Mazinho

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Mazinho
Iomar do Nascimento.jpg
Mazinho in 2013
Personnel
Surname Iomar do Nascimento
birthday April 8, 1966
place of birth Santa Rita ,  Brazil
size 176 cm
position midfield player
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1983-1985 Santa Cruz FC
1985-1990 CR Vasco da Gama 243 (16)
1990-1991 US Lecce 34 0(2)
1991-1992 AC Florence 21 0(0)
1992-1994 Palmeiras São Paulo 127 (12)
1994-1996 Valencia CF 71 0(0)
1996-2000 Celta de Vigo 114 0(8)
2000-2001 FC Elche 17 0(0)
2001 EC Vitória 15 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-1994 Brazil 39 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009 Aris Thessaloniki
1 Only league games are given.

Mazinho - real Iomar do Nascimento (born April 8, 1966 in Santa Rita , Paraíba ) - is a former Brazilian soccer player and current coach . He won the 1994 World Cup with the national team as a regular player .

Player career

Mazinho was active in Brazil and Europe for almost 20 years. His first professional club was Santa Cruz FC in 1983 , which was then playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol - Série B , the second division. In his first year as a professional, the defensive player won the Pernambuco State Championship with Santa Cruz . After three years he moved to Rio de Janeiro for CR Vasco da Gama , where he was an important member of the team for the next four seasons. In 1987 and 1988 Mazinho and his team won the National Championship in Rio de Janeiro , the following year the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol , the national championship title. On the final day, December 16, 1989, São Paulo FC was beaten 1-0 in the decisive game .

Change to Europe

Mazinho's achievements did not go unnoticed by European teams either. In 1990 he moved to Italy for US Lecce . He became a regular there straight away. However, the club did not manage to stay in Serie A and Mazinho decided to switch. During the summer break in 1991 he signed with Fiorentina , where he played with Gabriel Batistuta , among others . When his performance stagnated, he decided to return to Brazil to play for Palmeiras São Paulo . There he won the national championship in 1993. In addition, the state championship of São Paulo in the seasons 1993 and 1994 and 1993 the Torneio Rio-São Paulo was won. Mazinho played at a high level again, which was reflected in four titles in two years. Again this aroused the interest of European teams, so he was committed to the Spanish club Valencia CF for the 1994/95 season . As one of the top performers Mazinho was with the club in 1995 tenth and 1996 runner-up behind Atlético Madrid . After this respectable success he moved within the league to Celta de Vigo . During the four years at Vigo, Mazinho was a crowd favorite and regular player. After fighting relegation in the first year, Vigo's team improved in the years to come; With fifth place in 1998/99, the team was more successful than it had been since 1948.

Meanwhile 34 years old, Mazinho signed with FC Elche in 2000 and moved to the second Spanish division . After one season he left Spain and moved back to Brazil to EC Vitória in Salvador da Bahía , where he ended his playing career after 15 games this season.

National team

In 1988 Mazinho took part with the Brazilian selection at the Olympic Games in Seoul and won silver. In May 1989 he made his debut in the senior national team . Shortly thereafter, he was part of the team that won the Copa America in 1989 . He was used in six out of seven possible games. In the final against Uruguay , he played the full 90 minutes. A year later he was in the squad of Sebastião Lazaroni for the World Cup in Italy called. There he had too much competition in midfield of the Seleção with Dunga , Alemão and Valdo and therefore remained without commitment.

Four years later he was again in the line-up of the Brazilians who were to win the World Cup in the USA. There he was a regular of the team that reached the final against Italy . In six of a possible seven matches, the midfielder was on the field and only missed one game due to a yellow card suspension. In the final, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira let him play from the start and for the full playing time including extra time. Brazil won their fourth World Cup title 3-2 on penalties.

In 1991 he took part in the 1991 Copa America , where Brazil finished second.

Coaching career

Mazinho became a coach long after his playing career ended. In January 2009 he was responsible for sports for the Greek club Aris Saloniki , where he replaced Quique Hernández . In November he was fired - after only three wins out of nine games - and Héctor Cúper was hired for him . Overall, he looked after the team in 23 national competitive games.

successes

National team

society

Santa Cruz

Vasco da Gama

Palmeiras

Awards

Trivia

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Copa América 1989 on rsssf.com
  2. ↑ Match statistics: Brazil - Italy 3: 2 n.e.
  3. ↑ Copa América 1991 on rsssf.com
  4. ↑ a b Bola de Prata Winners (Placar Magazine) rsssfbrasil.com, accessed April 17, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Mazinho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nascimento, Iomar do (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Rita , Paraíba, Brazil