Urubatão Calvo Nunes (31 March 1931 – 24 September 2010), simply known as Urubatão, was a Brazilian

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and manager. Mainly a

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, he could also play as a

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. Urubatão had his playing career mainly associated with Santos. As a manager, he worked mostly in the

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, notably managing América-SP four times.

Playing career

Club

Born in

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, Urubatão joined the youth setup of

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in 1947. He signed his first professional contract in 1950, and moved to Santos in 1954. Urubatão moved abroad in 1961, signing for

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. He returned to his home country, and represented Jabaquara and Ponte Preta before retiring in 1965, aged 34.

International

Urubatão played one match for the

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, a 1–2

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loss against

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at the

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on 7 July 1957.

Managerial career

After retiring Urubatão became a manager, with his first Série A side being

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in 1974 and 1976. He returned to Santos in 1977, coaching the club in 26 matches. Urubatão was subsequently in charge of a number of clubs, notably managing América-SP on five occasions, Portuguesa,

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(where he won the 1981

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and

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, but mainly worked in the

Death

Urubatão died on 24 September 2010, aged 77, due to a

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Player

Santos *

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

* Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1959

Manager

Londrina *

: 1981

References

External links

Futebol de Goyaz profile
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