Marcelo Fernandes

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For the younger footballer with the same name, see Marcelo Fernandes (footballer, born 1991).

Marcelo Fernandes
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Faria Fernandes
Date of birth (1971-04-20) 20 April 1971 (age 55)
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Ponte Preta (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Portuguesa Santista 12 (0)
1991–1998 Santos 63 (4)
1993 → Rio Branco-SP (loan) 22 (1)
1993 → Remo (loan) 30 (2)
1996 → Botafogo-SP (loan) 6 (0)
1997 → América de Natal (loan) 14 (0)
1998 → Atlético Mineiro (loan) 4 (0)
1999 Portuguesa Santista 16 (1)
1999 América de Natal 1 (0)
2000 Criciúma 14 (1)
2000–2001 Joinville 10 (0)
2001 Náutico 6 (1)
2002–2003 Portuguesa 61 (2)
2003 ABC 21 (3)
Managerial career
2011–2015 Santos (assistant)
2015 Santos (interim)
2015 Santos
2015–2017 Santos (assistant)
2017 Portuguesa Santista
2017 Santos (assistant)
2019–2020 Corinthians U23 (assistant)
2020–2022 Santos (assistant)
2020 Santos (interim)
2021 Santos (interim)
2021 Santos (interim)
2022 Santos (interim)
2022 Santos (interim)
2023–2024 Santos (assistant)
2023 Santos (interim)
2025 Guarani
2025– Ponte Preta
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Faria Fernandes (Brazilian Portuguese: [maʁˈsɛlu feʁˈnɐ̃dʒis]; born 20 April 1974) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current head coach of Ponte Preta.

Playing career

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Born in Santos, São Paulo, Fernandes played amateur football until his 20s, and began his career at Portuguesa Santista.[1] He moved to Santos in 1991, but after failing to break into the club's starting XI, was loaned to Rio Branco de Americana,[2] Remo, Botafogo-SP, América de Natal and Atlético Mineiro, the last one already in 1998.[3][4]

Fernandes was released by Peixe in 1999, and returned to Portuguesa Santista. He subsequently returned to América-RN, and then played for Criciúma, Joinville,[5] Náutico,[6] Portuguesa[7] and ABC, retiring with the latter in 2003, aged 32.

Post-playing career

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In 2011 Fernandes joined former club Santos' staff, being appointed as assistant manager. On 5 March 2015, after Enderson Moreira's dismissal, he was named interim manager.[8]

On 12 March, after a 2–1 home win against rivals Palmeiras, Fernandes was definitely appointed as manager.[9] On 9 July, after only winning three out of 30 points, he returned to his previous assistant role, being replaced by Dorival Júnior.[10]

In September 2016, after altercations with Dorival, Fernandes was separated from Santos' first team squad. He was also manager of Portuguesa Santista in 2017, after the club reached an agreement with Santos for the loan of certain players, but returned to the club in June of that year.[11]

Fernandes left Peixe in the end of 2017, being subsequently Edson Leivinha's assistant at Corinthians' under-23 squad.[12] In October 2020, he returned to Santos as a permanent assistant coach.[13]

In November 2020, after manager Cuca and other assistants Cuquinha and Eudes Pedro all tested positive for COVID-19, Fernandes was again interim of the main squad.[14] He was an interim in February 2021 after Cuca left, in April 2021 after Ariel Holan resigned,[15] in February 2022 after Fábio Carille was sacked,[16] and in July 2022 after Fabián Bustos was dismissed.[17]

On 27 July 2022, Fernandes left Santos on a mutual agreement.[18] On 6 August of the following year, he returned to the club under the same role,[19] and became an interim head coach for the sixth time in three years on 15 September 2023, after the dismissal of Diego Aguirre.[20]

Despite improving Santos' form in the first matches, Fernandes was unable to avoid the club's first-ever relegation to the Série B, after a 2–1 home loss to Fortaleza in the last round.[21] Back to the assistant role for the 2024 season, he was dismissed from the club on 3 January 2025.[22]

On 30 April 2025, Fernandes was announced as head coach of Série C side Guarani.[23] He led the club out of the relegation zone, but was sacked on 26 July, after a four-match winless run,[24] and took over cross-town rivals Ponte Preta in the same division on 12 August.[25]

Career statistics

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Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 1991 Série A — 2 0 — — — 2 0
1992 9 0 2 1 — — — 11 1
1993 5 0 — — — 1[a] 0 6 0
1994 14 2 17 1 — — 4[b] 0 35 3
1995 0 0 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Total 28 2 35 2 0 0 — 5 0 68 4
Rio Branco-SP 1993 Paulista — 22 1 — — — 22 1
América de Natal 1997 Série A 14 0 — — — — 14 0
Atlético Mineiro 1998 Série A 0 0 4 0 3 0 — — 7 0
Portuguesa Santista 1999 Paulista — 16 1 — — — 16 1
Criciúma 2000 Série B 0 0 14 1 — — — 14 1
Career total 42 2 91 5 3 0 0 0 5 0 141 7
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa Libertadores
  2. ^ Two appearances in Supercopa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Bandeirantes

Managerial statistics

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As of 27 July 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Santos (interim) Brazil 5 March 2015 12 March 2015 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.00 [9]
Santos Brazil 12 March 2015 9 July 2015 27 11 7 9 38 35 +3 040.74 [10]
Portuguesa Santista Brazil 21 February 2017 5 May 2017 15 6 5 4 23 16 +7 040.00 [26]
Santos (interim) Brazil 10 November 2020 25 November 2020 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 066.67 [27]
Santos (interim) Brazil 22 February 2021 3 March 2021 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 000.00 [27]
Santos (interim) Brazil 26 April 2021 9 May 2021 5 2 1 2 10 6 +4 040.00 [27]
Santos (interim) Brazil 18 February 2022 27 February 2022 3 1 1 1 5 5 +0 033.33 [27]
Santos (interim) Brazil 7 July 2022 20 July 2022 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 075.00
Santos (interim) Brazil 15 September 2023 7 December 2023 15 6 4 5 18 25 −7 040.00
Guarani Brazil 30 April 2025 26 July 2025 10 4 4 2 8 6 +2 040.00
Ponte Preta Brazil 12 August 2025 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 87 37 24 26 118 102 +16 042.53 —

Honours

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Player

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Remo

Manager

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Santos

Ponte Preta

References

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  3. ^ Atlético Mineiro contrata o zagueiro Marcelo Fernandes (Atlético Mineiro signs stopper Marcelo Fernandes); Folha de S. Paulo, 7 January 1998 (in Brazilian Portuguese)
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  5. ^ Marcelo Fernandes assina com o Joinville (Marcelo Fernandes signs with Joinville) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine; A Notícia, 5 December 2000 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Náutico contra zagueiro Marcelo Fernandes (Náutico signs stopper Marcelo Fernandes); Terra, 22 March 2001 (in Spanish)
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  8. ^ Interino, Marcelo Fernandes dirigirá o Santos com Chulapa de auxiliar (Interim, Marcelo Fernandes will manage Santos with Chulapa as assistant) Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine; Lance!, 5 March 2015 (in Portuguese)
  9. ^ a b Comissão técnica permanente continua no comando do time (Permanent staff remains in charge of the club) Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Santos FC, 12 March 2015 (in Portuguese)
  10. ^ a b Dorival Júnior acerta volta ao Santos e substitui Marcelo Fernandes na Vila (Dorival Júnior agrees return to Santos and replaces Marcelo Fernandes at Vila); Globo Esporte, 9 July 2015 (in Portuguese)
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