In 1998, while at Fluminense's futsal team, Cabo retired and immediately became the side's trainer.[1] He moved to Olaria in the following year, being also in charge of the club's football youth squads.[2]
In 2003, Cabo was in charge ofMadureira's under-20 team, whilst also taking over Flamengo's futsal team.[3] In December of that year, he was named head coach ofBangu.[4]
Cabo was in charge for 13 official matches, achieving only one win and suffering relegation from the 2004Campeonato Carioca.[5] On 15 April of that year, he was named at the helm ofSão Bento-MA [pt],[6] taking the club to the finals of the second round of theCampeonato Maranhense, finishing fourth overall.
Upon returning to Brazil, Cabo coachedCabofriense[8] andBonsucesso during the 2007 campaign. In 2008 he took overCFZ do Rio,[9] and moved toAtlético Tubarão late in the year after a partnership with his previous club CFZ was established;[10] he returned to Tubarão on 15 December 2008,[11] but left the following 5 February.[12]
In 2012, Cabo managed Emirati sideDibba Al-Fujairah, being sacked on 23 October of that year.[14] On 16 December, he was appointed head coach ofTombense,[15] but resigned on 9 May 2013.[16]
On 28 January 2014, after another work as Jorginho's assistant (atPonte Preta), Cabo was named in charge ofNacional de Nova Serrana.[17] He later joined Jorginho's staff atAl Wasl, again as an assistant, staying for six months[18] before being presented atVolta Redonda on 1 December 2014.[19]
On 23 March 2015, Cabo resigned from Volta Redonda and took overMacaé Esporte.[20] On 3 August, he departed from the latter club and was named at the helm ofCeará,[21] but was subsequently replaced byLisca.
On 8 October 2015, Cabo was appointed head coach ofTigres do Brasil for the 2016 season.[22] He resigned from the club the following 27 February,[23] and took overResende on 2 March.[24]
On 8 May 2016, Cabo was presented atAtlético Goianiense.[25] He managed to achieve promotion to theSérie A at the end ofthe year as champions, but in January 2017, he was reported missing inGoiânia for more than 40 hours. It was later revealed that he consumed too muchalcoholic drinks and overslept in amotel.[26]
Maintained in charge of the club after the occurrence, Cabo resigned on 5 June 2017, after four defeats in four league matches.[27] He also managed Figueirense[28] andGuarani[29] in the remainder of the year, never lasting more than two months.
On 22 December 2017, Cabo returned to Resende,[30] but left the club the following 18 February after accepting an offer fromCSA.[31] With the latter side heachieved top tier promotion, and renewed his contract on 29 November.[32]
Cabo being presented as head coach ofVila Nova in 2019
Cabo was fired from CSA on 30 June 2019,[33] and was announced as new head coach ofVila Nova of the second level on 14 July.[34] On 3 October, after only four wins in 17 matches, he was relieved of his duties;[35] the clubsuffered relegation nonetheless.
Cabo was appointed in charge of second division sideCRB on 12 October 2019.[36] On 7 November of the following year, he left the club after accepting an offer from Atlético Goianiense in the top tier.[37]
On 27 February 2021, hours after winning the2020 Campeonato Goiano, Cabo was named head coach ofVasco da Gama, recently relegated to division two.[38] He was sacked by theCruzmaltino on 19 July,[39] and took over fellow second division sideGoiás the following day.[40]
On 28 October 2021, despite being in the promotion places of the second division, Cabo was dismissed by Goiás.[41] On 11 November, he returned to Atlético Goianiense for a third spell,[42] but resigned on 7 February 2022, with only four matches into the new season.[43]
On 10 February 2022, Cabo returned to CRB for a second spell as head coach.[44] He left on 14 May, with the club in the last position of the second division,[45] and took over fellow league teamChapecoense on 7 July.[46]
On 30 August 2022, Cabo was sacked byChape after only ten matches.[47] On 24 October, he was announced in charge ofRemo for the ensuing campaign.[48]
Cabo left Remo on a mutual agreement on 23 May 2023, after a poor start in the2023 Série C,[49] and returned to CSA on 21 June, with the club now also in the third level.[50] After leaving the club at the end of the season, he returned on 22 January 2024, replacing sackedRogério Corrêa,[51] but was sacked on 3 March after the club's elimination from the 2024Campeonato Alagoano.[52]
Seven days after his dismissal from CSA, Cabo was named in charge of fellow third division sideABC,[53] but was sacked from the club on 27 April 2024.[54] Nine days after that, he was named head coach ofFloresta also in division three.[55]
On 9 September 2024, Cabo returned to division two after appointed at the helm ofBrusque.[56] Unable to prevent relegation, he left the club on 25 November,[57] and took overÁgua Santa just hours later.[58] At the latter club, he only lasted three matches.[59]
^"Marcelo Cabo é demitido do Vila Nova" [Marcelo Cabo is fired from Vila Nova] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 3 October 2019. Retrieved13 February 2021.
^ab"Comunicado | 30 de agosto de 2022" [Announcement | 30 August 2022] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Associação Chapecoense de Futebol. 30 August 2022. Retrieved31 August 2022.
