Zico

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Zico (disambiguation) .

Zico
Zico (2009)
Personnel
Surname	Arthur Antunes Coimbra
birthday	March 3, 1953
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size	172 cm
position	midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1967-1971	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1971-1983	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	635 (476)
1983-1985	Udinese Calcio	39 0(22)
1985-1989	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	97 0(33)
1991-1994	Kashima Antlers	45 0(35)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1976-1986	Brazil	88 0(66)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2002-2006	Japan
2006-2008	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
2008-2009	Bunjodkor Tashkent
2009	CSKA Moscow
2009-2010	Olympiacos Piraeus
2011–2012	Iraq
2013-2014	al-Gharafa Sports Club
2014-2017	FC Goa
1 Only league games are given.

Zico (born March 3, 1953 in Rio de Janeiro ; actually Arthur Antunes Coimbra ) is a former Brazilian football player and current coach .

Zico was called the " white Pelé " and was one of the most popular players in Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s. In 88 international matches, Zico, who played equally well on both feet, scored 66 goals. He played from 1971 to 1983 and 1985 to 1989 for Flamengo Rio de Janeiro in his native city of Rio de Janeiro. In the meantime he was in Italy with Udinese Calcio under contract. Like Pelé, he wore the number 10 in the club and in the national team.

His specialty were free kicks from 18 to 30 meters. He is still considered one of the best free-kick shooters today. In 2004, Pelé entered the FIFA 100 , a list of the 125 best football players still alive.

Career as a player

society

Zico in the jersey of Flamengo Rio de Janeiro

Flamengo

Zico played most of his career with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . He scored 568 goals in 765 games, an average of 0.74 goals per game. He wore the legendary number 10 since the beginning of his playing days. With Flamengo he was three times Brazilian football champion (1980, 1982, and 1983). He also won the first and so far only World Cup for Flamengo in 1981 ; in this game he was also voted best player. He divided the bonus for this among the team. In 1974 and 1982 he was awarded the Bola de Ouro , the annual honor for the best Brazilian player.

Udinese Calcio

When Zico moved to Udinese Calcio in Italy in 1983 , he brought a lot of quality to the club. The city of Udine , the Friuli region and the entire club got a huge boost with his arrival. The Italian journalist Luigi Maffei, who worked for “Il Gazzettino de Veneza”, witnessed this change: “For us Friulians, Zico is a Ferrari engine in a VW Beetle . We are the only ones in the world who own such a great and almost impossible car ”.

Fans vehemently urged Zico and even threatened to come under Austrian rule ( Friuli was under Austrian rule until 1866) than to play without Zico. When he arrived in Udine , around 2,000 people were waiting at the airport. Michel Platini later criticized Zico's move there, as the club did not offer Zico sufficient opportunities for title wins.

Zico was active as a goal scorer at Udinese Calcio. In the 1983/84 season he stayed with 19 goals only one goal behind Platini, who was top scorer and had played ten games more than Zico.

National team, world championships

His international star rose at the Football World Cup in Argentina in 1978 , but here he was still overshadowed by his predecessor in the central midfield position, Roberto Rivelino . The tournament was altogether hapless for Brazil. In the group game against Sweden, Brazil got a corner shortly before the end. The ball was flanked into the penalty area and Zico headed the ball into the goal, but the hit didn't count as the referee had blown the whistle when the ball was in the air. Brazil only finished second in the group and made it into the second final group with hosts Argentina. In the first game of the intermediate round against Peru , Zico scored a penalty shortly after being substituted on. After a draw with Argentina, the goal difference decided who should advance to the final. Argentina beat Peru 6-0. The Peruvians, whose goalkeeper was from Argentina, were accused of postponing the game. Years later, a Peruvian senator mentioned that the height had been lost on purpose. Brazil finished third under coach Cláudio Coutinho - who was later to train Zico successfully at Flamengo - but Zico was only on the bench in the match for third place.

