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Célio Lúcio
Personal information
Full name	Célio Lúcio da Costa Quarto
Date of birth	11 February 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Cajuri, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Goiás U20 (manager)
Youth career
1985–1991	Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1997	Cruzeiro
1995	→ Palmeiras (loan)
1997–2000	Braga
1998	→ Coritiba (loan)
2000	→ Rio Branco-SP (loan)
2001–2002	América Mineiro
2002	Goiás
2003	Ipatinga
2003	Olympic
2004	União Rondonópolis
Managerial career
2005–2006	Francana U20 (assistant)
2009	Social (assistant)
2009	Mamoré (assistant)
2010	Metropolitano (assistant)
2011	Araxá (assistant)
2011–2019	Cruzeiro U20 (assistant)
2019–2020	Cruzeiro U20
2020–2021	Cruzeiro (assistant)
2020	Cruzeiro (interim)
2021	Cruzeiro (interim)
2022–	Goiás U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Célio Lúcio da Costa Quarto (born 11 February 1971), known as Célio Lúcio, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current manager of Goiás' under-20 squad.

Playing career

Born in Cajuri, Minas Gerais, Célio Lúcio was a Cruzeiro youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1991, he subsequently became a starter and helped the club to win two Copa do Brasil and the 1997 Copa Libertadores; in the meantime, he also spent the 1995 season on loan at Palmeiras.^[1]

Célio Lúcio moved abroad in late 1997, joining S.C. Braga in Portugal, but returned to Brazil in July 1998 after signing for Coritiba on loan.^[2] After returning from loan, he spent a year without playing before joining Rio Branco-SP in 2000, but still owned by Braga.^[3]

Célio Lúcio subsequently represented América Mineiro, Goiás,^[4] Ipatinga, Olympic and União Rondonópolis, retiring with the latter in 2004 at the age of 33.

Manager career

Shortly after retiring, Célio Lúcio started working as an assistant manager, his first side being the under-20s of Francana, in 2005.^[5] He then worked for local sides before joining Cléber's staff at Metropolitano in 2010;^[6] the duo also worked together at Araxá in 2011.^[7]

Célio Lúcio returned to Cruzeiro in June 2011, as an assistant manager of the under-20 side.^[8] He was named manager of the category in 2019, but was named assistant of the main squad in January 2020.^[9]

During the 2020 campaign, Célio Lúcio also worked as an interim manager on two occasions, after the departures of Ney Franco and Luiz Felipe Scolari.^[10]

Honours

Player

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997
Supercopa Libertadores: 1992
Copa do Brasil: 1993, 1996
Copa Libertadores: 1997

References

^ "Interino Célio Lúcio teve carreira de jogador marcada por voltas por cima e títulos pelo Cruzeiro" [Interim Célio Lúcio had a playing career landmarked by comebacks and titles for Cruzeiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Célio Lúcio: reforço do Coritiba para a zaga" [Célio Lúcio: addition of Coritiba for the defense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 18 July 1998. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Rio Branco contrata 17 jogadores e técnico é atração" [Rio Branco sign 17 players and manager is the attraction] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Londrina. 21 January 2000. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Edinho aposta no conjunto do Goiás" [Edinho bets on Goiás' teamwork] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Técnico interino, Célio Lúcio tem nove anos de Cruzeiro e foi promovido em 2020" [Interim manager, Célio Lúcio has nine years at Cruzeiro and was promoted in 2020] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Tempo. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Metropolitano anuncia novo Técnico - Cléber - e novo auxiliar - Célio Lúcio" [Metropolitano announce new manager - Cléber - and new assistant manager - Célio Lúcio] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CA Metropolitano. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Xerifão do Ganso chega na quarta" [Ganso's big sheriff arrives on Wednesday] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Germano Afonso. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Zagueiro vitorioso, Célio Lúcio relembra companheiros e título da Copa do Brasil" [Triumphant stopper, Célio Lúcio reminds of teammates and Copa do Brasil title] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SuperEsportes. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Célio Lúcio é "promovido" de técnico do sub-20 a auxiliar fixo do profissional do Cruzeiro" [Célio Lúcio is "promoted" from under-20 manager to fixed assistant manager of the main squad of Cruzeiro] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Célio Lúcio vive mesma experiência de Ney Franco em 2004: interino por duas vezes em uma temporada" [Célio Lúcio has the same experience of Ney Franco in 2004: interim twice in a season] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.