José Maria Rodrigues Alves, better known as ''Zé Maria'',
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1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

(as a reserve who did not play), but he played in four matches during the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

. Zé Maria's son Fernando Lázaro is a coach and development analyst, and worked mainly at Corinthians.

Honours

; Corinthans *

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1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, 1982,

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; Brazil *

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

; Individual * Bola de Prata: 1973, 1977

References

1949 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers Brazilian football managers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1974 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup–winning players São Paulo state football team players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista managers Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) managers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Footballers from Botucatu {{Brazil-footy-defender-1940s-stub