Márcio Fernandes Figueiredo known asMárcio Fernandes (born 24 March 1962) is a Brazilian professionalfootballcoach and former player who played as aforward.[1][2]
After a short stint atTaquaritinga and another year back at Santo André, Fernandes signed forFerroviária for the 1986 season,[5] but finished the year atRio Branco-ES. In 1988, he joinedXV de Piracicaba,[6] and retired from professional football after a period atSãocarlense in the 1990s.
After starting it out atMarcílio Dias in 1998, Fernandes was named head coach of Sãocarlense in April 2001,[7] before taking over the youth sides of his first club Santos later in the year.[8] In 2002, after Santos established a partnership withJabaquara, he was named head coach of the club,[9] and won theCampeonato Paulista Série B3 with the club.[10]
After returning to the youth sides ofPeixe, Fernandes was named at the helm ofBragantino in January 2004. After leaving in April, he subsequently returned to Santos, being named interim head coach of the main squad on 7 May.[11]
Fernandes led Santos in one match, a 2–1 win overJuventude, before coaching a B-team to theCopa FPF title later in the year.[12] On 28 May 2008, he was again named interim afterEmerson Leão was sacked,[13] and was in charge in a 0–0 draw againstSão Paulo before becoming an assistant ofCuca.[14]
On 7 August 2008, Fernandes was named permanent head coach ofPeixe, after Cuca resigned.[15] Despitenarrowly avoiding relegation, he was dismissed on 13 February of the following year, after a poor start of the new season.[16]
On 20 August 2009, Fernandes was appointedFortaleza head coach,[17] but left the club nearly one month later, after just four points in seven matches.[18] He took overRed Bull Brasil in December, winning the 2010Campeonato Paulista Série A3 but being sacked in January 2011 after three consecutive defeats.
On 23 February 2011, Fernandes was namedComercial-SP head coach, and led the club to a promotion in the 2011 Paulista Série A2. On 27 February 2012, after a poor start in the2012 Campeonato Paulista, he was relieved from his duties.[19]
On 3 September 2012, Fernandes took overSérie C sideBrasiliense.[20] Heavoided relegation with the club, but left on 10 June 2013; with 276 days in charge, he became the longest serving coach of the club's history at the time.[21]
On 14 November 2013,Guarani confirmed the signing of Fernandes as head coach for the upcoming campaign.[22] After failing to achieve promotion in the 2014 Paulista Série A2 and being knocked out of the2014 Copa do Brasil, he resigned on 11 April of that year.[23]
Sacked by Botafogo on 11 October 2016,[27] Fernandes was announced atLinense the following 20 February 2017.[28] On 26 April, he returned to XV de Piracicaba, now as head coach,[29] but left forABC on 19 July;[30] at the latter club, he was dismissed after only 30 days in charge.[31]
Fernandes returned to Linense on 6 February 2018,[32] but left the club in March after suffering relegation in the2018 Campeonato Paulista. On 15 May, he was named head coach ofJoinville,[33] but was sacked on 16 July.[34]
On 2 October 2018, Fernandes agreed to becomeAparecidense's head coach for the 2019 season,[35] but asked to leave the club the following 31 January, after only four matches.[36] On 25 February 2019, he was announced atRemo,[37] but was dismissed on 26 August, after the club's elimination from the2019 Série C.[38]
On 17 February 2020, Fernandes returned to Brasiliense,[39] but was sacked on 31 August.[40] He was namedTreze head coach on 22 September,[41] but despite failing toavoid their relegation in the third level, he took over fellow league team Vila Nova and led the club to promotion as champions.
Sacked by Vila on 5 March 2021,[42] Fernandes was appointedSanto André head coach on 28 April.[43] He left after avoiding relegation from the2021Paulistão, and was named at the helm ofLondrina on 14 July;[44] he left the latter at the end of the year.[45]
On 3 December 2021, Fernandes was announced atPaysandu,[46] and remained more than a year in charge of the club before being dismissed on 29 April 2023.[47] On 7 May 2023, he took overSérie B sideSampaio Corrêa,[48] but was sacked on 5 September.[49]
On 6 February 2024, Fernandes was announced back at Santo André.[50] After suffering relegation in the2024 Campeonato Paulista, he returned to Vila for a third spell on 18 March,[51] but was dismissed on 22 May, after a 6–0 loss to former side Paysandu in the first leg of the2024 Copa Verde finals.[52]
On 9 September 2024, Fernandes returned to Paysandu for his second spell.[53] Dismissed the following 9 February,[54] he took overInter de Limeira two days later.[55]
After failing to avoid relegation from the2025 Campeonato Paulista, Fernandes left the club, and took overBotafogo-PB on 12 May of that year.[56] On 2 July, he was himself sacked,[57] and was named at the helm of fellow third division sideCSA late in the month.[58]
On 12 August 2025, Fernandes left CSA by mutual consent,[59] and returned to Paysandu on 9 September, exactly seven months after his sacking.[60] On 3 November, afteranother relegation, he was dismissed.[61]
^ab"2002 - O Jabaquara é campeão!" [2002 - Jabaquara are champions!] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Curioso do Futebol. 15 November 2016. Retrieved24 April 2024.
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