Marcelo Ribeiro Cabo (born 6 December 1966), known as Marcelo Cabo, is a Brazilian professional football

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, currently in charge of

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Career

Born in

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, Cabo played as a

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, representing Fluminense,

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, Portuguesa-RJ and Olaria as a youth. He subsequently switched to

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, notably representing

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. In 1998, while at Fluminense's futsal team, Cabo retired and immediately became the side's trainer. He moved to Olaria in the following year, being also in charge of the club's football youth squads. In 2003, Cabo was in charge of Madureira's under-20 team, whilst also taking over Flamengo's futsal team. In December of that year, he was named head coach of Bangu. Cabo was in charge for 13 official matches, achieving only one win and suffering relegation from the 2004

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. On 15 April of that year, he was named at the helm of , taking the club to the finals of the second round of the

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, finishing fourth overall. Cabo moved abroad in late 2004, taking over

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's under-17 side. In the following year, he was named

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's assistant at the helm of Saudi Arabia national team, and took part of the

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. Upon returning to Brazil, Cabo coached Cabofriense and

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during the 2007 campaign. In 2008 he took over

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, and moved to

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late in the year after a partnership with his previous club CFZ was established; he returned to Tubarão on 15 December 2008, but left the following 5 February. On 29 July 2009, Cabo took over Kuwait's Al-Nasr. He also acted as

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's technical scout during the

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, and later joined Jorginho (Dunga's assistant during the World Cup) at

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and Figueirense. In 2012, Cabo managed Emirati side

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, being sacked on 23 October of that year. On 16 December, he was appointed head coach of

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, but resigned on 9 May 2013. On 28 January 2014, after another work as Jorginho's assistant (at Ponte Preta), Cabo was named in charge of Nacional de Nova Serrana. He later joined Jorginho's staff at Al Wasl, again as an assistant, staying for six months before being presented at

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on 1 December 2014. On 23 March 2015, Cabo resigned from Volta Redonda and took over Macaé Esporte. On 3 August, he departed from the latter club and was named at the helm of

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, but was subsequently replaced by Lisca. On 8 October 2015, Cabo was appointed head coach of Tigres do Brasil for the 2016 season. He resigned from the club the following 27 February, and took over Resende on 2 March. On 8 May 2016, Cabo was presented at Atlético Goianiense. He managed to achieve promotion to the Série A at the end of the year as champions, but in January 2017, he was reported missing in

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for more than 40 hours. It was later revealed that he consumed too much

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s and overslept in a

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. Maintained in charge of the club after the occurrence, Cabo resigned on 5 June 2017, after four defeats in four league matches. He also managed Figueirense and Guarani in the remainder of the year, never lasting more than two months. On 22 December 2017, Cabo returned to Resende, but left the club the following 18 February after accepting an offer from

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. With the latter side he achieved top tier promotion, and renewed his contract on 29 November. Cabo was fired from CSA on 30 June 2019, and was announced as new head coach of Vila Nova of the second level on 14 July. On 3 October, after only four wins in 17 matches, he was relieved of his duties; the club suffered relegation nonetheless. Cabo was appointed in charge of second division side CRB on 12 October 2019. On 7 November of the following year, he left the club after accepting an offer from Atlético Goianiense in the top tier. On 27 February 2021, hours after winning the 2020 Campeonato Goiano, Cabo was named head coach of

, recently relegated to division two. He was sacked by the ''Cruzmaltino'' on 19 July, and took over fellow second division side

the following day. On 28 October 2021, despite being in the promotion places of the second division, Cabo was dismissed by Goiás. On 11 November, he returned to Atlético Goianiense for a third spell, but resigned on 7 February 2022, with only four matches into the new season. On 10 February 2022, Cabo returned to CRB for a second spell as head coach. He left on 14 May, with the club in the last position of the second division, and took over fellow league team Chapecoense on 7 July. On 30 August 2022, Cabo was sacked by ''Chape'' after only ten matches. On 24 October, he was announced in charge of

for the ensuing campaign.

Coaching statistics

Honours

Futsal

;Olaria * Campeonato Carioca de Futsal: 2002 ;Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca de Futsal: 2003

Football

; Atlético Goianiense *

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: 2016 *

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; CSA *

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: 2018, 2019 ; Vasco da Gama *

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: 2021 ; CRB *

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References

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