 Máximo in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Márcio Máximo Barcellos | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-04-29)29 April 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | ||
| Position | Head Coach | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KMC[1] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1992–1993 | Brazil U20 | ||
| 1992–1993 | Brazil U17 | ||
| 1992 | Mesquita | ||
| 1994 | Barra da Tijuca FC | ||
| 1994 | Qatar U20 | ||
| 1995 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 1998–2002 | Cayman Islands | ||
| 2003 | Livingston | ||
| 2006–2010 | Tanzania | ||
| 2012 | Democrata-GV | ||
| 2013 | Francana | ||
| 2014 | Young Africans | ||
| 2015 | Prudentópolis | ||
| 2017 | Costa Rica EC | ||
| 2019–2021 | Guyana | ||
| 2025– | KMC | ||
Márcio Máximo Barcellos (born 29 April 1962)[2] is a Brazilian football manager and Head Coach of theTanzanian Premier League ClubKMC[3][4]
Born inRio de Janeiro,[5] Máximo was a member of Brazil's under-17 and under-20 sides coach staff from 1992 until 1993. The teams included the future stars likeRonaldo andRonaldinho. He had been working as technical director to theCayman Islands for three-years when he rejected the offer of a ten-year extension and instead joinedScottish clubLivingston on 5 June 2003.[6] Máximo signed a one-year deal as head coach and became the first Brazilian to manage aBritish club. However, things did not work out and after nine games (3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats) he resigned on 14 October.[7]
On 29 June 2006, Máximo was appointed head coach of theTanzania national side[8] Maximo helped Tanzania to qualify for CHAN finals for home players. These finals took place inIvory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009. Tanzania qualified after beatingSudan 5–2 goal aggregate.
Máximo extended his contract with theTanzania Football Federation (TFF) for another year until July 2010, but at that time he was replaced byDanish coachJan Børge Poulsen.
In December 2011, he was named new manager of Brazilian clubDemocrata. He was sacked on 13 February 2012.[9] In June 2012 he was rumored as the successor ofKosta Papić as manager ofYoung Africans S.C., but that job went to Belgian coachTom Saintfiet.[10] But in November 2012, chose to remain in Brazil, where he will lead theFrancana.[11] On 28 June 2014 it was announced that Maximo had signed a two-year contract with Young Africans, one of the top Tanzanian clubs[12]