Marcel Mao

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcel Mao

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1937}}

| birth_place = France

| position = Forward

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Quimper

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Stade Français

| years3 =

| clubs3 = Quevilly-Rouen

| years4 =

| clubs4 = Quimper

| manageryears1 = 1971–1974

| managerclubs1 = Quimper

| manageryears2 =

| managerclubs2 = Wallis and Futuna

| manageryears3 = 2000

| managerclubs3 = Chad

| manageryears4 =

| managerclubs4 = New Caledonia

| manageryears5 =

| managerclubs5 = Tafea F.C.

}}

Marcel Mao (born 1937) is a French former football player and manager.

Career

At the age of 16, Mao joined the first team of Quimper.[https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20000302&article=792032&type=ar Marcel Mao ou la passion du ballon rond] letelegramme.fr He played as a forward.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

In 1982–83 he was the assistant coach of the French national U17 team.{{Cite news|date=21 September 1982|title=Le nouvel encadrement des sélections nationales|work=Ouest-France|url=https://journal.ouest-france.fr/archives}}

After working as head coach of Quimper Kerfeunteun, Wallis and Futuna, Chad, and New Caledonia, he was appointed head coach of Tafea in Vanuatu to help them prepare for the OFC Champions League.[https://quimper.maville.com/actu/actudet_-football-marcel-mao-la-passion-du-foot-est-la-plus-forte-_2298-990861_actu.Htm Marcel Mao, la passion du foot est la plus forte] quimper.maville.com

Personal life

He is the father of Philippe Mao.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-retour-aux-sources-de-philippe-mao-3056160|title=Le retour aux sources de Philippe Mao|publisher=ouest-france.fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Qui-es-tu-philippe-mao/755632|title=Qui es-tu, Philippe Mao ?|publisher=francefootball.fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Qui-es-tu-philippe-mao/755631|title=Qui es-tu, Philippe Mao, coach intérimaire du FC Nantes ?|publisher=lequipe.fr}}