Mário Jorge (football manager)
Brazilian football manager (born 1978)
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Mário Jorge dos Santos Silva (born 10 February 1978), known as Mário Jorge, is a Brazilian football coach and former futsal coach. He is the current head coach of Volta Redonda.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mário Jorge dos Santos Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Volta Redonda (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1997–2010 | Helênico (futsal) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Audax Rio U15 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Madureira (futsal) | ||
| 2012–2018 | Bradesco (futsal) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Vasco da Gama U15 | ||
| 2016–2017 | Flamengo U13 | ||
| 2017–2018 | Flamengo U14 | ||
| 2019 | Flamengo U15 | ||
| 2020–2022 | Flamengo U17 | ||
| 2022–2024 | Flamengo U20 | ||
| 2023 | Flamengo (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Flamengo (interim) | ||
| 2024–2025 | Saudi Arabia U17 | ||
| 2025–2026 | Internacional U20 | ||
| 2026– | Volta Redonda | ||
Career
Mário Jorge began his career as a futsal coach of Helênico Atlético Clube in 1997. He left the club in December 2010, and became a coach of Madureira's futsal team; prior to that, in the previous August, he also began working as a scout at Audax Rio.
Mário Jorge was also a coach of Audax's under-15 football squad while working as a futsal coach of Clube Bradesco. On 15 January 2015, he became the new head coach of the under-15 squad of Vasco da Gama.[1]
On 20 April 2016, Mário Jorge left Vasco to take over the under-13 team of Flamengo.[2] He subsequently worked in the club's under-14, under-15, under-17 and under-20 squads before taking over the first team for the opening match of the 2023 season, a 1–0 Campeonato Carioca win over former club Audax, as the under-20 squad was utilized.[3]
Mário Jorge was back in charge of Fla during a 1–1 draw against Bangu on 24 January 2023, as the first team was resting for the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil.[4] After returning to the under-20s, he became an interim head coach of the club on 11 April, after Vítor Pereira was sacked.[5]
Mário Jorge was ahead of Flamengo on two occasions: a 2–0 loss to Maringá and a 3–0 win over Coritiba before returning to the under-20 team after the appointment of Jorge Sampaoli. He again became an interim on 28 September 2023, after Sampaoli was dismissed.[6]
On 7 June 2024, Mário Jorge left Flamengo to take over the Saudi Arabia national under-17 team.[7] After qualifying the side to the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he returned to his home country after being named head coach of the under-20 team of Internacional on 25 August of that year.[8]
On 28 April 2026, Mário Jorge was named head coach of Série C side Volta Redonda.[9]
Personal life
Mário Jorge is named after worldwide known former player and coach Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo.[10]
Coaching statistics
- As of 7 April 2024
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Flamengo U20 |  |
9 May 2022 | 7 June 2024 | 100 | 61 | 17 | 22 | 187 | 95 | +92 | 61.00 | |
| Flamengo (interim)[a] | |
12 January 2023 | 12 January 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | [11] |
| Flamengo (interim)[a] | |
24 January 2023 | 24 January 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | [11] |
| Flamengo (interim) | |
11 April 2023 | 16 April 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 | [11] |
| Flamengo (interim) | |
28 September 2023 | 9 October 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 | [11] |
| Flamengo (interim)[b] | |
20 January 2024 | 28 January 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 | |
| Career total | 108 | 64 | 21 | 23 | 195 | 100 | +95 | 59.26 | — | |||
- Notes
- He was in charge of a under-20 side during the 2023 Campeonato Carioca, as the main squad opted not to play in that match.
- He was in charge of a under-20 side during the 2024 Campeonato Carioca, as the main squad opted not to play in those matches.
Honours
Flamengo U17
- Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17: 2021
- Copa do Brasil Sub-17: 2021
- Supercopa do Brasil Sub-17: 2021
Flamengo U20