerta volta ao Santos e substitui Marcelo Fernandes na Vila (Dorival Júnior agrees return to Santos and replaces Marcelo Fernandes at ''Vila'')
Globo Esporte, 9 July 2015 In September 2016, after altercations with Dorival, Fernandes was separated from Santos' first team squad. He was also manager of

in 2017, after the club reached an agreement with Santos for the loan of certain players, but returned to the club in June of that year. Fernandes left ''Peixe'' in the end of 2017, being subsequently Edson Leivinha's assistant at

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' under-23 squad. In October 2020, he returned to Santos as a permanent assistant coach. In November 2020, after manager Cuca and other assistants Cuquinha and Eudes Pedro all tested positive for

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, Fernandes was again interim of the main squad. He was an interim in February 2021 after Cuca left, in April 2021 after

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resigned, in February 2022 after

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was sacked, and in July 2022 after

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was dismissed. On 27 July 2022, Fernandes left Santos on a mutual agreement. On 6 August of the following year, he returned to the club under the same role, and became an interim head coach for the sixth time in three years on 15 September 2023, after the dismissal of

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Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

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: 1993

Manager

Santos *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Marcelo 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Men's association football defenders Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Santos FC players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Clube do Remo players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Rio Branco Atlético Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Joinville Esporte Clube players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players ABC Futebol Clube players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Santos FC managers Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) managers Santos FC non-playing staff