Cossa (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alvarez and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

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

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

External links

• (in Portuguese) Futebol Interior
• (in Korean) Empas