 Marinica left his advisory technical role at Rapid București in March 2015 , he released a short statement saying " it was a pleasure to work at one of the greatest names in Romanian football, unfortunately financial constraints at the club have forced me to leave from my role , I wish the club the fans and the owners all the best at helping to return this magnificent football club where they belong".June 2015 saw Marinica take up the Director of Football role alongside Stewart Hall as Azam F.C.made a major overhaul of their technical staff with an eye on a successful campaign on the Confederation of Africa Federations (CAF) competition.