Mário Rogério Reis Micale (born 28 March 1969), known as Rogério Micale, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He’s currently the head coach of the Egypt national U20 football team.

Career

Micale also represented

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and Operário Ferroviário before retiring at the age of just 23. He started his managerial career in 1999 with his first club Portuguesa, taking charge of the club's youth setup. Micale subsequently spent the vast majority of his career in charge of youth sides, notably

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and

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. On 31 December 2010, he was appointed manager of Grêmio Prudente, but his reign only lasted 21 days. He subsequently returned to Atlético and its youth team. On 9 May 2015, Micale was named manager of Brazil under-20s, replacing

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. He achieved a second place in the

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, and also was the manager of the under-23s during the

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and the

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, winning the latter for the first time in the country's history. On 20 February 2017, Micale was dismissed by CBF after failing to qualify the under-20s for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 21 July he returned to Atlético, now appointed manager of the first team. Micale was fired on 24 September 2017, after a 3–1 home defeat against Vitória. The following February, he replaced

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at the helm of

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. In February 2021, he became the manager of Saudi club Al Hilal. He later became the head coach of Emirati club Al Dhafra between October 2021 and March 2022. In August 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Egypt U23 national team.

Honours

;Figueirense *

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 assoc ...

: 2008 ;Atlético Mineiro *

Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores The Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (or ''Belo Horizonte Youth Cup'', in English), also known as Taça Belo Horizonte de Futebol Júnior or Taça BH, is a cup competition usually played by 36 Brazilian under-20 football teams, most of them from ...

: 2009, 2011 ;Brazil Olympic *

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Gold medal:

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;Brazil *

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Bronze medal:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

;Individual * Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month:

March 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued in 2021. Most major eve ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Micale, Rogerio 1969 births Living people Footballers from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Associação Portuguesa Londrinense players Londrina Esporte Clube players Apucarana Atlético Clube players Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Brazilian football managers Figueirense FC managers Grêmio Barueri Futebol managers Brazil national under-20 football team managers Clube Atlético Mineiro managers Paraná Clube managers Al Hilal SFC managers Al Dhafra FC managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Saudi Pro League managers UAE Pro League managers Brazil national under-23 football team managers Brazilian expatriate football managers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate football managers in Egypt Coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen