Cossa (footballer)

Cossa
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira
Date of birth (1964-07-20) 20 July 1964
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Santo André (interim)
Youth career
1979 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981 Jabaquara
1982–1985 Portuguesa Santista
1986–1987 Juventus-SP
1987 Portuguesa Santista
1988–1989 Juventus-SP
1990 Nacional-SP
1991 XV de Piracicaba
1991–1993 Juventus-SP
1994 Portuguesa Santista
1995 São Bento
1996 Fortaleza
1996 Confiança
International career
1986–1987 Brazil U23
Managerial career
2008 Persepolis (assistant)
2016 Buriram United (assistant)
2018–2019 Foolad (assistant)
2025 Vancouver FC (assistant)
2026– Santo André (assistant)
2026– Santo André (interim)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira (born 20 July 1964), commonly known as Cossa, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current interim head coach of Santo André.

Cossa attended the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Playing 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

  1. ↑ "[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]. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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