Early career After retiring, he enrolled at
University of São Paulo and trained to become a coach. Since then, he has visited more than 100 countries to teach football. His most prominent coaching assignment was during 1986 through 1988, when he was the assistant manager of
Brazil's national team. In 1995,
Jack Warner hired Marcos Falopa to the position of
CONCACAF Technical Director.
South Africa, Oman, and Myanmar On 30 October 2002, Falopa was appointed technical director of the
South African Football Association with a four-year contract. However, he resigned the post in 2004. On 24 July 2005, he became the manager of Oman's under-17 national team with a one-year contract. In April 2007, he became the manager of the
Myanmar national football team. During his regime, Myanmar's national team triumphed in the six-country
Third Grand Royal Challenge Cup soccer tournament, hosted by Myanmar in November 2008, one year after finishing runners-up in both the
39th Merdeka football tournament in Malaysia in August 2007 and the
24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Thailand in December 2007. His contract ended in December 2008.
East Bengal On 12 June 2013, Falopa succeeded
Trevor Morgan as the manager of
East Bengal ahead of
John van Loen and
Rodolfo Zapata. He was assisted by his son Americo Falopa as the goalkeeping coach and physical trainer. His first assignment was to maintain the club's winning run in the
AFC Cup. He was also approached by rivals
Mohun Bagan to become the technical director of their youth academy. The father-son duo joined the team, known by their colours,
Red and Gold, in July. He won his first match against
Semen Padang of Indonesia in the
2013 AFC Cup semi-final, maintaining the team's winning streak. Falopa resigned from his position at East Bengal on 13 November 2013;
Armando Colaco replaced him the next day.
Barbados Falopa was appointed Technical Director of the Barbados Football Association and Head Coach of the
Barbados team in 2014 and remained there a year, until his resignation following the elimination in the
second round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2018. ==References==