Rogério Micale

Mário Rogério Reis Micale (born 28 March 1969), known as Rogério Micale, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He’s currently the head coach of the Egypt national U23 football team.

Rogério Micale

Rogério Micale in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Mário Rogério Reis Micale[1]
Date of birth	(1969-03-28) 28 March 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Egypt U23 (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989	Portuguesa Londrinense
1990–1991	Londrina
1992	Apucarana
1992	Operário Ferroviário
Managerial career
1999–2001	Portuguesa Londrinense (youth)
2001	ADAP (youth)
2001–2002	Marcílio Dias (youth)
2002	ADAP (youth)
2002–2003	Londrina (youth)
2004	Portuguesa Londrinense U20
2004	Londrina U20
2005–2008	Figueirense U20
2007	Figueirense (interim)
2009–2010	Atlético Mineiro U20
2011	Grêmio Prudente
2011–2015	Atlético Mineiro U20
2015–2017	Brazil U20
2015–2016	Brazil U23
2017	Atlético Mineiro
2018	Paraná
2018	Figueirense
2020	Cruzeiro U20
2020	Paraná
2021	Al Hilal
2021–2022	Al Dhafra
2022–	Egypt U23
Medal record Men's football Representing  Brazil (as head coach) Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Reis and the second or paternal family name is Micale.

Career

Micale also represented Londrina, Apucarana and Operário Ferroviário before retiring at the age of just 23. He started his managerial career in 1999 with his first club Portuguesa, taking charge of the club's youth setup.

Micale subsequently spent the vast majority of his career in charge of youth sides, notably Figueirense and Atlético Mineiro. On 31 December 2010, he was appointed manager of Grêmio Prudente,^[2] but his reign only lasted 21 days.^[3] He subsequently returned to Atlético and its youth team.

On 9 May 2015, Micale was named manager of Brazil under-20s, replacing Alexandre Gallo.^[4] He achieved a second place in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and also was the manager of the under-23s during the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the latter for the first time in the country's history.^[5]

On 20 February 2017, Micale was dismissed by CBF after failing to qualify the under-20s for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[6] On 21 July he returned to Atlético, now appointed manager of the first team.

Micale was fired on 24 September 2017, after a 3–1 home defeat against Vitória. The following February, he replaced Wagner Lopes at the helm of Paraná.

In February 2021, he became the manager of Saudi club Al Hilal.^[7] He later became the head coach of Emirati club Al Dhafra between October 2021 and March 2022.^[8][9] In August 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Egypt U23 national team.^[10]

Honours

Figueirense

• Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2008

Atlético Mineiro

• Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores: 2009, 2011

Brazil Olympic

• Summer Olympics Gold medal: 2016

Brazil

• Pan American Games Bronze medal: 2015

Individual

• Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: March 2021^[11]

References

1. "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
2. "Micale deixa júnior do Atlético-MG e é o novo técnico do Grêmio Prudente" [Micale leaves Atlético-MG's youth team and is the new manager of Grêmio Prudente] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
3. "Exclusivo! Grêmio Prudente demite técnico antes do jogo contra Santos" [Exclusive! Grêmio Prudente sack manager before match against Santos] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
4. "Novo técnico da Seleção sub-20, Rogério Micale exalta trabalho no Galo" [New manager of the under-20 national team, Rogério Micale lifts up work at Galo] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
5. "Conheça Rogério Micale, o novo comandante da seleção olímpica" [Know Rogério Micale, the new manager of the Olympic national team] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
6. "Micale é demitido pela CBF após não classificar o Brasil ao Mundial sub-20" [Micale is sacked by CBF after not qualifying Brazil to the U-20 World Cup] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
7. "Rogerio Micale promotion at Al Hilal adds to curious managerial situation in Saudi Arabia". sport360.com. 17 February 2021.
8. "الظفرة يتعاقد مع المدرب البرازيلي ميكالي" (in Arabic). ahram.org. 2 October 2021.
9. "الظفرة يقيل ميكالي ويكلف الإدريسي بتدريب فريق الكرة" (in Arabic). Kooora.com. 2 March 2022.
10. "OFFICIAL: Rogério Micale named Egypt U-23 national team manager". KingFut. 7 August 2022.
11. "ميكالي وشافعي ومبولحي والعمري نجوم مارس".

External links

• Rogério Micale coach profile at Soccerway
• Rogério Micale coach profile at Sambafoot (archive)