On 23 December 2004, Fernandes left União São João without managing a single match for the club, after accepting an offer fromCeará.[5] He was sacked the following March, being replaced byJair Pereira, and later went on to work atVila Nova.
Fernandes returned to Náutico on 8 August 2008,[15] but was sacked the following 7 March.[16] He took overFigueirense five days later,[17] but was relieved of his duties on 29 August.[18]
Appointed in charge ofFortaleza on 22 September 2009 in the place ofMárcio Fernandes,[19] Fernandes subsequently worked for Brasiliense andAtlético Goianiense before returning to Náutico on 30 September 2010, where he replacedAlexandre Gallo.[20] Sacked on 2 May of the following year,[21] he was namedPaysandu manager late in the month, but his reign only lasted until 13 September.[22]
Fernandes was namedAmericana manager on 20 October 2011, replacingSérgio Guedes,[23] but was sacked on 29 January of the following year, after just three matches in the campaign, as the club returned to their previous name of Guaratinguetá.[24] He was appointed at the helm ofAmérica de Natal in March 2012, winning the 2012Campeonato Potiguar but being sacked in February 2013.[25]
On 8 August 2013, Fernandes was appointed manager of América's rivalsABC.[26] He narrowly avoided relegation in the2013 Série B, but was sacked on 16 March 2014.[27]
In October 2014, after a short stint atRemo,[28] Fernandes returned to América.[29] He left the club on 8 October of the following year,[30] and subsequently worked forCapivariano,Confiança[31] andParaná during the 2016 season.[32][33]
Fernandes returned to Náutico for a fourth spell on 1 August 2017,[34] after previously working atBangu[35] and Confiança in the campaign. Despite winning the2018 Campeonato Pernambucano, he was sacked on 6 May,[36] and was subsequently in charge ofSanta Cruz for theirSérie C campaign.[37]
In September 2018, he replacedDoriva as manager ofCRB.[38] He left the club the following April, subsequently returning to former sides ABC and América before rejoining CRB on 18 December 2020.[39]
On 24 May 2021, after losing the year'sCampeonato Alagoano, Fernandes was sacked.[40] He returned to Náutico for a fifth spell on 17 April of the following year,[41] being dismissed exactly three months later.[42]
On 8 August 2022, Fernandes replacedAlberto Valentim at the helm ofCSA,[43] but was himself dismissed on 14 October.[44]
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