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Marcelo de Oliveira Santos (born 4 March 1955) is a Brazilian professional
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manager and former player.


Playing career


Club

Born in
Pedro Leopoldo Pedro Leopoldo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The city is located in the Greater Belo Horizonte region. According to the most recent census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the population of th ...
,
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, he was known as Marcelo during his playing days, and was an
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youth graduate. Promoted to the first team in 1972, he went on to play seven seasons for the club before joining
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in 1979. In 1984, after a short period at Uruguay's
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, Oliveira returned to Atlético. He subsequently represented Desportiva Ferroviária and
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, retiring with the latter in 1985.


International

Oliveira represented
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at under-23 level during the
1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...
. He was included in
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's list ahead of the
1975 Copa América The 1975 edition of the Copa América football (soccer), football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. The tournament saw many significant shifts to its format, such as changing its name from South American Championship to Copa A ...
, and made his debut for the full side on 30 July by starting in a 4–0 home routing of
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.


Managerial career

After a period as a sports commentator on Rede Minas, Oliveira began his coaching career at first club Atletico's youth setup. In December 2007, he was named CRB manager. In May 2008, Oliveira – who was acting as an assistant – was appointed interim manager of Atlético, replacing Geninho. After the arrival of
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he returned to his previous duties, but as the latter was dismissed in July, he was appointed manager; he avoided relegation with the club, but was still released in December. On 8 December 2009, after a spell at
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, Oliveira was appointed manager of
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. He was dismissed the following 3 October after a 6–1 loss to Portuguesa, and took over
Coritiba Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in 1909 by German immigrants, it is the olde ...
on 18 November. In his first year at ''Coxa'', Oliveira reached the finals of the
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, lost to
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. He was sacked on 6 September 2012, after a poor run of form. On 12 September 2012, Oliveira was named at the helm of Vasco, but was fired only two months later. On 3 December he was appointed Cruzeiro manager, and managed to win two consecutive
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...
titles. On 2 June 2015, Oliveira was relieved from his duties, after being knocked out of the year's
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. Thirteen days later, he was named manager of
Palmeiras The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is ...
, and won the 2015 Copa do Brasil. Sacked on 10 March 2016, Oliveira returned to Atlético on 20 May. He managed to reach the finals of the
2016 Copa do Brasil The 2016 Copa do Brasil (officially the Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 86 teams, which qualified either by their res ...
, but after a defeat to eventual champions Grêmio in the first leg, he was fired. On 25 July 2017 Oliveira returned to Coritiba, but left the club after failing to avoid relegation. On 22 June of the following year, he replaced
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at the helm of
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, leaving on 29 November after being knocked out of the year's
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and being threatened with relegation.


Personal life

Marcelo Oliveira is married and is Roman Catholic.


Honours


Player


Club

;Atlético Mineiro *
Taça Minas Gerais The Taça Minas Gerais is a traditional football tournament played in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil. From 1973 through 1977 and then in 1980 and 1981, was a separate competition. In 1979 and from 1982 to 1987, it was played as one of the phases ...
: 1975, 1976 *
Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...
: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983 *
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: 1978 ;Desportiva *
Campeonato Capixaba The Campeonato Capixaba is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. Wit ...
: 1984


International

;Brazil U23 *
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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...


Manager

;Coritiba *
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: 2011, 2012 ;Cruzeiro *
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...
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,
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*
Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...
: 2014 ;Palmeiras *
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliveira, Marcelo 1955 births Living people People from Pedro Leopoldo Brazilian Roman Catholics Brazilian men's footballers 1975 Copa América players Brazilian football managers Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Clube Atlético Mineiro players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Club Nacional de Football players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Clube Atlético Mineiro managers Clube de Regatas Brasil managers Paraná Clube managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Ipatinga Futebol Clube managers Fluminense FC managers SE Palmeiras managers Associação Atlética Ponte Preta managers Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games footballers for Brazil Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Brazil men's international footballers Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Footballers from Minas Gerais 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate men's footballers