Zico

Arthur Antunes Coimbra was born 3 March 1953 and became the attacking midfielder who married vision with an unnerving eye for goal. He won Player of the Year in 1981 and 1983, finished seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote in 1999, and was named to the FIFA 100 five years later. For Brazil he scored 48 goals in 71 appearances — fifth all-time — and played in three World Cups: 1978, 1982, 1986. The 1982 side, especially, is remembered as a tragedy of beauty: a team that didn't lift the trophy but burned itself into memory. After playing he coached Japan to the 2004 Asian Cup and the 20…