Márcio Longo de Araújo (born 7 May 1960) is a Brazilian professional

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and former player who played as either a

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or a

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Playing career

Born in

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, Márcio Araújo was a

youth graduate. Despite making his first team debut in 1978, he only started to feature more regularly in 1983, after a loan to São Bento. Ahead of the 1987 season, Márcio Araújo left the ''Tricolor'' and signed for Noroeste, but moved to Portuguesa in the following year. In 1991, he signed for

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, and after five league matches, he retired.

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring, Márcio Araújo began his coaching career at Ponte Preta's ''Aspirantes'' (under-23) team. He then returned to São Paulo to manage their under-20 squad, and won the 1993

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, having

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as his first-choice goalkeeper; in that year, he was also head coach of the main squad on some occasions, as the club opted to rest the first team. In August 1993, Márcio Araújo was head coach of

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for one match, before the arrival of

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. In 1995, he was named assistant coach at

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, but was appointed head coach in January 1997 after

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moved to

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. Márcio Araújo was fired by ''Verdão'' on 27 May 1997, after two consecutive defeats to rivals Corinthians and São Paulo. On 1 December, he took over

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for the ensuing

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, and subsequently moved to

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, helping the latter to narrowly avoid relegation. Márcio Araújo left Paraná in the end of the 1998 campaign, but was appointed head coach of the club again in February 1999. He left the club in July, and replaced

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at the helm of

in September. After leaving Coritiba on 9 December 1999, Márcio Araújo was appointed head coach of

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the following 12 February. He resigned in July, and subsequently worked at

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before returning to Palmeiras as a technical coordinator. In March 2001, Márcio Araújo was named interim head coach of ''Verdão'', after Marco Aurélio resigned. He returned to his previous role after the appointment of

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, but was again appointed head coach in October after Roth was fired. Márcio Araújo returned to Rio Claro for the 2002 season, and was in charge of

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before being presented at

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on 19 August 2003. He was relieved of his duties on 19 December, and spent the 2004 campaign as Marco Aurélio's assistant at Cruzeiro. Márcio Araújo returned to coaching duties on 25 June 2005, after being named head coach of

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. Dismissed on 3 October, he returned to Coritiba late in the month, but was sacked from the latter on 24 February 2006. On 2 February 2007, Márcio Araújo returned to Rio Claro for a third spell, but left the club to return to Guaratinguetá on 13 March. He won the ''Campeonato do Interior'' with the latter side in the

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, before being named in charge of

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on 20 September. Dismissed by Goiás on 30 November 2007, Márcio Araújo replaced

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at the helm of Grêmio Barueri on 19 February 2008. He opted to leave the club in April, but returned to the club in August. After achieving a first-ever promotion in the 2008 Série B, he left the club again after failing to agree new terms. Márcio Araújo returned to ''Guará'' on 1 March 2009, but suffered relegation in the year's ''Paulistão''. He took over

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on 29 August, and left on 1 December after failing to achieve promotion. On 22 December 2009, Márcio Araújo was appointed head coach of

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for the

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, but resigned the following 4 February, after only six matches. On 11 August 2010, he was named at the helm of

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, and helped in their return to the top tier after a seven-year absence. Shortly after achieving promotion, he left the club after rejecting a contract renewal. On 12 September 2011, Márcio Araújo replaced

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as head coach of São Caetano. The following 25 May, he was dismissed by the club. On 23 February 2015, after nearly three years without a club, Márcio Araújo took over

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, but was replaced by

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on 20 March. In 2019, he became

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's assistant at Fluminense, and also worked with Diniz at São Paulo and

. On 6 July 2021, he left the latter club after alleging "personal reasons". After a few years away from football, Araújo was a announced as new coordinator of the São Paulo youth sector in May 2024.

Career statistics

Coaching statistics

Honours

Player

São Paulo *

: 1981, 1985 *

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Coach

São Paulo U20 *

: 1993 Atlético Mineiro *

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: 2000

References

External links

Futebol de Goyaz profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Araujo, Marcio 1960 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders São Paulo FC players Esporte Clube São Bento players Esporte Clube Noroeste players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers São Paulo FC managers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista managers SE Palmeiras managers Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) managers Paraná Clube managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Clube Atlético Mineiro managers Rio Claro Futebol Clube managers Guaratinguetá Futebol managers Fortaleza Esporte Clube managers Avaí FC managers Goiás Esporte Clube managers Grêmio Barueri Futebol managers Sertãozinho Futebol Clube managers Esporte Clube Bahia managers São Caetano Futebol managers Clube Atlético Bragantino managers São Paulo FC non-playing staff Santos FC non-playing staff People from São José do Rio Pardo 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen