Roger Machado (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Machado and the second or paternal family name is Marques.

Roger Machado Marques (born 4 March 1975) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is the current head coach of Internacional.

Roger Machado

Roger in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Roger Machado Marques
Date of birth	(1975-03-04) 4 March 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Internacional (head coach)
Youth career
1991–1993	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2003	Grêmio	270	(5)
2004–2005	Vissel Kobe	46	(4)
2006–2008	Fluminense	91	(8)
Total		407	(17)
International career
2001	Brazil	1	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2014	Grêmio (assistant)
2012	Grêmio (interim)
2014	Juventude
2015	Novo Hamburgo
2015–2016	Grêmio
2017	Atlético Mineiro
2018	Palmeiras
2019–2020	Bahia
2021	Fluminense
2022	Grêmio
2024	Juventude
2024–	Internacional
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Machado's playing career was mainly associated with Grêmio, a club he represented for ten years. After retiring with Fluminense in 2008, he later became a coach, being notably in charge of both his former sides.

Playing career

A Grêmio youth graduate, Porto Alegre-born Machado made his debut for the club in 1994. A regular starter, he was among of the club's most successful era, achieving one Série A and one Copa Libertadores.

In 2004 Machado moved abroad, signing for J1 League side Vissel Kobe. Returning to Brazil in 2006, he joined Fluminense and also featured regularly.^[1] In 2009, he agreed to a move to D.C. United, but the deal was cancelled after a back injury,^[2] and he subsequently retired.

Machado's maiden appearance for the Brazil football team occurred on 12 June 2001, in a 1–0 loss against Mexico for the year's Copa América.^[3]

Managerial career

Machado returned to his first club Grêmio on 5 January 2011, as an assistant manager.^[4] He left the club in December 2013, and was subsequently appointed manager of Juventude the following 19 February.^[5]

Sacked on 28 July 2014,^[6] Roger was named Novo Hamburgo manager on 19 December.^[7] On 26 May 2015, he replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari at the helm of former side Grêmio.^[8]

Machado led the club to an impressive third position during the campaign, being praised for his tactical duties.^[9] On 15 September 2016, after a poor run of form, he resigned.^[10]

On 2 December 2016, Machado was announced at Atlético Mineiro, signing a two-year deal.^[11] He was relieved from his duties on 20 July of the following year, after a 2–0 home loss against Bahia.^[12]

On 22 November 2017, Machado was appointed manager of Palmeiras for the 2018 season.^[13] He was dismissed the following 26 July, being subsequently replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari; his team went on to win the first division after his dismissal.

On 2 April 2019, Machado replaced sacked Enderson Moreira at the helm of Bahia.^[14] On 2 September of the following year, after a 5–3 home loss against Flamengo, he was himself dismissed.^[15]

On 27 February 2021, Machado was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Fluminense.^[16] He was sacked on 21 August, after being knocked out of the 2021 Copa Libertadores.^[17]

On 14 February 2022, Machado replaced Vagner Mancini at the helm of Grêmio,^[18] but was himself dismissed on 1 September.^[19] On 12 January 2024, he returned to Juventude after nearly ten years, in the place of Thiago Carpini.^[20]

On 17 July 2024, amidst rumours of a possible move to Internacional, Machado resigned from Ju.^[21] The move was confirmed the following day, as he agreed to a contract until December 2025.^[22]

Career statistics

Club

^[23]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Grêmio	1994	Série A	21	0	16	0	8	0	1[a]	0	4[b]	0	50	0
	1995		16	1	13	0	8	0	14[c]	0	8[d]	0	59	1
	1996		24	0	10	0	6	0	6[c]	0	6[e]	0	52	0
	1997		5	0	9	0	5	0	8[c]	0	2[b]	0	29	0
	1998		24	2	5	0	4	0	8[f]	1	—		41	3
	1999		15	0	11	1	5	0	5[g]	0	16[h]	0	52	1
	2000		3	0	14	0	3	0	—		6[i]	0	26	0
	2001		18	0	4	0	7	0	6[g]	0	—		14	0
	2002		23	0	2	0	—		12[c]	0	13[i]	0	50	0
	2003		32	1	5	0	—		10[j]	1	—		46	2
	Total		181	4	89	1	46	0	70	2	55	0	441	7
Vissel Kobe	2004	J.League Division 1	28	3	—		1	0	—		6[k]	1	35	4
	2005		18	1	—		0	0	—		5[k]	0	23	1
	Total		46	4	—		1	0	—		11	1	58	5
Fluminense	2006	Série A	28	3	6	2	7	0	4[l]	0	—		45	5
	2007		26	0	4	0	5	1	—		—		35	1
	2008		18	0	9	3	—		12[l]	1	—		39	4
	Total		72	3	19	5	12	1	16	1	—		119	10
Career total			299	11	108	6	59	1	86	3	66	1	568	14

1. Appearance(s) in Copa CONMEBOL
2. Appearance(s) in Supercopa Libertadores
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
4. Three appearances in Copa dos Campeões Mundiais, four appearances in Supercopa Libertadores, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
5. One appearance in Recopa Sudamericana, three appearances in Copa dos Campeões Mundiais, two appearances in Supercopa Libertadores
6. Two appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, six appearances in Copa Mercosur
7. Appearance(s) in Copa Mercosur
8. Twelve appearances in Copa Sul-Minas, four appearances in Seletiva para a Libertadores
9. Appearance(s) in Copa Sul-Minas
10. Nine appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
11. Appearance(s) in J.League Cup
12. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

International

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	1	0
Total[24]	1	0

Managerial statistics

As of 3 May 2025.

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Grêmio (interim)		29 January 2011	30 January 2011	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[25]
Grêmio (interim)		21 February 2012	22 February 2012	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[25]
Grêmio (interim)		30 January 2013	14 February 2013	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	025.00	[25]
Grêmio (interim)		1 May 2013	16 May 2013	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	[25]
Juventude		19 February 2014	28 July 2014	16	6	5	5	15	18	−3	037.50
Novo Hamburgo		19 December 2014	26 May 2015	16	6	4	6	14	15	−1	037.50
Grêmio		26 May 2015	15 September 2016	93	48	21	24	137	91	+46	051.61	[26]
Atlético Mineiro		2 December 2016	20 July 2017	43	23	9	11	73	41	+32	053.49	[12]
Palmeiras		22 November 2017	26 July 2018	44	27	8	9	79	31	+48	061.36	[27]
Bahia		2 April 2019	2 September 2020	74	30	22	22	92	74	+18	040.54	[28]
Fluminense		27 February 2021	21 August 2021	42	19	12	11	60	43	+17	045.24	[29]
Grêmio		14 February 2022	1 September 2022	37	17	12	8	50	23	+27	045.95
Juventude		12 January 2024	17 July 2024	34	12	12	10	45	35	+10	035.29
Internacional		18 July 2024	present	48	26	15	7	83	43	+40	054.17
Total				454	217	120	117	661	426	+235	047.80	—

Honours

Player

Grêmio

• Copa Libertadores: 1995
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1996
• Copa do Brasil: 1994, 1997, 2001
• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001

Fluminense

• Copa do Brasil: 2007

Manager

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 2017

Bahia

• Campeonato Baiano: 2019, 2020

Grêmio

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2022
• Recopa Gaúcha: 2022

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2025

Individual

• Campeonato Paulista Best manager: 2018^[30]