Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León (born May 6, 1985) is a Guatemalan football coach. He is the current manager of Liga Nacional club Xelajú.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Cobán, Guatemala | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Xelajú (Manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Los Potros del Tecnológico | |||
| 2009–2011 | Sayaxché | ||
| 2011–2012 | Cobán Imperial | ||
| 2013 | Sayaxché | ||
| 2013–2014 | Carcha | ||
| 2015 | Jocotán | ||
| 2016–2019 | Guastatoya | ||
| 2019–2021 | Guatemala | ||
| 2021-2022 | Pérez Zeledón | ||
| 2022- | Xelajú | ||
Coaching career
editIn 2006, Villatoro joined the coaching staff at Costa Rican 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 Sayaxché, helping to the club gain promotion to the Primera División de Ascenso during his time at the club. Following his time at Sayaxché, Villatoro managed Cobán Imperial, Deportivo Carchá and Deportivo Jocotán. In May 2016, Villatoro was appointed manager at Guastatoya.[1] In 2018, Guastatoya won their first Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, with Villatoro becoming the youngest ever coach to do so.[2]
In March 2019, Villatoro was appointed manager of Guatemala.[3] In 2021, he was sacked after Guatemala failed to qualify for both the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
References
edit- ^ "Amarini Villatoro nuevo técnico de Guastatoya" (in Spanish). Noticias de Guastatoya. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Odir "Chino" Flores y Guastatoya son campeones en Guatemala" (in Spanish). El Diaro del Hoy. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Amarini Villatoro es el nuevo entrenador de Guatemala" (in Spanish). AS. 9 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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