Carlos Alberto (football player, 1944)

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Carlos Alberto
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Carlos Alberto at New York Cosmos
Personnel
Surname Carlos Alberto Torres
birthday July 17, 1944
place of birth Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
date of death October 25, 2016
Place of death Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size 180 cm
position Right full-back
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1963-1966 Fluminense 98 0(9)
1966-1974 FC Santos 445 (40)
1974-1977 Fluminense 53 0(4)
1977 Flamengo 28 0(3)
1977-1980 New York Cosmos 80 0(6)
1981 California Surf 19 0(2)
1982 New York Cosmos 20 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1964-1977 Brazil 53 0(8)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1983-1985 Flamengo
1985-1986 Corinthians
1987-1988 Nautico
1988 Miami Sharks
1989-1990 Once Caldas
1991-1992 Monterrey
1992 Club Tijuana
1993-1998 Botafogo
1999 Querétaro FC
2000-2001 Unión Magdalena
2000-2001 Oman
2002-2003 Botafogo
2005 Paysandu
2005 Azerbaijan
1 Only league games are given.
Carlos Alberto (2011)

Carlos Alberto , with full name Carlos Alberto Torres (born July 17, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro ; † October 25, 2016 ibid), was a Brazilian football player and coach . In 1970 he led Brazil to the world title as team captain .

career

He started his career at Fluminense when he was 19 . After three years he moved to FC Santos , where he was Pelé's team-mate . In 1974 he returned to Fluminense and secured the Campeonato Carioca twice with the second team . After the stopover in Flamengo , he moved to the NASL at New York Cosmos . There he played again with Pelé in a team. He won three championship titles with New York Cosmos.

Carlos Alberto also played an important role in the national team . He led the "Seleção" at the 1970 World Cup as team captain to the final, where he scored the goal against Italy to make it 4-1. The Brazilians had pushed the ball over nine stations and Carlos Alberto completed with a brilliant shot from the edge of the penalty area. This led journalists to speak of the “perfect goal”. The 1970 World Cup was the only World Cup in which he participated.

After resigning in 1982, he became a coach . Carlos Alberto was mainly active in Brazil (including Corinthians São Paulo and Botafogo ). He was also responsible for the national teams of Nigeria , Oman and Azerbaijan .

In 1998, 250 sports journalists voted Carlos Alberto into the FIFA World Cup of the 20th Century . In 2004, Pelé entered the FIFA 100 , a list of the 125 best football players still alive. A year earlier he was elected to the US National Soccer Hall of Fame .

Carlos Alberto was a member of the Partido Democrático Trabalhista , for which he was elected from 1989 to 1993 as a city councilor (vereador) in the city chamber of Rio de Janeiro.

Carlos Alberto died of a heart attack on October 25, 2016 at the age of 72 in his native Rio de Janeiro . He was buried in his hometown on the Cemitério de Irajá .

Success as a player

Fluminense

Santos

New York Cosmos

  • NASL Outdoor Championships: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
  • Eastern Division, National Conference: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
  • Trans-Atlantic Cup Championships: 1980

Brazil

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brazil legend Carlos Alberto dead . Sport1 .de, October 25, 2016, accessed on October 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Andrew Benson: The perfect goal . Interview with Carlos Alberto at BBC Sport , June 2, 2006, accessed October 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Brazil's World Cup hero Carlos Alberto has died . SID article at T-online.de , October 26, 2016, accessed on October 26, 2016.
  4. ^ Victor Costa: Corpo de Carlos Alberto Torres é enterrado no cemitério do Irajá. In: oglobo.globo.com. O Globo , October 26, 2016, accessed November 6, 2018 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Alberto, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torres, Carlos Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2016
Place of death Rio de Janeiro , Brazil