Sports journalism has lost another one of its emblematic names. On the night of this Friday (3), Márcio Guedes died at the age of 76. The journalist and commentator, who had worked for vehicles such as Rede Manchete, Record, Rede Globo, ESPN and TV Brasil, was undergoing cancer treatment, but he did not resist. The information was released by journalist Wellington Campos, from Radio Tupi.
Márcio Guedes began his career in the written press. In the 1970s, he was part of the team that covered sports for “Jornal do Brasil” and was a contemporary of names like Oldemário Touguinhó, Sandro Moreyra, João Saldanha, Paulo César Vasconcellos and José Trajano.
In addition to having also worked for the newspapers “O Globo” and “O Dia” (where he wrote the column “Contra-Ataque”), Guedes was invited to be a commentator on TV Bandeirantes in 1978. Four years later, he covered the World Cup on Rede Globo, alongside Luciano do Valle. On the Jardim Botânico station, he also commented on games alongside the narrator Galvão Bueno.
About a year later, he accepted the proposal to work at Rede Manchete. At the Bloch family station, Márcio Guedes created the sports nucleus alongside journalists such as Alberto Leo, Paulo Stein and João Saldanha, and covered World Cups in 1986 and 1990.
Later, he worked at Rede Record and, later, at ESPN, where he was part of the “Linha de Passe” program, alongside José Trajano, Juca Kfouri, Paulo Vinícius Coelho, Tostão and Fernando Calazans. He also participated in round tables on TVE, such as “EsporTVisão”. The last station he worked for was TV Brasil, where he was a commentator for the program “No Mundo da Bola”, alongside Sérgio du Bocage.
The journalist also covered events such as the World Cup Qualifiers and the Olympic Games during his career linked to the sport.
A declared Botafogo fan, Márcio Guedes must have his body veiled in the club’s main hall, in General Severiano, according to Rádio Tupi.