[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.
Shortly after retiring, Célio Lúcio started working as an assistant manager, his first side being the under-20s of Francana, in 2005.
[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.