Mazinho

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Mazinho
Iomar do Nascimento Melo, Barcelona 2019 (cropped).jpg
Mazinho in 2019
Personal information
Full name Iomar do Nascimento
Date of birth (1966-04-08) 8 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Santa Rita, Paraíba, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, full-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1990 Vasco da Gama 232 (16)
1990–1991 Lecce 34 (2)
1991–1992 Fiorentina 21 (0)
1992–1994 Palmeiras 127 (2)
1994–1996 Valencia 71 (0)
1996–2000 Celta Vigo 114 (8)
2000–2001 Elche 17 (0)
2001 Vitória 15 (0)
Total631(28)
International career
1989–1994 Brazil 35 (0)
Managerial career
2009 Aris
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1994 USA
Copa América
Winner 1989 Brazil
Runner-up 1991 Chile
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iomar do Nascimento (born 8 April 1966), known as Mazinho, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. Mazinho played primarily as a defensive midfielder and a full-back in his professional playing career. As a manager, he had a short spell at Greek club Aris in 2009.

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A former central midfielder, Mazinho played 35 internationals for Brazil national team, winning the 1989 Copa América, 1994 FIFA World Cup and the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. He was also named in the squads for the 1990 World Cup and 1991 Copa América.

Club career

Mazinho played with Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras and Vitória in his homeland, with Lecce and Fiorentina in Italy, and with Valencia, Celta de Vigo and Elche in Spain. Starting his career as left back, he moved to the midfield in the early 1990s.

Mazinho was a three-time winner of the Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazilian championship) with Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras. He received the Brazilian Silver Ball award in 1987 and 1988.

International career

Mazinho earned 35 caps with the Brazil national team, the first coming in May 1989 in a friendly against Peru and the last during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [1] [2] At the 1994 World Cup, a tournament Brazil went on to win, he was the third member of the "three men and a baby" celebration with Bebeto and Romário in the quarter-final win against the Netherlands. Mazinho was also a Copa América winner in 1989, at which point he was playing as a full-back.

Another player nicknamed "Mazinho" – Waldemar Aureliano de Oliveira Filho – played for Brazil at the 1991 Copa América, and was known as "Mazinho Oliveira" or "Mazinho II" to avoid confusion between the two men.

Managing career

In January 2009, Mazinho was appointed head coach of Greek side Aris, replacing Spanish Quique Hernández. [3] Mazinho, however, was later replaced with former Valencia coach Héctor Cúper in November 2009.

Statistics

TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Aris Thessaloniki Flag of Greece.svg 21 January 20092 November 2009231175047.83
Total231175047.83

Personal life

Mazinho is the father of football players Thiago and Rafinha. His wife, Valéria, was a former volleyball player. [4] [5]

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama
Palmeiras

International

Brazil

Individual

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  3. ↑ "Mazinho sustituye a Quique Hernández como entrenador del Aris de Salónica". Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, Tom (18 September 2020). "Liverpool sign Thiago from Bayern Munich on long-term deal". ESPN. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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