Cossa (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979 | Santos | ||
| 1981 | Jabaquara | ||
| 1983–1985 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 1987 | Juventus-SP | ||
| 1990 | Nacional | ||
| 1991 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 1994 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
| 1995 | São Bento | ||
| 1996 | Fortaleza | ||
| 1996 | Confiança | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986–1987 | Brazil U23 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2003 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2003 | Chunnam Dragons (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2005–2008 | South Korea (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2008 | Persepolis (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Al Dhafra FC (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Shimizu S-Pulse (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2016 | Buriram United (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Foolad (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira, aka Cosa, or Cossa (born July 20, 1964) is a Brazilian goalie coach and former player. He attended the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Player career[]
He played for the following clubs: Santos (1979), Jabaquara (1981), Portuguesa Santista (1983–1985, 1994), Juventus-SP (1987), Nacional (1990), XV de Piracicaba (1991), São Bento (1995), Fortaleza (1996) and Confiança (1996).
Coaching career[]
He is a former Portuguesa Santista goalkeeper coach, and he has become the goalkeeper coach of South Korea national football team when Pim Verbeek was hired to be the head coach of the team. He has been coaching as goalkeeper coach in several countries such as Iran FC Persepolis, UAE Al Dhafra FC, Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, Thailand Buriram United F.C. and China Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C., under Afshin Ghotbi [1]
References[]
External links[]
- (in Portuguese) Futebol Interior[dead link]
- (in Korean) Empas
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian football managers
- Santos FC players
- Brazilian people of Spanish descent
- Associação Desportiva Confiança players
- Fortaleza Esporte Clube players
- Clube Atlético Juventus players
- Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players
- Esporte Clube São Bento players
- Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players
- Persepolis F.C. non-playing staff
- Association football goalkeepers