 In the 1969–70 campaign, whilst with the second side, he scored a career-best 14 goals in 26 games to win the first of his two national championships; in 1979, he had a brief spell with the Toronto Blizzard of the North American Soccer League.Marinho later took up coaching, being mainly associated with Sporting in various capacities.He acted as caretaker manager to the first team on two separate seasons, winning one match and drawing three in his four games in charge.