ZICO BIOGRAPHY

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FULL NAME: Arthur Antunes Coimbra(Zico)

BORN: March 3, 1953

HEIGHT: 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)

NATIONALITY: Brazilian

ROLE:Attacking Midfielder

Zico early life

Zico was conceived on third March in the year 1953 of every a lower white collar class group of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. He was Portuguese by birth and it is trusted that football is in the blood of all Portuguese and Zico was the same. He has incredible aptitudes and frequently bunk classes to go to Juventude club. It was a non well known road group of Brazil, yet in the wake of getting Zico in the group, they turned out to be very prominent in the region. He began his soccer venture from that point and now he is in expert training stage by overseeing top clubs around the world.

Debut

Amid 1972 Summer Olympics, Zico made his worldwide introduction in the South American Qualifier and played 5 coordinates and scored the passing objective against Argentina.Despite of good execution, he wasn't chosen for Munich recreations. In any case, later he was allowed the chance to grandstand his abilities and he benefited from it.

Club Career

Zico's adventure of turning into the best in his field began in the year 1971 when he began his club vocation for Flamengo and kept on playing for a long time after which he spoke to Udinese for a long time and returned back to Flamengo and kept on playing till 1989. In 212 appearances, he figured out how to score 123 objectives for Flamengo.

In 1991, he began speaking to Kashima Antlers and earned most extreme regard from Japanese fans.

He played 332 matches and scored 192 goals throughout in his club career .

Records

Zico positioned eighth in the FIFA Player of the Century stupendous jury vote in 1999, and in 2004, Zico was named in the FIFA 100 rundown of the world's most noteworthy living players.

Zico is fifth most astounding goalscorer for his national group with 48 objectives in 71 official appearances for Brazil. He was likewise picked as the Player of the Year in 1981 and 1983.

Retirement

In 1994, Zico retired from professional football but received an invitation to play beach soccer and by scoring 12 goals, he helped his team win the Beach Soccer World Cup 1995.

Post retirement, he returned to Kashima Antlers as a technical advisor and after that, he managed many other teams including FC Goa and the Japanese national football team.

Manager role

A few years after his final game for Kashima Antlers Zico would become manager for the same team. It would be the start of a new phase of life in the ring of coaching. Zico has been the manager for both clubs (Kashima Antlers, CFZ, Fenerbahçe SK, Bunyodkor, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos, Al-Gharafa and FC Goa) and national teams (Japan and Iraq). At this moment he is coaching FC Goa, an Indian Super League team.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League	League		Regional League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1971	Série A	15	2	2	0	–		–		17	2
	1972		4	0	2	0	–		–		6	0
	1973		26	8	9	0	–		–		35	8
	1974		19	11	31	19	–		–		50	30
	1975		27	10	28	30	–		–		55	40
	1976		20	14	27	18	–		–		47	32
	1977		18	10	29	27	–		–		47	37
	1978		0	0	22	19	–		–		22	19
	1979		8	5	(17 + 26³) 43	(26 + 34³) 60	–		–		51	65
	1980		19	21	26	12	–		–		45	33
	1981		8	3	33	25	–		13	11	55⁴	39
	1982		23	20	21	21	–		4	2	48	43
	1983		25	19	–		–		4	3	29	22
	Total		212	123	273	231	–		21	16	507	370
Udinese	1983–84	Serie A	24	19	–		9	5	–		33	24
	1984–85	Serie A	15	3	–		5	3	–		20	6
	Total		39	22	–		14	8	–		53	30
Flamengo	1985	Serié A	3	1	3	2	–		–		6	3
	1986		0	0	4	3	–		–		4	3
	1987		12	5	5	1	–		–		17	6
	1988		14	4	6	0	–		–		20	4
	1989		8	2	11	2	7	3	1	0	27	7
	Total		37	12	29	8	7	3	1	0	74	23
Sumitomo Metals	1991–92	JSL2	22	21	–		2	1	–		24	22
Kashima Antlers	1992	J.League	–		–		12	7	–		12	7
	1993		16	9	–		7	3	–		23	12
	1994		7	5	–		–		–		7	5
	Total		45	35	–		21	11	–		66	46
Career total			333	192	302	239	42	22	22	16	700	469