Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León (born May 6, 1985) is a Guatemalan

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coach. He is the current manager of Liga Nacional club Xelajú.

Coaching career

In 2006, Villatoro joined the coaching staff at

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n club Pérez Zeledón. In 2008, Villatoro achieved promotion to the Guatemalan Segunda División de Ascenso with Los Potros del Tecnológico. In 2009, Villatoro was appointed manager of

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, helping to the club gain promotion to the

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during his time at the club. Following his time at Sayaxché, Villatoro managed

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Deportivo Carchá Club Social y Deportivo Carchá, is a Guatemalan football club based in San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay. History The club was founded in 1962 and won promotion to the ...

and Deportivo Jocotán. In May 2016, Villatoro was appointed manager at

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. In 2018, Guastatoya won their first

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, with Villatoro becoming the youngest ever coach to do so. In March 2019, Villatoro was appointed manager of

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. In 2021, he was sacked after Guatemala failed to qualify for both the

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and the

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References

Living people People from Cobán Guatemalan football managers Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Guatemala national football team managers 1985 births {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub