Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León (born May 6, 1985) is a Guatemalan football coach. He is the current manager of Liga Nacional club Xelajú.

Amarini Villatoro
Personal information
Full name Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 43)
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

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In 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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Odir "Chino" Flores y Guastatoya son campeones en Guatemala" (in Spanish). El Diaro del Hoy. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ "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.