Estrela da Amadora, G.D. Chaves, Varzim S.C. and S.C. Campomaiorense; with the second team, he appeared in four complete games in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, helping dispose of Real Sociedad in the first round (3–2 on aggregate).
He also spent one year in lower league football with first team Tirsense, before retiring altogether at nearly 37 with F91 Dudelange in Luxembourg.
Feirense in June 2010,[3] winning promotion at the end of his first season and returning the Azuis da Feira to the top flight after 23 years.
[8] On 16 June of the following year, he was appointed at Ekstraklasa side Lechia Gdańsk,[9] leaving in September due to poor results.
[14] He left the Estádio do Restelo the following 17 April, in disagreement with a proposed new contract that would limit his influence over the club's transfer business.
[15] Machado then went back abroad with Al Batin FC in the Saudi Professional League, who sacked him in February 2018 when they were in 19th place.
[16] He returned to his country's second division on 2 April, taking the helm at Académica de Coimbra after Ricardo Soares's departure.