Marcos César Dias de Castro, better known as "Marcos Paquetá", born 27 August 1958 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

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, is the current coach of the Libya national football team

Libya national football team

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. He is nicknamed Marcos Paquetá because he was born in Paquetá Island

Paquetá Island

Paquetá Island is an island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. The name of the island is a Tupi word meaning "many pacas". The island is an auto-free zone, so travel is limited to bicycles and horse-drawn carriages. Paquetá has twenty baobabs, a type of African tree - the only ones in Brazil beside...

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Career

He played for América (RJ) (from 1973 to 1978) and Vasco da Gama

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama

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 (from 1978 to 1980).

Coaching career

As a coach, he managed América (RJ) in 1987, Al-Shabbab of the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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 in 1988 and in 1989, and has also managed Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo , also known as Flamengo and familiarly as Mengão, is a Brazilian sports club based in the Flamengo bairro, Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, best known for its professional football team...

 from 1990 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2003, Fluminense

Fluminense Football Club

Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

 from 1999 to 2000, Avaí

Avaí Futebol Clube

Avaí Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.Their home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity 17,800...

 in 2004 and Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...

 of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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 in 2004 and in 2005. Following his success with Al-Hilal, Paquetá was handed the job of coaching the Saudi national team

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

 in the 2006 World Cup. In 2007 he signed with Al-Gharafa, leading them to the Sheikh Jassem Cup

Sheikh Jassem Cup

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In 2003, as the Brazilian coach, he won both the U-17 World Championship and the U-20 World Championship. He was last head coach of Al-Rayyan and, in July, signed a two year contract as manager of the Libya national football team

Libya national football team

The Libya national football team is the national association football team of Libya and is controlled by the Libyan Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the senior FIFA World Cup. They have qualified for three Africa Cup of Nations, one in 1982 where they finished runners-up and...

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