He drove to the 1982 World Cup in Spain as the world's best midfield director of the time and Brazil was a clear World Cup favorite, although the originally intended strikers Careca and Reinaldo were injured. Along with Sócrates , Falcão and Toninho Cerezo, Zico was one of the “Fantastic Four” who compensated for the loss of the regular strikers with many goals from midfield. Zico himself scored four of the 15 Brazilian goals in the tournament. As expected, Brazil easily reached the second final round. There the Seleção defeated the defending champion Argentina around the young Diego Maradona with 3: 1, but in the decisive game of the second final round Brazil was sensationally inferior to the eventual world champions Italy with 2: 3 , who had been rather disappointing until then and only managed to get by three Had qualified for the final round. This defeat has since been considered a tragedy for Sarrià in Brazil . Brazil's appearance in this classic game then caused heated discussions: a draw would have been enough to advance and reach the semi-finals; when the score was 2: 2, the Brazilian national team , encouraged by the offensive philosophy of their coach Telê Santana , continued to play for victory. Despite the defeat, the 1982 team is still considered to be the best Brazilian national team of all time alongside the 1970 World Cup team that won Brazil's third World Cup title in Mexico . Zico himself repeatedly expressed regret about the failure against Italy, “the day on which football died” and the subsequent development towards tactically oriented power football: “The dream team was the best Brazilian Seleção of all time. Our failure was bad for world football because it was going in the wrong direction. ... If Brazil had won in 1982, football would have changed ”.

At the Soccer World Cup in Mexico in 1986 , Zico was still one of the best players in the world, but had passed its zenith. After a knee operation, he was not completely fit and stamina back, he was absent from most games and was only substituted in the second half and was unable to bring about a change in the quarter-final against France . Substituted for Müller in the 72nd minute , he failed in the 82nd minute with a penalty against French goalkeeper Joël Bats and was eliminated again prematurely with the Seleção - albeit only in the penalty shoot-out , in which he converted his penalty. France won 5-4 on penalties in a game that is also considered to be one of the best in World Cup history.

statistics

team	Gates	Games	average
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	568	765	0.74
Udinese Calcio	57	79	0.72
Kashima Antlers	54	88	0.61
Brazilian national team	66	88	0.75
Brazilian National Team Masters	8th	16	0.50
Other	44	49	0.90
Total	800	1091	0.73

Career as a coach

The world's best midfielder of his time alongside Michel Platini , Falcão and Diego Maradona ended his career without a world title in 1990 for the first time, organized the third Pelé Cup in 1990 and became the best player in this tournament in 1990 and 1991. Then worked for a short time in the Brazilian Ministry of Sports, shortly afterwards to go to the Kashima Antlers in the Japanese J. League as an active player .

Kashima Antlers

In 1994 he moved to the coaching bench and became Technical Director of Kashima. With Zico, Kashima managed to move up from the second to the first Japanese league, which is why this small town eventually also hosted the 2002 World Cup .

Brazil

In 1998 Zico was assistant and sporting director for the Brazilian national team.

Japan

After the 2002 World Cup, Zico took over the coaching post of the Japanese national team from French Philippe Troussier , who had led the previously third-rate team to the last sixteen. Zico, who speaks no Japanese , was initially able to meet the high expectations of the Japanese public, including several victories in the Asian qualification for the 2006 World Cup . However, the tournament itself was disappointing for Japan.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

On July 4, 2006, Zico became the coach of Fenerbahçe Istanbul . In the 2006/07 season he was Fenerbahçe champion and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions League with the club in the 2007/08 season . The Brazilian ex-international resigned from his post on June 10, 2008 after failed negotiations with Fenerbahçe.

Bunjodkor Tashkent

From September 2008 to January 2009 Zico was the coach of Bunjodkor Tashkent .

CSKA Moscow

In January 2009, Zico became the coach of the Russian club, but only stayed until September 2009.

Olympiacos Piraeus

From September 2009 Zico was coach of the Greek soccer team Olympiacos . In addition to the championship, Olympiakos also played in the Champions League in 2009/2010. On January 19, 2010, however, he was released by Olympiacos.

Iraq

In August 2011 he took over the Iraqi national soccer team, he signed a one-year contract with the country's soccer association. On November 27, 2012, Zico announced his resignation as Iraqi national coach.

al-Gharafa

From August 2013 to 2014 Zico was the coach of al-Gharafa Sports Club , a Qatari club.

