Marco Aurélio de Oliveira (born 22 July 1972), commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current interim head coach of Fluminense.

Playing career Marcão was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Bangu. He made his first team debut on 5 March 1989, starting in a 0–0 Campeonato Carioca home draw against Americano.

After establishing himself as a starter for the club and subsequently serving loan stints at Criciúma, Vasco da Gama and Bragantino, Marcão joined Fluminense in 1999. At the latter club he was an immediate first-choice, appearing in 333 matches and scoring 12 goals during his first spell.

In August 2005, Marcão moved abroad and joined Al-Ittihad Doha in Qatar. In September, however, he returned to Flu after failing to adapt to the new country, and appeared regularly until the end of 2006, when he was released.

Marcão subsequently represented Cabofriense (two stints), Juventude, Joinville and CFZ do Rio before returning to Bangu in 2009. He retired with the latter club in March 2011, aged 38.

Coaching career Immediately after retiring Marcão took up coaching, being named head coach of his last club Bangu. He was sacked on 30 January 2012, and was appointed at the helm of Bonsucesso on 14 February.

On 26 April 2012, Marcão was announced as the new head coach of Ríver, but was sacked with a month in charge. On 12 December of the following year, he returned to Fluminense as an assistant coach.

In March 2016, Marcão was named interim head coach of Flu after the dismissal of Eduardo Baptista. He returned to his previous role after the arrival of Levir Culpi, but was again interim after the latter was sacked in November.

Marcão was dismissed from Fluminense on 7 January 2017, and returned to Bangu on 12 July 2018, as a football coordinator. The following 24 June, he returned to his role as an assistant coach, again at Fluminense.

Marcão was interim at Flu for two spells after the departures of Fernando Diniz and Oswaldo de Oliveira. On 4 October 2019, he was definitely appointed head coach until the end of the year.

Marcão returned to the assistant role for the 2020 season, but took over the first team on 7 December of that year after Odair Hellmann left the club. He returned to his assistant role on 26 February 2021, after the appointment of Roger Machado as head coach.

On 21 August 2021, Marcão was again named head coach until the end of the season, after Roger was sacked. He returned to his previous assistant role on 15 December, after Abel Braga was hired by the club.

On 24 June 2024, Marcão was again an interim at Flu, after the dismissal of Fernando Diniz. Back to his assistant role after the arrival of Mano Menezes, he again became an interim on 30 March 2025.

Marcão returned to an assistant role after Renato Gaúcho became the head coach, before again becoming an interim on 13 August 2026, after Luis Zubeldía was dismissed.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Bangu24 March 201130 January 2012Bonsucesso14 February 201224 April 2012Ríver26 April 201225 May 2012Fluminense (interim)27 February 20166 March 2016Fluminense (interim)9 November 201612 December 2016Fluminense27 September 201911 December 2019Fluminense7 December 202026 February 2021Fluminense (interim)21 August 202115 December 2021Fluminense (interim)28 April 20221 May 2022Fluminense (interim)24 June 20241 July 2024Fluminense12 January 202518 January 2025Fluminense (interim)30 March 20251 April 2025Fluminense (interim)14 August 2026presentTotal— Notes

Honours Player Fluminense Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 1999 Campeonato Carioca: 2002, 2005 Taça Rio: 2005

References

External links