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Marcão (footballer, born 1972) played for which team from 1999 to 2005?
Marcão ( footballer , born 1972 ) Marco Aurélio de Oliveira ( born 22 July 1972 ) , commonly known as Marcão , is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder . He is the current assistant manager of Fluminense . Playing career . Marcão was born in Petrópolis , Rio de Janeiro , and finished his formation with Bangu . He made his first team debut on 5 March 1989 , starting in a 0–0 Campeonato Carioca home draw against Americano . After establishing himself as a starter for the club and subsequently serving loan stints at Criciúma , Vasco da Gama and Bragantino , Marcão joined Fluminense in 1999 . At the latter club he was an immediate first-choice , appearing in 333 matches and scoring 12 goals during his first spell . In August 2005 , Marcão moved abroad and joined Al-Ittihad Doha in Qatar . In September , however , he returned to Flu after failing to adapt to the new country , and appeared regularly until the end of 2006 , when he was released . Marcão subsequently represented Cabofriense ( two stints ) , Juventude , Joinville and CFZ do Rio before returning to Bangu in 2009 . He retired with the latter club in March 2011 , aged 38 . Managerial career . Immediately after retiring Marcão took up coaching , being named manager of his last club Bangu . He was sacked on 30 January 2012 , and was appointed at the helm of Bonsucesso on 14 February . On 26 April 2012 , Marcão was announced as the new manager of Ríver , but was sacked with a month in charge . On 12 December of the following year , he returned to Fluminense as an assistant manager . In March 2016 , Marcão was named interim manager of Flu after the dismissal of Eduardo Baptista . He returned to his previous role after the arrival of Levir Culpi , but was again interim after the latter was sacked in November . Marcão was dismissed from Fluminense on 7 January 2017 , and returned to Bangu on 12 July 2018 , as a football coordinator . The following 24 June , he returned to his role as an assistant manager , again at Fluminense . Marcão was interim at Flu for two spells after the departures of Fernando Diniz and Oswaldo de Oliveira . On 4 October 2019 , he was definitely appointed manager until the end of the year . Marcão returned to the assistant role for the 2020 season , but took over the first team on 7 December of that year after Odair Hellmann left the club . He returned to his assistant role on 26 February 2021 , after the appointment of Roger Machado as manager . Honours . Player . Fluminense - Campeonato Brasileiro Série C : 1999 - Campeonato Carioca : 2002 , 2005 - Taça Rio : 2005