Marcos Paquetá

Marcos Paquetá ( born August 27, 1958) is a former Brazilian football player and current coach.

Paquetá was active as a player for the clubs América FC and Vasco da Gama from Rio de Janeiro. After ending his playing career, he worked in Brazil as a youth coach. First, at Flamengo Rio de Janeiro, then as a junior national coach of the U -17 and U- 20 teams of Brazil. In 2003 he was football World Cup in succession with the same teams. In 2004 he went to Saudi Arabia for Al -Hilal and in 2005 was Saudi Arabian champions. In December 2005, the coach of the Saudi Arabian national Gabriel Calderon was dismissed despite successful qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2006 and Paquetá his successor. At the World Cup Saudi Arabia different as a group from Last in the preliminary round. In 2007, Paquetá the Qatari club Al- Gharafa, with whom he was in 2008 and 2009 champion in the Qatar Stars League. In July 2009 Paquetá signed a two -year contract with Qatari club Al- Rayyan Sports Club. In July 2010 he took over the national team of Libya.