Cossa (footballer) explained

Cossa
Fullname:Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira
Birth Date:20 July 1964
Birth Place:Brazil
Height:1.860NaN0
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1979
Clubs1:Santos
Years2:1981
Clubs2:Jabaquara
Years3:1983–1985
Clubs3:Portuguesa Santista
Years4:1987
Clubs4:Juventus-SP
Years5:1990
Clubs5:Nacional
Years6:1991
Clubs6:XV de Piracicaba
Years7:1994
Clubs7:Portuguesa Santista
Years8:1995
Clubs8:São Bento
Years9:1996
Clubs9:Fortaleza
Years10:1996
Clubs10:Confiança
Nationalyears1:1986–1987
Nationalteam1:Brazil U23
Manageryears1:2000–2003
Managerclubs1:Suwon Samsung Bluewings (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears2:2003
Managerclubs2:Chunnam Dragons (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears3:2005–2008
Managerclubs3:South Korea (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears4:2008
Managerclubs4:Persepolis (assistant)
Manageryears5:2009–2012
Managerclubs5:Al Dhafra FC (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears6:2013–2014
Managerclubs6:Shimizu S-Pulse (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears7:2016
Managerclubs7:Buriram United (assistant)
Manageryears8:2016–2018
Managerclubs8:Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears9:2018–2019
Managerclubs9:Foolad (assistant)
Manageryears10:2019
Managerclubs10:Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. (goalkeeping coach)

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [과테말라전 이모저모] '먹튀 논란' 코사 GK 코치, 올림픽팀 명단에 등장 ]. [More on the Guatemala match] Cosa GK coach in 'controversy over scam' appears on Olympic team roster . 2015-11-26 . 2015-11-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151126171123/http://sportalkorea.mt.co.kr/news/view.php?gisa_uniq=20080716220516&section_code=10&cp=gl&gomb=1 . dead .