Zico

Brazilian association football player and manager

  • Fame63.2
  • Momentum4.8
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  • Age
    73
    Born 1953
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    2022
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

A playmaker who threaded passes and curled free kicks with a precision so close to Pelé's that Pelé said it himself. Zico scored 101 direct set pieces across his career and captained the Brazil side that never won a World Cup but is still called one of the greatest teams ever assembled.

Biography

About

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…

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Teams

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  • Kashima Antlers
    1991–1994
  • Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
    1985–1989
  • Udinese Calcio
    1983–1985
  • Brazil men's national football team
    1976–1986
  • Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
    1971–1983
19711994
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Season stats

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1991–19944535
1985–19893712
1983–19853922
1976–19867148
1971–1983212123
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63.2
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Momentum4.8
Historical27.0
Now attention18.5
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
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