Marcos César Dias de Castro (born 27 August 1958), known as Marcos Paquetá, is a former

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ian footballer who played as a

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and last managed Algerian club

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Career

Born in

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but raised in the

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, he started his career at hometown side

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's youth setup. In 1978 he moved to

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, and spent his first season with the under-20 squad before being promoted to the first team. He eventually retired in 1981, aged just 23. Paquetá started his managerial career in 1987, while in charge of first club America. In the following year he moved abroad for the first time, taking over

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side Al Shabab. He left the club in 1989, and was subsequently appointed manager of

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

's youth setup. In 1995, Paquetá was an interim manager of the first team for one match, after the arrival of Edinho. He remained as a youth team manager until 1998, and moved to

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the following year, also in charge of the youth categories. In 2001 Paquetá returned to ''Fla'', and was again interim in 2003 after the dismissal of Nelsinho Baptista. Later in that year, he led the Brazil under-17 side to the title of the

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, and repeated the feat with the under-20s only months later. Paquetá returned to Flamengo for the 2004

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, and was subsequently in charge of

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. On 17 December 2005, after impressing as manager of Al-Hilal, he was named manager of Saudi Arabia national team, being in charge of the side during the

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. In 2007, after a short spell back at Al-Hilal, Paquetá signed with

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side

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, leading them to the league title twice and the

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. He was head coach of

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for a season, and in July 2010, he signed a two-year contract to become manager of the Libya national team. In June 2012, Paquetá signed a contract to take over Al Shabab for a second time in his career. He left the club in 2014, and returned for a second spell as manager of Al-Gharafa on 7 June of that year, signing a two-year deal. In December 2015, Paquetá signed a contract with Egyptian club

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, but was sacked the following 3 January. In October 2017, he took over Iraqi side

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. On 31 May 2018, Paquetá was appointed manager of

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side

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, but terminated his contract less than a month later. On 26 June, he was presented as manager of

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. Paquetá was sacked from ''Bota'' on 1 August 2018, after losing four of his five games in charge. On 23 September 2021, Paquetá was appointed manager of

. On 26 June 2022, he left

. On 28 July 2022, Paquetá was appointed manager of

Hassania Agadir Hassania Union Sport d'Agadir () commonly referred to as Hassania Agadir and known as l'Hassania, or simply as HUSA, is a Moroccan football club based in Agadir. The club was founded on 22 December 1946. It plays its home games at Adrar Stadium ...

. On 9 March 2023, Paquetá was sacked from

. On 15 October 2023, Paquetá returned to

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a manager

CR Belouizdad *

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: 2021-22 *

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: 2023–24

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