Márcio Araújo (footballer, born 1960)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Longo and the second or paternal family name is de Araújo.
Márcio Araújo
Personal information
Full name Márcio Longo de Araújo
Date of birth (1960-05-07) 7 May 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth São José do Rio Pardo, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1986 São Paulo 171 (6)
1982 → São Bento (loan)
1987 Noroeste
1988–1990 Portuguesa
1991 Coritiba 5 (0)
Managerial career
1991 Ponte Preta U23
1992–1993 São Paulo U20
1993–1994 Corinthians U20
1993 Corinthians (interim)
1995–1996 Palmeiras (assistant)
1997 Palmeiras
1998 Inter de Limeira
1998 Paraná
1999 Paraná
1999 Coritiba
2000 Atlético Mineiro
2000–2001 Rio Claro
2001 Palmeiras
2002 Rio Claro
2003 Guaratinguetá
2003 Fortaleza
2004 Cruzeiro (assistant)
2005 Avaí
2005–2006 Coritiba
2007 Rio Claro
2007 Guaratinguetá
2007 Goiás
2008 Grêmio Barueri
2008 Grêmio Barueri
2009 Guaratinguetá
2009 Figueirense
2010 Sertãozinho
2010 Bahia
2011–2012 São Caetano
2015 Bragantino
2019 Fluminense (assistant)
2019–2021 São Paulo (assistant)
2021 Santos (assistant)
2024– São Paulo (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Márcio Longo de Araújo (born 7 May 1960) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as either a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

Playing career

Born in São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Márcio Araújo was a São Paulo youth graduate. Despite making his first team debut in 1978, he only started to feature more regularly in 1983, after a loan to São Bento.

Ahead of the 1987 season, Márcio Araújo left the Tricolor and signed for Noroeste,[1] but moved to Portuguesa in the following year. In 1991, he signed for Coritiba, and after five league matches, he retired.[2]

Coaching career

Shortly after retiring, Márcio Araújo began his coaching career at Ponte Preta's Aspirantes (under-23) team.[3] He then returned to São Paulo to manage their under-20 squad, and won the 1993 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, having Rogério Ceni as his first-choice goalkeeper;[4] in that year, he was also head coach of the main squad on some occasions, as the club opted to rest the first team.

In August 1993, Márcio Araújo was head coach of Corinthians for one match, before the arrival of Mário Sérgio. In 1995, he was named assistant coach at Palmeiras,[5] but was appointed head coach in January 1997 after Vanderlei Luxemburgo moved to Santos.

Márcio Araújo was fired by Verdão on 27 May 1997, after two consecutive defeats to rivals Corinthians and São Paulo.[6] On 1 December, he took over Inter de Limeira for the ensuing Campeonato Paulista,[7] and subsequently moved to Paraná, helping the latter to narrowly avoid relegation.

Márcio Araújo left Paraná in the end of the 1998 campaign, but was appointed head coach of the club again in February 1999.[8] He left the club in July, and replaced Abel Braga at the helm of Coritiba in September.[2]

After leaving Coritiba on 9 December 1999,[9] Márcio Araújo was appointed head coach of Atlético Mineiro the following 12 February.[10] He resigned in July,[11] and subsequently worked at Rio Claro before returning to Palmeiras as a technical coordinator.

In March 2001, Márcio Araújo was named interim head coach of Verdão, after Marco Aurélio resigned.[12] He returned to his previous role after the appointment of Celso Roth, but was again appointed head coach in October after Roth was fired.[13]

Márcio Araújo returned to Rio Claro for the 2002 season, and was in charge of Guaratinguetá before being presented at Fortaleza on 19 August 2003.[14] He was relieved of his duties on 19 December,[15] and spent the 2004 campaign as Marco Aurélio's assistant at Cruzeiro.[16]

Márcio Araújo returned to coaching duties on 25 June 2005, after being named head coach of Avaí.[17] Dismissed on 3 October,[18] he returned to Coritiba late in the month,[19] but was sacked from the latter on 24 February 2006.[20]

On 2 February 2007, Márcio Araújo returned to Rio Claro for a third spell,[21] but left the club to return to Guaratinguetá on 13 March.[22] He won the Campeonato do Interior with the latter side in the 2007 Campeonato Paulista, before being named in charge of Goiás on 20 September.[23]

Dismissed by Goiás on 30 November 2007,[24] Márcio Araújo replaced Gelson Silva at the helm of Grêmio Barueri on 19 February 2008.[25] He opted to leave the club in April,[26] but returned to the club in August.[27] After achieving a first-ever promotion in the 2008 Série B, he left the club again after failing to agree new terms.[28]

Márcio Araújo returned to Guará on 1 March 2009,[29] but suffered relegation in the year's Paulistão. He took over Figueirense on 29 August,[30] and left on 1 December after failing to achieve promotion.[31]

