Micale also represented Londrina, Apucarana and Operário Ferroviário before retiring at the age of just 23.

Micale subsequently spent the vast majority of his career in charge of youth sides, notably Figueirense and Atlético Mineiro.

[4] He achieved a second place in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and also was the manager of the under-23s during the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the latter for the first time in the country's history.

[5] On 20 February 2017, Micale was dismissed by CBF after failing to qualify the under-20s for the year's FIFA U-20 World Cup.

[7] He later became the head coach of Emirati club Al Dhafra between October 2021 and March 2022.