Thomas Soares da Silva (Zizinho) ( Brazilian port. Tomás Soares da Silva / Zizinho ; September 14, 1921, São Gonçalo ( Rio de Janeiro ) - February 8, 2002, Niterói ) - Brazilian footballer, striker , national player national team .
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| Full name | Thomas Soares da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicknames | Mestre Ziza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | San Goncalo ( Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Niteroy (ibid.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | attack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Club career
From the age of 15, Zizinho was a member of the Carioca club, organized by his father, and at 17 he moved to Byron, having stayed there for 4 months. Then Zizinho began to break into adult clubs, but both in America and San Cristovao refused him. Then Zizinho in 1939 decided to try in Flamengo , held one training session for the club, and then the following happened: during the match with the Argentinean Independiente , the famous Leonidas was injured 10 minutes before the end of the meeting. Coach Flavio Costa ventured to release 18-year-old Zizinho, and was not mistaken: the Brazilian scored 2 goals. A contract was signed with the player, and it was he who became the successor to Black Diamond . In the 1940s, Zizinho was first drawn into the Rio team, and 1942-1944 was called the “golden three-year-old” in the history of Flamengo: during these years, the club won the Rio Championship three times in a row.
Shortly before the 1950 World Cup, Zizinho unexpectedly moved to Bangu . This decision of the president of Rubronegros Dario de Melo Pinto extremely angered Zizinho: “I had to play for you a couple of times with a broken leg. And you sold me behind my back, confronting the fact ... ”Bangu was a much more modest club than Flamengo.
In 1957, Zizinho moved to São Paulo and won the São Paulo Championship with the club that same year, but was soon forced to leave the team: the club fined him for a “night outing”, the press started harassing the player, and the forward he decided to go to the inconspicuous Uberaba himself at the request of Danilo , a partner in Brazil's 1950 national team. Finally, Zizinho ended his career at the age of 41 in the Chilean “ Audax Italiano ”, acting as a playing coach.
Team appearances
Zizinho participated in the 1950 Brazil home championship . The striker missed the first two matches against Mexico and Switzerland due to a minor injury. Shortly before the start of the match, in which the Yugoslav national team opposed the Brazilians, the captain of the team from the Balkans Raiko Mitich , warming up in the sub-building, hit the iron hook. The footballer needed medical assistance, but the Brazilians insisted that the Welsh referee Griffiths start the game in due time - as a result, already in the 4th minute, Ademir with a pass from Zizinho scored a goal against the weakened Yugoslavs. Perhaps in order to correct this injustice, the judge canceled the next goal of Zizinho, but Master Ziza soon scored again, and in the end the Brazilians won 2-0, which allowed them to reach the final group. However, Uruguay eventually won the World Cup.
The year before, Zizinho won the America's Cup , and later repeatedly participated in this tournament.
Coaching Career and Ending
In addition to the aforementioned stay in the Chilean “ Audax Italiano ”, where Zizinho served as the playing coach, the Brazilian also coached “America” from São Paulo , “ Bangu ”, “Vasco da Gama” and the Brazilian Olympic team , with whom he won the 1967 Pan American Games . However, in general, his coaching career was not as successful as playing.
The famous striker also wrote an autobiography entitled "Mestre Ziza: the truth and falsehood of football."
In 2002, Zizinho died in Niterói at the age of 80.
Achievements and records
Team
- Silver medalist at the 1950 World Cup .
- America's Cup Winner: 1949.
- Finalist of the America's Cup : 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957.
- Finalist of the Rock Cup: 1945.
- Champion of the state of Rio de Janeiro : 1942, 1943, 1944.
- São Paulo State Champion : 1957.
- Winner of the 1967 Pan American Games . as a trainer
Personal
- The best scorer in the history of the America's Cup - 17 goals (together with Roberto “Tucho” Mendes).
- The best player in the 1950 World Cup .
- America's Cup Best Player 1949
- The best football player of the championship of Rio de Janeiro in 1955.
- Zizinho with 145 goals takes 8th place in the list of Flamengo scorers of all time.
Sources
- Zizinho. The idol of Pele himself // Igor Goldes. 100 legends of world football. Second issue. M., 2003.S. 22-28.