On 22 December 2009, Márcio Araújo was appointed head coach of Sertãozinho for the 2010 Campeonato Paulista,[32] but resigned the following 4 February, after only six matches.[33] On 11 August 2010, he was named at the helm of Bahia,[34] and helped in their return to the top tier after a seven-year absence. Shortly after achieving promotion, he left the club after rejecting a contract renewal.[35]

On 12 September 2011, Márcio Araújo replaced Vadão as head coach of São Caetano.[36] The following 25 May, he was dismissed by the club.[37]

On 23 February 2015, after nearly three years without a club, Márcio Araújo took over Bragantino,[38] but was replaced by Vágner Benazzi on 20 March.[39] In 2019, he became Fernando Diniz's assistant at Fluminense,[40] and also worked with Diniz at São Paulo[41] and Santos.[42] On 6 July 2021, he left the latter club after alleging "personal reasons".[43]

After a few years away from football, Araújo was a announced as new coordinator of the São Paulo youth sector in May 2024.[44]

Career statistics

Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 1978 Série A 0 0 1 0 — — — 1 0
1981 0 0 4 0 — — — 4 0
1982 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
1983 6 0 24 1 — — — 24 1
1984 12 1 35 1 — — 9[a] 0 56 2
1985[45] 15 1 40 2 — — — 55 3
1986[46] 7 0 27 0 — — 2[b] 0 36 0
Total 40 2 131 4 0 0 — 11 0 182 4
Coritiba 1991 Série B 5 0 — 1 0 — — 6 0
Career total 45 2 131 4 1 0 0 0 11 0 188 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Torneio Heleno Nunes
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Torneio Rio – São Paulo

Coaching statistics

As of 29 May 2021
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
São Paulo (interim) Brazil April 1993 June 1993 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 033.33 [47]
Corinthians (interim) Brazil August 1993 August 1993 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00 [48]
Palmeiras Brazil January 1997 27 May 1997 36 21 8 7 87 45 +42 058.33 [49]
Inter de Limeira Brazil 1 December 1997 February 1998 5 0 4 1 5 6 −1 000.00
Paraná Brazil September 1998 December 1998 7 2 1 4 7 12 −5 028.57 [50]
Paraná Brazil 26 February 1999 July 1999 29 17 7 5 54 25 +29 058.62
Coritiba Brazil September 1999 9 December 1999 14 7 4 3 27 19 +8 050.00 [9]
Atlético Mineiro Brazil 12 February 2000 July 2000 32 15 9 8 57 45 +12 046.88
Palmeiras (interim) Brazil 2 March 2001 4 March 2001 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00 [51]
Palmeiras Brazil 29 October 2001 3 December 2001 7 1 0 6 7 20 −13 014.29 [51]
Rio Claro Brazil April 2002 December 2002 34 20 8 6 68 33 +35 058.82
Guaratinguetá Brazil January 2003 March 2003 14 7 2 5 25 20 +5 050.00
Fortaleza Brazil 19 August 2003 19 December 2003 20 5 8 7 27 31 −4 025.00 [15]
Avaí Brazil 25 June 2005 3 October 2005 14 6 2 6 19 18 +1 042.86 [18]
Coritiba Brazil 28 October 2005 24 February 2006 20 8 6 6 24 19 +5 040.00
Rio Claro Brazil 2 February 2007 13 March 2007 8 1 4 3 6 12 −6 012.50
Guaratinguetá Brazil 13 March 2007 May 2007 10 5 3 2 18 12 +6 050.00
Goiás Brazil 20 September 2007 30 November 2007 12 2 4 6 15 23 −8 016.67 [52]
Grêmio Barueri Brazil 19 February 2008 7 April 2008 10 6 0 4 20 13 +7 060.00
Grêmio Barueri Brazil 14 August 2008 3 December 2008 20 12 0 8 31 23 +8 060.00
Guaratinguetá Brazil 1 March 2009 8 April 2009 8 1 2 5 12 16 −4 012.50
Figueirense Brazil 29 August 2009 1 December 2009 17 9 0 8 32 24 +8 052.94 [53]
Sertãozinho Brazil 22 December 2009 4 February 2010 6 0 4 2 5 11 −6 000.00 [33]
Bahia Brazil 11 August 2010 2 December 2010 25 12 6 7 41 27 +14 048.00
São Caetano Brazil 12 September 2011 25 May 2012 35 12 14 9 52 40 +12 034.29
Bragantino Brazil 23 February 2015 20 March 2015 5 1 0 4 3 6 −3 020.00 [54]
Fluminense (interim) Brazil 2 June 2019 2 June 2019 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00 [55]
São Paulo (interim) Brazil 4 December 2019 4 December 2019 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00 [56]
São Paulo (interim) Brazil 5 March 2020 5 March 2020 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 [57]
Santos (interim) Brazil 18 May 2021 18 May 2021 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Santos (interim) Brazil 26 May 2021 26 May 2021 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 401 173 99 129 658 522 +136 043.14 —

Honours

Player

São Paulo

Coach

São Paulo U20

Atlético Mineiro

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