Born in São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Cícero Júnior played for the youth sides of América Mineiro, Santa Tereza, Venda Nova [pt] and Athletic-MG before moving to coaching in 2000, with the youth sides of Gammonense.
[1] In 2009, Cícero Júnior became Athletic's head coach during the club's amateur periods, remaining in the role until 2014.
[1] In 2016, he worked in the under-15 and under-17 teams of Social, and was an assistant coach of the under-20 side of Figueirense-MG [pt] in the following year.
On 20 August 2020, Athletic announced the return of Cícero Júnior for the year's Mineiro Módulo II.
[10] In September, he led the club to their first-ever promotion to the Série C,[11] but subsequently left after not renewing his contract.