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Márcio Máximo Barcellos (born April 29, 1962[1] in Rio de Janeiro)[2] is a Brazilian football manager.
Career
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 like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. He had been working as technical director to the Grand Cayman Islands for three-years when he rejected the offer of a ten-year extension and instead joined Scottish club Livingston Football Club on 5 June 2003.[3] Máximo signed a one-year deal as head coach and became the first Brazilian to manage a British club. However, things did not work out and after nine games (3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats) he resigned on 14 October.[4]
On 29 June 2006, Máximo was appointed head coach of the Tanzania national side [5] Maximo helped Tanzania to qualify for CAN finals for home players. These finals shall take place in Ivory Coast from February 22 to March 8th, 2009. Tanzania qualified after beating Sudan 5-2 goal aggregate.
Máximo extended his contract with the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) for another year until July 2010, but at that time he was replaced by Danish coach Jan Børge Poulsen.
References
- ^ (Portuguese) [1]
- ^ (Portuguese) [2]
- ^ "Livi appoint Brazilian head coach" BBC Sport website (5 June 2003)
- ^ Máximo is believed to have left the post with the Scottish Premiership outfit when he was blocked from bringing Rob Dalton in as his assistant coach. Dalton the ex Manchester City player had worked closely with maximo in the Cayman Islands"Livingston boss resigns" BBC Sport website (14 October 2003)
- ^ "Tanzania appoints Maximo" BBC Sport website (29 June 2006)
Cayman Islands national football team – Dos Santos () · Fogarty (1993–94) · Fogarty (1996–98) · Máximo (2000) · Tinoco (2004) · Brown (2008–) Livingston F.C. – managers Bain (1974–76) · Ness (1976–78) · MacFarlane (1978–80) · Christie (1980–92) · Park (1992–93) · Brownlie (1993–94) · Lawson (1994–95) · Leishman (1995–97) · Stewart (1997–2000) · Leishman (2000–03) · Máximo (2003) · Hay (2003–04) · Preston (2004) · Gough (2004–05) · Lambert (2005–06) · Cleland (2006) · Robertson (2006–07) · Proctor (2007–08) · Landi (2008) · Hegarty (2008–09) · Murphy (2009) · Bollan (2009–)
Tanzania national football team – managers Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian football managers
- Livingston F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Scotland
- Scottish Premier League managers
- Cayman Islands national football team managers
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