Mário Jorge (football manager)

Mário Jorge dos Santos Silva (born 10 February 1978), known as Mário Jorge, is a Brazilian football coach and former futsal coach. He is the current head coach of Flamengo's under-20 team.

Career
Mário Jorge began his career as a futsal coach of Helênico Atlético Clube in 1997. He left the club in December 2010, and became a coach of Madureira's futsal team; prior to that, in the previous August, he also began working as a scout at Audax Rio.

Mário Jorge was also a coach of Audax's under-15 football squad while working as a futsal coach of Clube Bradesco. On 15 January 2015, he became the new head coach of the under-15 squad of Vasco da Gama.

On 20 April 2016, Mário Jorge left Vasco to take over the under-13 team of Flamengo. He subsequently worked in the club's under-14, under-15, under-17 and under-20 squads before taking over the first team for the opening match of the 2023 season, a 1–0 Campeonato Carioca win over former club Audax, as the under-20 squad was utilized.

Mário Jorge was back in charge of Fla during a 1–1 draw against Bangu on 24 January 2023, as the first team was resting for the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil. After returning to the under-20s, he became an interim head coach of the club on 11 April, after Vítor Pereira was sacked.

Mário Jorge was ahead of Flamengo on two occasions: a 2–0 loss to Maringá and a 3–0 win over Coritiba before returning to the under-20 team after the appointment of Jorge Sampaoli. He again became an interim on 28 September 2023, after Sampaoli was dismissed.

Personal life
Mário Jorge is named after worldwide known former player and coach Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo.

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