Zózimo Alves Calazaes,
best known as Zózimo (19 June 1932 – 21 July 1977) was a Brazilian
footballer
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whose career as a
defender and
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
lasted from 1948 to 1967.
Born in Plataforma, a
bairro of
Salvador, the capital of
Bahia
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, Zózimo played for Brazil's
São Cristóvão,
Bangu,
Flamengo
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,
Portuguesa and Esportiva de Guarantinguetá, as well as
Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
's
Sport Boys
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in
Callao and
El Salvador's
Club Deportivo Águila in
San Miguel. He won one
Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1965 and was a two-time winner for the
Brazilian team at the
FIFA World Cup
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in
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 ...
and
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the
1952 Summer Olympics
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.
In his 19-year career he earned a reputation as one of Brazil's most highly skilled players.
Four weeks after his 45th birthday, Zózimo died in a road accident in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
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1932 births
1977 deaths
Sportspeople from Bahia
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian football managers
Association football defenders
Association football midfielders
Association football utility players
Brazil international footballers
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Brazil
1958 FIFA World Cup players
1962 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup-winning players
Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
Expatriate football managers in El Salvador
Expatriate footballers in Peru
Expatriate football managers in Peru
Road incident deaths in Brazil
Bangu Atlético Clube players
CR Flamengo footballers
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
Sporting Cristal footballers
C.D. Águila footballers
C.D. Águila managers
Sport Boys managers
Deportivo Municipal managers
Bangu Atlético Clube managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Peru
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