Marco Aurélio de Oliveira (born 22 July 1972), commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current assistant coach of

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

Playing career

Marcão was born in

Petrópolis Petrópolis (), also known as the Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 Brazilian census, Petrópolis mun ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, and finished his formation with Bangu. He made his first team debut on 5 March 1989, starting in a 0–0

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

home draw against Americano. After establishing himself as a starter for the club and subsequently serving loan stints at

Criciúma Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home material ...

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and

Bragantino Red Bull Bragantino () is a Brazilian football club based in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo. It competes in the Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the highest level ...

, Marcão joined

in 1999. At the latter club he was an immediate first-choice, appearing in 333 matches and scoring 12 goals during his first spell. In August 2005, Marcão moved abroad and joined Al-Ittihad Doha in Qatar. In September, however, he returned to ''Flu'' after failing to adapt to the new country, and appeared regularly until the end of 2006, when he was released. Marcão subsequently represented Cabofriense (two stints), Juventude,

Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitib ...

and CFZ do Rio before returning to Bangu in 2009. He retired with the latter club in March 2011, aged 38.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring Marcão took up coaching, being named head coach of his last club Bangu. He was sacked on 30 January 2012, and was appointed at the helm of

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on 14 February. On 26 April 2012, Marcão was announced as the new head coach of Ríver, but was sacked with a month in charge. On 12 December of the following year, he returned to Fluminense as an assistant coach. In March 2016, Marcão was named interim head coach of ''Flu'' after the dismissal of

Eduardo Baptista Eduardo Alexandre Baptista (born 30 March 1970), is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently in charge of Criciúma. Career Born in Campinas, São Paulo, Baptista started playing for Juventus as a central defender. However, due to his ...

. He returned to his previous role after the arrival of

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, but was again interim after the latter was sacked in November. Marcão was dismissed from Fluminense on 7 January 2017, and returned to Bangu on 12 July 2018, as a football coordinator. The following 24 June, he returned to his role as an assistant coach, again at Fluminense. Marcão was interim at ''Flu'' for two spells after the departures of

Fernando Diniz Fernando Diniz Silva (born 27 March 1974) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head current coach of Vasco da Gama. Diniz is widely recognized in Brazil for his unique style of tact ...

and

Oswaldo de Oliveira Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager. Manager career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxem ...

. On 4 October 2019, he was definitely appointed head coach until the end of the year. Marcão returned to the assistant role for the 2020 season, but took over the first team on 7 December of that year after

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left the club. He returned to his assistant role on 26 February 2021, after the appointment of Roger Machado as head coach. On 21 August 2021, Marcão was again named head coach until the end of the season, after Roger was sacked. He returned to his previous assistant role on 15 December, after

Abel Braga Abel Carlos da Silva Braga (born 1 September 1952), known as Abel Braga, is a Brazilian former football coach and player. He played as a central defender during a professional career that started with Fluminense in 1968. He earned one cap f ...

was hired by the club. On 24 June 2024, Marcão was again an interim at ''Flu'', after the dismissal of

. Back to his assistant role after the arrival of

Mano Menezes Luiz Antônio Venker Menezes (born 11 June 1962), known as Mano Menezes, is a Brazilian professional football Coach (sport), coach, currently the head coach of Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio. Menezes managed the Brazil national football team, Brazil na ...

, he again became an interim on 30 March 2025.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Fluminense *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: 2002, 2005 *

Taça Rio Taça Rio ( English: Rio Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. It has had ...

: 2005

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcao 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Petrópolis Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Bangu Atlético Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Clube Atlético Bragantino players Fluminense FC players Al-Gharafa SC players Associação Desportiva Cabofriense players Esporte Clube Juventude players Joinville Esporte Clube players Brazilian football managers Bangu Atlético Clube managers Bonsucesso Futebol Clube managers River Atlético Clube managers Fluminense FC managers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (state)