Born in Rio de Janeiro, Cabo played as a defensive midfielder, representing Fluminense, Vasco da Gama, Portuguesa-RJ and Olaria as a youth.

[5] On 15 April of that year, he was named at the helm of São Bento-MA [pt],[6] taking the club to the finals of the second round of the Campeonato Maranhense, finishing fourth overall.

In the following year, he was named Marcos Paquetá's assistant at the helm of Saudi Arabia national team, and took part of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[16] On 28 January 2014, after another work as Jorginho's assistant (at Ponte Preta), Cabo was named in charge of Nacional de Nova Serrana.

[17] He later joined Jorginho's staff at Al Wasl, again as an assistant, staying for six months[18] before being presented at Volta Redonda on 1 December 2014.

[25] He managed to achieve promotion to the Série A at the end of the year as champions, but in January 2017, he was reported missing in Goiânia for more than 40 hours.

[32] Cabo was fired from CSA on 30 June 2019,[33] and was announced as new head coach of Vila Nova of the second level on 14 July.

[37] On 27 February 2021, hours after winning the 2020 Campeonato Goiano, Cabo was named head coach of Vasco da Gama, recently relegated to division two.

[48] Cabo left Remo on a mutual agreement on 23 May 2023, after a poor start in the 2023 Série C,[49] and returned to CSA on 21 June, with the club now also in the third level.

[52] Seven days after his dismissal from CSA, Cabo was named in charge of fellow third division side ABC,[53] but was sacked from the club on 27 April 2024.