Marcos Falopa

Marcos Antonio Falopa , commonly known as Marcos Falopa (born 2 April 1949) is a Brazilian football manager. Falopa, who previously played for Palmeiras and Sao Caetano, is a qualified adviser and coaching instructor accredited to FIFA. Having graduated with a Bachelor in Sports & Physical Education, Falopa also earned a Master in Football from the University of São Paulo, and a UEFA Pro Coaching License (A). He has more than 35 years of experience in football.

Career

Early

Marcos Falopa grew up in São Paulo. He used to play futsal before moving on to football. He was a professional in Botafogo’s B team in Rio de Janeiro before moving to Sao Caetano in the first division.^[1] After hanging up his boots, he enrolled at University of São Paulo and trained to become a coach. Since then, he has been a nomad and has visited more than 100 countries to teach football. His most prominent coaching assignment was during 1986-1988 when he was the assistant manager of Brazil. In 1990, he was appointed the manager of Palmeiras.^[2] In 1995, Jack Warner hired Marcos Falopa to the position of CONCACAF Technical Director. On October 30, 2002 he was appointed as the technical director of South African Football Association^[3] with a 4-year contract till 2006. However, he resigned the post in 2004.^[4]

In July 24, 2005 he became the manager of Oman under-17 national soccer team^[5] with a 1-year contract. In April 2007, he became the manager of the Myanmar national football team.^[6] During his regime, Myanmar national team triumphed in the six-country Third Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008 soccer tournament, hosted by Myanmar in November 2008 and finished runners-up in both the 39th Merdeka football tournament in Malaysia in August 2007 and the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand in December 2007. His contract ended in December, 2008.^[7]

East Bengal

In June 12, 2013 he succeeded Trevor Morgan as the manager of East Bengal ahead of John van Loen and Rodolfo Zapata.^[8] He will be assisted by his son Americo Falopa as the goalkeeping coach come physical trainer.^[9] His first assignment will be to maintain the winning run in AFC Cup. He was also approached by rivals Mohun Bagan to become the technical director of their youth academy.^[10] The father-son duo joined the Red and Gold brigade in July.^[11] He won his first match against Semen Padang in AFC Cup thus maintaining the winning streak.^[12]

Falopa resigned from his position at East Bengal on 13 November 2013, Armando Colaco replacing him the day after.^[13]

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