Marcelo Ribeiro Cabo, known as Marcelo Cabo, is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of CRB.
Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Cabo played as a defensive midfielder, representing Fluminense, Vasco da Gama, Portuguesa-RJ and Olaria as a youth. He subsequently switched to futsal, notably representing Valencia CF. In 1998, while at Fluminense's futsal team, Cabo retired and immediately became the side's manager. He moved to Olaria in the following year, being also in charge of the club's football youth squads. In 2003, Cabo was in charge of Madureira's under-20 team, whilst also taking over Flamengo's futsal team. In December of that year, he was named manager of Bangu. Cabo was in charge for 13 matches, achieving only one win and suffering relegation from the 2004 Campeonato Carioca. On 15 April of that year, he was named at the helm of São Bento EC de São Luís, taking the club to the finals of the second round of the Campeonato Maranhense, finishing fourth overall. Cabo moved abroad in late 2004, taking over Al-Hilal's under-17 side. In the following year, he was named Marcos Paquetá's assistant at the helm of Saudi Arabia national team, and took part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Upon returning to Brazil, Cabo coached Bonsucesso and Cabofriense during the 2007 campaign. In 2008 he took over CFZ do Rio, and moved to Atlético Tubarão late in the year after a partnership with his previous club CFZ was established; he returned to Tubarão on 15 December 2008, but left the following 5 February. On 29 July 2009, Cabo took over Kuwait's Al-Nasr. He also acted as Dunga's technical scout during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and later joined Jorginho at Goiás and Figueirense. In 2012, Cabo managed Emirati side Dibba Al-Fujairah, being sacked on 23 October of that year. On 16 December, he was appointed manager of Tombense, but resigned on 9 May 2013. On 28 January 2014, after another work as Jorginho's assistant, Cabo was named in charge of Nacional de Nova Serrana. He later joined Jorginho's staff at Al Wasl, again as an assistant, staying for six months before being presented at Volta Redonda on 1 December 2014. On 23 March 2015, Cabo resigned from Volta Redonda and took over Macaé Esporte. On 3 August, he departed from the latter club and was named at the helm of Ceará, but was subsequently replaced by Lisca. On 8 October 2015, Cabo was appointed manager of Tigres do Brasil for the 2016 season. He resigned from the club the following 27 February, and took over Resende on 2 March. On 8 May 2016, Cabo was presented at Atlético Goianiense. He managed to achieve promotion to the Série A at the end of the year as champions, but in January 2017, he was reported missing in Goiânia for more than 40 hours. It was later revealed that he consumed too much alcoholic drinks and overslept in a motel. Maintained in charge of the club after the occurrence, Cabo resigned on 5 June 2017, after four defeats in four league matches. He also managed Figueirense and Guarani in the remainder of the year, never lasting more than two months. On 22 December 2017, Cabo returned to Resende, but left the club the following 18 February after accepting an offer from CSA. With the latter side he achieved top tier promotion, and renewed his contract on 29 November. Cabo was fired from CSA on 30 June 2019, and was announced as new manager of Vila Nova on 14 July; he was fired from the latter club on 3 October.
