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Zico (footballer)

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Antunes and the second is Coimbra.

Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [aʁˈtuʁ ɐ̃ˈtũnis koˈĩbɾɐ], born 3 March 1953), better known as Zico ([ˈziku]), is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder. Zico is often called the "White Pelé". He was a very good playmaker. Zico had very good technical skills. He is regarded to be one of the most clinical finishers and best passers ever. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.[2][3][4] Zico is also widely known as the greatest Brazilian footballer to never win the World Cup. He was recognised as one of the world's best players of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Zico is recognized as one of the best playmakers and free kick specialists. He was able to bend the ball in all directions.[5] Zico scored the most goals from direct free kicks, with 101 goals.[6]

Zico
Zico 2012 3.jpg
During his team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Oman
Personal information
Full nameArthur Antunes Coimbra
Date of birth (1953-03-03) 3 March 1953 (age 71)
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Kashima Antlers (technical director)
Youth career
1967–1971Flamengo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1983Flamengo212(123)
1983–1985Udinese39(22)
1985–1989Flamengo37(12)
1991–1994Kashima Antlers45(35)
Total333(192)
National team
1976–1986Brazil71(48)
Teams managed
1999Kashima Antlers
2000–2002CFZ
2002–2006Japan
2006–2008Fenerbahçe
2008Bunyodkor
2009CSKA Moscow
2009–2010Olympiacos
2011–2012Iraq
2013–2014Al-Gharafa
2014–2016FC Goa
2018–Kashima Antlers (technical director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Player

Club

Fenerbahçe
Bunyodkor
CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos
FC Goa

International

Japan

Managerial statistics

[7]

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Kashima Antlers 1999 1999 15 10 2 3 66.67
CFZ 2002 2002 3 0 3 0 &00.00
Japan 2002 2006 71 37 16 18 52.11
Fenerbahçe 2006 2008 120 74 28 18 61.67
Bunyodkor 2008 2008 13 10 1 2 76.92
CSKA Moscow 2009 2009 35 20 5 10 57.14
Olympiacos 2009 2010 21 12 4 5 57.14
Iraq 2011 2012 22 10 6 6 45.45
Al-Gharafa 2013 2014 20 5 7 8 25.00
FC Goa 2014 2016 47 18 12 17 38.30
Total 319 166 74 79 52.04

Honours

[8]

Individual

Records

Manager

Statistics

Goals by year
Year Apps Goals
1976 9 6
1977 7 6
1978 11 3
1979 5 5
1980 5 4
1981 12 10
1982 11 8
1983 1 0
1984 0 0
1985 5 3
1986 5 3
Total 71 48

Goals by competition
Competition Goals
Friendlies 30
FIFA World Cup qualification 11
FIFA World Cup tournaments 5
Copa América tournaments 2
Total 48

International goals

Scores and results; list Brazil's goal tally first.[25]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 February 1976 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay   Uruguay 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 27 February 1976 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina   Argentina 2–0 2–1
3. 28 April 1976 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Uruguay 2–1 2–1
4. 31 May 1976 Yale Bowl, New Haven, United States   Italy 3–1 4–1
5. 9 June 1976 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 1–0 3–1
6. 1 December 1976   USSR 1–0 2–0
7. 9 March 1977   Colombia 2–0 6–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier
8. 23 June 1977   Scotland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
9. 14 July 1977 Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia   Bolivia 1–0 8–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10. 2–0
11. 4–0
12. 6–0
13. 1 May 1978 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Peru 1–0 3–0 Friendly
14. 17 May 1978   Czechoslovakia 1–0 3–0
15. 14 June 1978 Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina   Peru 3–0 3–0 1978 FIFA World Cup
16. 17 May 1979 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Paraguay 3–0 6–0 Friendly
17. 17 May 1979 4–0 6–0
18. 17 May 1979 5–0 6–0
19. 2 August 1979   Argentina 1–0 2–1 1979 Copa América
20. 16 September 1979 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Bolivia 2–0 2–0
21. 24 June 1980 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil   Chile 1–0 2–1 Friendly
22. 29 June 1980 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Poland 1–1 1–1
23. 30 October 1980 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil   Paraguay 1–0 6–0
24. 2–0
25. 8 February 1981 Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela [[File:{{{flag alias-1954}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Venezuela 1–0 6–0 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier
26. 14 February 1981 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Ecuador 1–0 6–0 Friendly
27. 14 March 1981 Estádio Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil   Chile 1–0 2–1
28. 22 March 1981 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Bolivia 1–0 3–1 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier
29. 2–0 3–1
30. 3–1 3–1
31. 29 March 1981 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil [[File:{{{flag alias-1954}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Venezuela 4–0 5–0
32. 12 May 1981 Wembley Stadium, London, England   England 1–0 1–0 Friendly
33. 15 May 1981 Parc des Princes, Paris, France   France 1–0 3–1
34. 28 October 1981 Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre, Brazil   Bulgaria 2–0 3–0
35. 3 March 1982 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil   Czechoslovakia 1–0 1–1
36. 5 May 1982 Castelão, São Luís, Brazil   Portugal 3–0 3–1
37. 19 May 1982 Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil   Switzerland 1–0 1–1
38. 27 May 1982 Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia, Brazil   Ireland 7–0 7–0
39. 18 June 1982 Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain   Scotland 1–1 4–1 1982 FIFA World Cup
40. 23 June 1982   New Zealand 1–1 4–1
41. 2–0
42. 2 July 1982 Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain   Argentina 1–0 3–1
43. 8 June 1985 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil   Chile 1–0 3–1 Friendly
44. 2–0
45. 16 June 1985 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 2–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier
46. 30 April 1986 Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil   Yugoslavia 1–0 4–2 Friendly
47. 2–2
48. 3–2

Zico (footballer) Media

  • Imagem do Fundo Correio da Manhã.

  • Zico while playing in Flamengo in 1981

  • Zico in 2009 as manager of PFC CSKA Moscow

References

  1. ↑ "Biography for Zico". IMDb.
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Player.
  3. ↑ John Brewin (23 April 2002). World Cup 1982 (Spain) Renowned for his technique, tricks, dribbling, overhead kicks, no-look passes and free kicks, Zico is considered to be one of the best players of his generation.. ESPN Soccernet. http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/story?id=203639. Retrieved 3 July 2006. 
  4. ↑ "Dalla A alla Zico, i grandi numeri 10 del calcio internazionale" (in italiano). Sport.Sky.it. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kings of the free-kick". FIFA. Retrieved 22 August 2014
  6. ↑ goal.com/ Messi é o melhor cobrador de faltas da história do futebol? (in Portuguese)
  7. ↑ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  8. ↑ "Zico – Player Profile – Football".
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Sambafoot.
  10. ↑ "Caderno de Gols - Zico". Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Caderno de Gols - Zico". Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Caderno de Gols - Zico". Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Caderno de Gols - Zico". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Caderno de Gols - Zico". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  15. ↑ World Soccer Footballer of the Year 1983 Archived 8 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ "Placar Magazine". 3 August 1984. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  17. ↑ Giorgio Rismondo. "DBS Calcio". Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "FIFA Order of Merit" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 IFFHS' Century Elections Archived 7 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ France Football's Football Player of the Century Archived 30 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ↑ Placar's 100 Craques do Século Archived 20 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "Brazil legend Zico on the magic of the Maracana". WorldSoccer. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  25. ↑ * Mamrud, Roberto. "Arthur Antunes Coimbra "Zico" – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

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