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ZICO BIOGRAPHY
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Club | Season | League | League | Regional League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | ||
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