Marcos Tinoco is a Brazilian FIFA Technical Officer and former coach.
Coaching career
Through one of Tinoco's college contacts, he received an invitation to become the
Cayman Islands national football team's head coach in 2003.
Accepting the offer, the Brazilian faced obstruction in selecting players due to the small population and the lack of enthusiasm for football.
To qualify for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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, his team had to play a two-match leg against
Cuba
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in 2004,
losing both times. Next, Tinoco continued his managing career and assumed the role of head coach of the
TT Pro League's
United Petrotrin F.C. in 2009;his aim was to take charge of the senior squad, to expedite a developmental program, and to gain entry into the
2009 CFU Club Championship
The 2009 CFU Club Championship was the 11th edition of the CFU Club Championship, the annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football ...
.
Tinoco's decided to sign players
Aurtis Whitley
Aurtis Whitley CM (born 1 May 1977) is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
As a member of the Trinidad and Tobago squad that competed at the 2006 ...
,
Arnold Dwarika
Arnold Dwarika (born 23 August 1973 in Upper Santa Cruz, Trinidad) is a retired Trinidadian football player, who played as a midfielder for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. He went to school at Malick Senior Comprehensive in Trinidad.
Car ...
,
Stokely Mason,
Nigel Pierre,
Cyd Gray,
Ian Gray, and
Gary Glasgow for the
2009 TT Pro League
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. The team also went on a two-week preseason camp in Colombia, where they played four friendlies – winning one, tying one, and losing the other two under Tinoco.
In the course of his stay there, the coach was involved in a fight with
Earl Jean
Earl Jude Jean (born 9 October 1971) is a Saint Lucian former footballer who played as a striker. He made 21 appearances in the Primeira Divisão for Felgueiras, 84 in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Rotherham United and Plymouth Argyle ...
, then coach of
San Juan Jabloteh; he later apologized for his imprudent behavior.
Tanzania
At the 2010 Under-17 Copa Coca-Cola, Tinoco was the coach of the
Tanzania U17.
One of the coaches eyeing the
Tanzania national team job in 2010, has criticized the
Tanzania Football Federation for its management and commitment on youth football.
FIFA
Technical director of the
Cayman Islands Football Association from 2010 to 2014, Tinoco became a FIFA Technical Development Officer for the CONCACAF region in 2014. With FIFA Development Officer Angenie Kanhai, he visited the
Clyde Best Centre of Excellence in Bermuda to discuss football development with the
Bermuda Football Association
References
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Brazilian football managers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
United Petrotrin F.C. managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands national football team managers
Brazilian expatriate football managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate football managers in Trinidad and Tobago
Expatriate football managers in Tanzania
Expatriate football managers in Colombia
Expatriate football managers in the Cayman Islands