Amarini Villatoro

Marvin Amarini Villatoro de León (born May 6, 1985) is a Guatemalan professional 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 44)
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

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.