FC Goa

From October 12, 2014, the start of the season of the reformed Indian Super League , Zico will be in charge of FC Goa, which was founded especially for the league .

Achievements / titles

As a player

National team

• World Cup third in 1978

Flamengo

• Brazilian champion : 1980 , 1982 , 1983
• Copa Libertadores : 1981
• World Cup : 1981

Awards

• 1974 Bola de Ouro
• 1977 South American Footballer of the Year
• 1980 Brazilian top scorer
• 1981 South American Footballer of the Year
• 1981 world best player
• 1982 South American Footballer of the Year
• 1982 Bola de Ouro
• 1982: Voted goal scorer of the month for his goal against New Zealand in the World Cup group game by the viewers of the sports show .
• 1983 World Player of the Year ( unofficial )
• 1984 Chevron Award for the best goal-per-match ratio in the Italian Serie A.
• 1995 Best Player of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
• Number 9 on France Football's list of World Footballers of the Century
• Number 14 on IFFHS 'list of World Footballers of the Century
• FIFA 100
• International Football Hall of Champions
• Top scorer :
  • 1970 Campeonato Carioca de Escolinha - 26 goals
  • 1971 Campeonato Carioca Infantil 1-9 goals
  • 1975 Campeonato Carioca Profissional - 30 goals
  • 1975 Taça Guanabara - 10 goals
  • 1977 Campeonato Carioca - 27 goals
  • 1978 Campeonato Carioca - 19 goals
  • 1979 Campeonato Carioca - 26 goals
  • 1979 Campeonato Especial - 34 goals
  • 1979 Ramón de Carranza tournament - 3 goals
  • 1980 Ramón de Carranza tournament - 2 goals
  • 1980 tournament in Santander (Spain) - 3 goals
  • 1980 Brazilian Championship - 21 goals
  • 1981 Copa Libertadores - 11 goals
  • 1981 tournament in Naples (Italy) - 4 goals
  • 1982 Brazilian Championship - 21 goals
  • 1982 Taça Guanabara - 12 goals
  • 1982 Campeonato Carioca - 21 goals
  • 1983 Italian Championship - 19 goals
  • 1992 Japanese Championship - 21 goals
  • 1992 Japanese League: Record - 11 goals in ten consecutive games
  • 1995 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - 12 goals
  • Top scorer for Flamengo - 508 goals
  • Top scorer at the Maracanã Stadium - 333 goals

As a trainer

• 2004 Asian Championship with Japan
• 2007 Turkish football champion with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
• 2007 Turkish SuperCup winner with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
• 2008 entry into the quarter finals of the Champions League with Fenerbahçe Istanbul
• 2009 Russian cup winner with CSKA Moscow
• 2009 Russian Supercup winner with CSKA Moscow

Awards as a trainer

• 2007 Best Turkish Coach of the Century with Fenerbahçe Istanbul

politics

From 1990 to 1991, during the presidency of Fernando Collor , Zico was Minister of Sport.

Quotes

Muricy Ramalho, São Paulo FC coach 2006: Zico was the best and most complete player I have ever seen on a soccer field.

Zico: A nice free kick is like a nice picture by a great painter .

Trivia

The current Olympic table tennis champion and world champion Zhang Jike was originally supposed to become a professional footballer according to the wishes of his father Zhang Chuanming, which is why he named his son after Zico.

Web links

Commons : Zico  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Zico
• Exclusive report on Zico 1982
• Video Zico Tore II
• Video Zico with Costinha's son 1980

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Part 11: The 1978 World Cup in Argentina ( Memento from February 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) event is mentioned in the chapter "Referee Thomas causes confusion"
2. ↑ http://www.11freunde.de/artikel/1978-wm-argentinien
3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2098970/Argentina-cheated-World-Cup-1978-says-Peru-senator.html
4. ↑ Brazil now has flair for the effective ( Memento from June 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung WM-Bibliothek: 1982 , Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2006 ISBN 978-3-86615-162-8
6. ↑ Zico resigns as Iraq team leader
7. ↑ https://www.terra.com.br/ , interview from March 3, 2006
8. ↑ [1]