Júlio Herculano Pedroso, known as Júlio Mazzei, was a Brazilian soccer coach. He is perhaps best known for bringing Pele to
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* New York Cosmos (1970–1985), a team in the North American Soccer League (then the top-tier soccer league in the United States and Canada)
* New York Cosmos (2010), a team playing since 2020 in the National Indepen ...
of the
North American Soccer League
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to
1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...
.
He was a Physical Education teacher trained in
São Carlos
São Carlos (Saint Charles, in English, ; named after Charles Borromeo, Saint Charles Borromeo) is a Brazilian city and municipality in the Interior of São Paulo, interior of the state of São Paulo, 254 kilometers from the city of São Paulo. ...
and a coach for
Santos in the 1960s. He established a new type of football training, using new methods, such as Circuit Training, created in 1958.
With Santos he won the
Campeonato Paulista
The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...
in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973, the
Recopa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...
in 1968 and the
Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, or nicknamed Robertão, was an association football competition contested in Brazil between 1967 and 1970 among soccer teams from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas ...
in 1968.
in 1965, he was a coach of the Brazil B national team.
He coached the Cosmos to the NASL title with a 1–0 victory over the
Seattle Sounders in
Soccer Bowl '82.
He died in 2009, aged 78.
References
Links
* Michael Lewis:
Passing of a Legend: Prof. Mazzei, confidante of Pele, former Cosmos coach, passes away', Big Apple Soccer, 11 May 2009.
*
Júlio Mazzei: Ex-Professor de Educação Física', Que fim levou?, Terceiro Tempo, (per 30 October 2016).
* Josmar F. Lopes:
Julio Mazzei, the Cosmos and the Untold Story of the Man behind the Glasses', Reviews by Josmar Lopes, 7 April 2016.
Sports coaches from São Paulo
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian football managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches
1930 births
2009 deaths
Men's association football players not categorized by position
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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