Márcio Zanardi

Márcio Zanardi Gomes da Silva (born 11 July 1978) is a Brazilian professional football coach, currently the head coach of Botafogo-SP.

Márcio Zanardi

Zanardi as coach of Santos U20 in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Márcio Zanardi Gomes da Silva
Date of birth	(1978-07-11) 11 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Team information
Current team	Botafogo-SP (head coach)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2004–2006	PAEC U15
2006–2007	FC Vilnius U20
2007–2010	Al-Nasr (youth)
2012	Corinthians U13
2013–2015	Corinthians U15
2015–2016	Corinthians U17
2017	Portuguesa U20
2017	Portuguesa (interim)
2017–2018	Portuguesa (assistant)
2018–2019	Guarani U20
2019–2020	Santos U20
2020–2021	São Bernardo U20
2021–2024	São Bernardo
2024	Goiás
2024–	Botafogo-SP

Career

Born in São Paulo, Zanardi began his career with Pão de Açúcar EC's under-15 sides before moving to Lithuania in 2006, with FC Vilnius. He then worked for three years in the United Arab Emirates with Al-Nasr, before returning to Brazil in 2010 with Corinthians.^[1]

After working in the under-13, under-15 and under-17 sides of Corinthians, Zanardi was dismissed by the club on 21 November 2016.^[2] The following 3 May, he was appointed head coach of Portuguesa's under-20 squad.^[3]

In August 2017, after being an interim of the main squad for one match,^[4] Zanardi was promoted to Lusa's main squad as an assistant.^[5] The following 20 February, he moved to Guarani and took over the under-20s.^[6]

On 19 February 2019, Zanardi was named head coach of the under-20 side of Santos.^[7] He left roughly a year later,^[8] and took over the same category at São Bernardo shortly after.

Zanardi as head coach of São Bernardo in 2022

On 1 October 2021, after first team head coach Ricardo Catalá left, Zanardi was appointed in charge of São Bernardo for the remainder of the Copa Paulista,^[9] and led the side to their second-ever title of the tournament. He remained in charge of the club in the following years, achieving promotion in the 2022 Série D and reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Campeonato Paulista.

On 31 March 2024, Zanardi was named head coach of Série B side Goiás.^[10] He was sacked from the club on 4 August, after a 2–1 loss to Novorizontino.^[11]

On 27 September 2024, Zanardi replaced Portuguese Paulo Gomes at the helm of Botafogo-SP also in the second division.^[12]

Personal life

Zanardi's older brother Caio is also a football coach.^[1]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 January 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat.	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Portuguesa (interim)		12 August 2017	13 August 2017	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	[4]
São Bernardo		1 October 2021	31 March 2024	98	45	29	24	108	71	+37	045.92	[13]
Goiás		31 March 2024	4 August 2024	21	8	4	9	26	22	+4	038.10	[14]
Botafogo-SP		3 October 2024	present	12	4	2	6	11	17	−6	033.33
Career total				132	57	36	39	146	111	+35	043.18	—

Honours

São Bernardo

• Copa Paulista: 2021