Vicente Feola

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Vicente Feola
Vicente Feola 1958.jpg
Personnel
birthday November 1, 1909
place of birth São Paulo ,  Brazil
date of death November 6, 1975
Place of death São Paulo ,  Brazil
Juniors
Years station
1922-1925 Sao Paulo da Floresta
1925-1928 Americano Futebol Club
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1937-1938 Sao Paulo FC
1939 Sao Paulo FC
1941-1942 Sao Paulo FC
1947-1950 Sao Paulo FC
1955-1960 Sao Paulo FC
1955 Brazil
1958-1960 Brazil
1960-1961 Sao Paulo FC
1964-1966 Brazil

Vicente Ítalo Feola (born November 1, 1909 in São Paulo , † November 6, 1975 ) was a Brazilian football player and coach . He led the Brazilian national soccer team to win the title at the Soccer World Cup in 1958 and was coach of São Paulo FC for a period of over 20 years - with a few interruptions .

Career

Brazil 1958: Vicente Feola (coach), Djalma Santos, Zito, Bellini, Nilton Santos, Orlando, Gilmar - Garrincha, Didi, Pelé, Vava, Zagallo.

Vicente Feola played at a young age for São Paulo da Floresta (which later became São Paulo FC ) and Americano Futebol Clube in his hometown of São Paulo . However, he could not recommend himself for a professional career and began working as a coach at São Paulo FC at the age of 18 . With São Paulo he was able to win the State Championship of São Paulo ( Campeonato Paulista ) twice in 1948 and 1949 .

While he continued to work as a coach at São Paulo FC, he took over the Brazilian national football team during the 1958 World Cup . The 22-man squad for the World Cup included goalkeeper Carlos José Castilho , defenders Djalma Santos and Nílton Santos as well as attacker Vavá and the only 17-year-old Pelé . Feola took a sports psychologist to the World Cup. He switched the 4-2-4 formation and put Mário Zagallo on as a hanging tip . He intervened in the attack during attacks and otherwise fell back into midfield, where he helped with the defense. The Brazilians started the tournament successfully with victories over Russia and Austria as well as a draw against England in the group stage and finished the preliminary round in first place. In the quarter-finals against the defensively strong Welshman, a goal by Pelé was enough to advance. In the semi-finals against France and in the final against Sweden, the South Americans convinced with their strong offensive and ensured Brazil's first title win at a World Cup.

Although Vicente Feola became the first world coach of a Brazilian selection, his successor Aymoré Moreira took over the national team in 1961 , who ensured the second title win. One of the reasons is said to have been the poor health of the overweight Feola. Feola took over the Seleção again for the 1966 World Cup in England. After a 2-0 opening win over Bulgaria, the team could no longer build on the outstanding performance in Sweden at the 1962 World Cup and failed after the two subsequent defeats against Hungary and Portugal in the preliminary round. Thereupon Feola was removed from office and replaced again by Aymoré Moreira.

Feola also served as national coach during the 1960 Olympics and 1964 Olympics . However, the two participations in the Olympic Games ended in failure and the Brazilian selection failed in the preliminary round.

After failing at the World Cup in England in 1966, he retired from working as a national coach. Feola served as a scapegoat in successful Brazil. Feola lived in his hometown of São Paulo until his death in November 1975.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIFA article on Feola
  2. ↑ FIFA article on Feola
  3. ↑ The birth of a revolution
  4. ↑ FIFA article on Feola
  5. ↑ FIFA article on Feola
personal data
SURNAME Feola, Vicente
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feola, Vicente Ítalo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1975