Marcos Machado

Marcos Machado
Personal information
Full name Marcos António de Sousa Pimenta Machado
Date of birth (1957-07-08) 8 July 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Orlando Pride (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Sport Recife
1976 América-PE
1977–1982 Santa Amaro
1983–1985 Náutico
1985 Esportivo
1986–1987 América-RJ
1987 Central
1987–1988 Rio Ave 20 (0)
1988–1991 União da Madeira 52 (0)
1991–1994 Nacional 68 (0)
1997 Orlando Sundogs 26 (0)
1999 Central Florida Kraze 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos António de Sousa Pimenta Machado (born July 8, 1957) is a former Brazilian goalkeeper.

Club career

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Marcos Machado started his professional playing career at Sport Recife in Brazil starting in 1971. He became the youngest player to play in the National Championship in the first division during the 1973 season. Machado joined America Recife Club of Brazil in 1975 and played one season for them before joining Associação Atlética Santo Amaro in 1977. He played with Santo Amaro from 1977 to 1982, becoming one of the staple goalkeepers in Brazil. Other clubs Machado played from include Esportivo Bento Gonçalves in 1985, Central Sports Clube in 1987, and the União Futebol Clube from 1988 to 1990. During the 1988–89 season with União, the club won the Portugal Second Division Championship with Machado as the keeper. Machado continued to play with different squads until 2000, where he ended his career with the Central Florida Kraze of the USSL.[1]

Coaching career

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Machado has been the keeper coach for the Olympic Development Program (ODP) in Florida since 1998, Pine Castle Christian Academy Head Coach from 1998 to 2000, along with coaching various clubs in Central Florida area from 1997 on. In those 15 years of coaching, he spent six years as Technical Director with two different squads. From 2005 to 2007, he was the Technical Director for the IUS Elite Boys Program. In 2008, Machado became the Technical Director of the Florida Rush Soccer Boys program.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lodes, Kirk J. (2008). The American Soccer Guide. Mobile, AL: Infosential Press. p. 736. ISBN 9781930852099. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ Orlando City Soccer Club Website Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
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