Roger Machado Marques (born 25 April 1975), also known simply as Roger, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a left back. He is the current head coach of Juventude.

Machado's playing career was mainly associated with Grêmio, a club he represented for ten years. After retiring with Fluminense in 2008, he later became a manager, being notably in charge of both his former sides.

A Grêmio youth graduate, Porto Alegre-born Machado made his debut for the club in 1994. A regular starter, he was among of the club's most successful era, achieving one Série A and one Copa Libertadores.

In 2004 Machado moved abroad, signing for J1 League side Vissel Kobe. Returning to Brazil in 2006, he joined Fluminense and also featured regularly.^[1] In 2009, he agreed to a move to D.C. United, but the deal was cancelled after a back injury,^[2] and he subsequently retired.

Machado's maiden appearance for the Brazil football team occurred on 12 June 2001, in a 1–0 loss against Mexico for the year's Copa América.^[3]

Machado returned to his first club Grêmio on 5 January 2011, as an assistant manager.^[4] He left the club in December 2013, and was subsequently appointed manager of Juventude the following 19 February.^[5]

Sacked on 28 July 2014,^[6] Roger was named Novo Hamburgo manager on 19 December.^[7] On 26 May 2015, he replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari at the helm of former side Grêmio.^[8]

Machado led the club to an impressive third position during the campaign, being praised for his tactical duties.^[9] On 15 September 2016, after a poor run of form, he resigned.^[10]

On 2 December 2016, Machado was announced at Atlético Mineiro, signing a two-year deal.^[11] He was relieved from his duties on 20 July of the following year, after a 2–0 home loss against Bahia.^[12]

On 22 November 2017, Machado was appointed manager of Palmeiras for the 2018 season.^[13] He was dismissed the following 26 July, being subsequently replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari; his team went on to win the first division after his dismissal.

On 2 April 2019, Machado replaced sacked Enderson Moreira at the helm of Bahia.^[14] On 2 September of the following year, after a 5–3 home loss against Flamengo, he was himself dismissed.^[15]

On 27 February 2021, Machado was named manager of another club he represented as a player, Fluminense.^[16] He was sacked on 21 August, after being knocked out of the 2021 Copa Libertadores.^[17]

On 14 February 2022, Machado replaced Vagner Mancini at the helm of Grêmio,^[18] but was himself dismissed on 1 September.^[19] On 12 January 2024, he returned to Juventude after nearly ten years, in the place of Thiago Carpini.^[20]

As of 21 April 2024.

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Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Grêmio (interim)		29 January 2011	30 January 2011	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[23]
Grêmio (interim)		21 February 2012	22 February 2012	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00	[23]
Grêmio (interim)		30 January 2013	14 February 2013	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	025.00	[23]
Grêmio (interim)		1 May 2013	16 May 2013	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	[23]
Juventude		19 February 2014	28 July 2014	16	6	5	5	15	18	−3	037.50
Novo Hamburgo		19 December 2014	26 May 2015	16	6	4	6	14	15	−1	037.50
Grêmio		26 May 2015	15 September 2016	93	48	21	24	137	91	+46	051.61	[24]
Atlético Mineiro		2 December 2016	20 July 2017	43	23	9	11	73	41	+32	053.49	[12]
Palmeiras		22 November 2017	26 July 2018	44	27	8	9	79	31	+48	061.36	[25]
Bahia		2 April 2019	2 September 2020	74	30	22	22	92	74	+18	040.54	[26]
Fluminense		27 February 2021	21 August 2021	42	19	12	11	60	43	+17	045.24	[27]
Grêmio		14 February 2022	1 September 2022	37	17	12	8	50	23	+27	045.95
Juventude		12 January 2024	present	21	7	8	6	28	20	+8	033.33
Total				393	186	101	106	561	368	+193	047.33	—

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