Márcio Máximo Barcellos (born 29 April 1962)[1] is a Brazilian football manager.
Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro,[2] 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 Cayman Islands for three-years when he rejected the offer of a ten-year extension and instead joined Scottish club Livingston 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 CHAN finals for home players. These finals took place in Ivory Coast from 22 February to 8 March 2009. Tanzania qualified after beating Sudan 5–2 goal aggregate.
In December 2011, he was named new manager of Brazilian club Democrata. He was sacked on 13 February 2012.[6] In June 2012 he was rumored as the successor of Kosta Papić as manager of Young Africans S.C., but that job went to Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet.[7] But in November 2012, chose to remain in Brazil, where he will lead the Francana.[8] On 28 June 2014 it was announced that Maximo had signed a two-year contract with Young Africans, one of the top Tanzanian clubs [9]