Cossa (footballer)

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.

Cossa
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Alvarez Ferreira
Date of birth (1964-07-20) 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
International career
1986–1987 Brazil U23
Managerial career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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