Marcos Antonio Falopa (born 2 April 1949) is a Brazilian football manager. Falopa, who played for

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and Sao Caetano, is a qualified adviser and coaching instructor accredited by FIFA. Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sports & Physical Education, Falopa also earned a master's degree in Football from the

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, and a UEFA Pro Coaching License (A). He has more than 35 years of experience in football.

Playing career

Marcos Falopa grew up in São Paulo, where he played

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professionally from 1961 to 1963 before moving on to football. He was a professional in

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’s B team in Rio de Janeiro before moving to Sao Caetano in the first division, where he played from 1970 to 1971.

Managerial and administrative career

Early career

After retiring, he enrolled at

and trained to become a coach. Since then, he has visited more than 100 countries to teach football. His most prominent coaching assignment was during 1986 through 1988, when he was the assistant manager of Brazil's national team. In 1995, Jack Warner hired Marcos Falopa to the position of

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Technical Director.

South Africa, Oman, and Myanmar

On 30 October 2002, Falopa was appointed technical director of the

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with a four-year contract. However, he resigned the post in 2004. On 24 July 2005, he became the manager of Oman's under-17 national team with a one-year contract. In April 2007, he became the manager of the

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. During his regime, Myanmar's national team triumphed in the six-country Third Grand Royal Challenge Cup soccer tournament, hosted by Myanmar in November 2008, one year after finishing 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.

East Bengal

On 12 June 2013, Falopa succeeded Trevor Morgan as the manager of

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ahead of

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and Rodolfo Zapata. He was assisted by his son Americo Falopa as the goalkeeping coach and physical trainer. His first assignment was to maintain the club's winning run in the

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. He was also approached by rivals

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to become the technical director of their youth academy. The father-son duo joined the team, known by their colours, ''Red and Gold'', in July. He won his first match against Semen Padang of Indonesia in the

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semi-final, maintaining the team's winning streak. Falopa resigned from his position at East Bengal on 13 November 2013; Armando Colaco replaced him the next day.

Barbados

Falopa was appointed coach of the Barbados team in 2014 and remained there a year, until his resignation following the embarrassing face elimination in

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in the second round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2018.

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