Roger Machado Marques (born 25 April 1975), also known simply as Roger, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a

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. Machado's playing career was mainly associated with Grêmio, a club he represented for ten years. After retiring with

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in 2008, he later became a manager, being notably in charge of both his former sides.

Playing career

A Grêmio youth graduate,

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-born Machado made his debut for the club in 1994. A regular starter, he was among of the club's most successful era, achieving one Série A and one

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. In 2004 Machado moved abroad, signing for

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side

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. Returning to Brazil in 2006, he joined

and also featured regularly. In 2009, he agreed to a move to

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, but the deal was cancelled after a

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injury, and he subsequently retired. Machado's maiden appearance for the

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occurred on 12 June 2001, in a 1–0 loss against

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for the year's

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Managerial career

Machado returned to his first club Grêmio on 5 January 2011, as an assistant manager. He left the club in December 2013, and was subsequently appointed manager of Juventude the following 19 February. Sacked on 28 July 2014, Roger was named

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manager on 19 December. On 26 May 2015, he replaced

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at the helm of former side Grêmio. Machado led the club to an impressive third position during

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, being praised for his tactical duties. On 15 September 2016, after a poor run of form, he resigned. On 2 December 2016, Machado was announced at

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, signing a two-year deal. He was relieved from his duties on 20 July of the following year, after a 2–0 home loss against

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. On 22 November 2017, Machado was appointed manager of

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for the 2018 season. He was dismissed the following 26 July, being subsequently replaced by

; his team went on to win the first division after his dismissal. On 2 April 2019, Machado replaced sacked

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at the helm of Bahia. On 2 September of the following year, after a 5–3 home loss against

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, he was himself dismissed. On 27 February 2021, Machado was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Fluminense. He was sacked on 21 August, after being knocked out of the

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. On 14 February 2022, Machado replaced

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at the helm of Grêmio, but was himself dismissed on 1 September.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

;Grêmio *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

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: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001 ;Fluminense *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

Manager

;Atlético Mineiro *

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

;Bahia *

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: 2019, 2020 ;Grêmio *

: 2022 *

Recopa Gaúcha The Recopa Gaúcha ( en, Rio Grande do Sul Winners Cup), is a super cup tournament organized by the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation (FGF), disputed between the winners of Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Cham ...

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Individual

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Best manager:

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Roger 1975 births Living people Footballers from Porto Alegre Brazilian footballers Association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Fluminense FC players J1 League players Vissel Kobe players 2001 Copa América players Brazil international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Esporte Clube Juventude managers Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo managers Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense managers Clube Atlético Mineiro managers Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras managers Esporte Clube Bahia managers Fluminense FC managers