Zezé Moreira facts for kids
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Moreira Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Miracema (RJ), Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 10 April 1998 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1933 | Flamengo | ||
| 1935 | Palestra Itália | ||
| 1935–1943 | Botafogo | ||
| 1944–1945 | America | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1948–1949 | Botafogo | ||
| 1951–1954 | Fluminense | ||
| 1952 | Brazil | ||
| 1954–1955 | Botafogo | ||
| 1954–1955 | Brazil | ||
| 1955–1956 | Botafogo | ||
| 1958–1962 | Fluminense | ||
| 1962 | Palestino | ||
| 1963 | Nacional | ||
| 1965–1966 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1966–1967 | Corinthians | ||
| 1967 | Sport | ||
| 1968–1969 | Nacional | ||
| 1970 | São Paulo | ||
| 1971–1972 | Belenenses | ||
| 1973 | Fluminense | ||
| 1975 | Bahia | ||
| 1975–1977 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1978–1981 | Bahia | ||
| 1981 | Canto do Rio | ||
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Alfredo Moreira Júnior (16 October 1917 – 10 April 1998), usually known as Zezé Moreira, was a Brazilian football player and manager who coached Brazil at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He has the most coaching appearances in Fluminense's history, with 467 managed matches for the Tricolor. His brothers also had a singular taste for football: Aymoré Moreira, winner of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and Ayrton Moreira, both of them successful coaches in the Brazilian football. In 1976, as Cruzeiro's manager, he won the Copa Libertadores.
Career
Zezé Moreira was born in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
As a footballer, he played for Sport Club Brasil, Palestra Itália (nowadays Palmeiras), Flamengo and Botafogo.
Zezé Moreira managed several clubs, like Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, Sport Recife and Nacional of Uruguay. He was also the Brazil national team manager in 1952, 1954 and 1955.
Honours
Player
Flamengo
- Campeonato Carioca: 1925, 1927
Palmeiras
- Campeonato Paulista: 1934
Manager
Botafogo
- Campeonato Carioca: 1948
Fluminense
- Campeonato Carioca: 1951, 1959
- Copa Rio: 1952
Brazil
- Panamerican Championship: 1952
Vasco da Gama
- Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1966
São Paulo
- Campeonato Paulista: 1970
Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1975
- Copa Libertadores: 1976
Bahia
- Campeonato Baiano: 1978, 1979
Nacional
- Uruguayan Primera División: 1963, 1969
See also
In Spanish: Zezé Moreira para niños
