Zico (footballer)

Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [aʁˈtuʁ ɐ̃ˈtũnis koˈĩbɾɐ], born 3 March 1953), better known as Zico ([ˈziku]), is a Brazilian football coach and former player. He played as an attacking midfielder. Zico is often called the "White Pelé". He was a very good playmaker. Zico had very good technical skills. He is regarded to be one of the most clinical finishers and best passers ever. He is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.^[2][3][4] Zico is also widely known as the greatest Brazilian footballer to never win the World Cup. He was recognised as one of the world's best players of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Zico is recognized as one of the best playmakers and free kick specialists. He was able to bend the ball in all directions.^[5] Zico scored the most goals from direct free kicks, with 101 goals.^[6]

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Antunes and the second is Coimbra.

Zico

During his team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Oman
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Antunes Coimbra
Date of birth	(1953-03-03) 3 March 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kashima Antlers (technical director)
Youth career
1967–1971	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1983	Flamengo	212	(123)
1983–1985	Udinese	39	(22)
1985–1989	Flamengo	37	(12)
1991–1994	Kashima Antlers	45	(35)
Total		333	(192)
International career
1976–1986	Brazil	71	(48)
Managerial career
1999	Kashima Antlers
2000–2002	CFZ
2002–2006	Japan
2006–2008	Fenerbahçe
2008	Bunyodkor
2009	CSKA Moscow
2009–2010	Olympiacos
2011–2012	Iraq
2013–2014	Al-Gharafa
2014–2016	FC Goa
2018–	Kashima Antlers (technical director)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil (as player) FIFA World Cup 1978 Copa América 1979 Representing  Japan (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Winner 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Player

Club

• This information is based on Zico's senior career totals.^[7]

Club	Season	League	League		Regional League		Cup1		Continental2		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1971	Série A	15	2	2	0	–				17	2
	1972		4	0	2	0	–				6	0
	1973		26	8	9	0	–				35	8
	1974		19	11	31	19	–				50	30
	1975		27	10	28	30	–				55	40
	1976		20	14	27	18	–				47	32
	1977		18	10	29	27	–				47	37
	1978		0	0	22	19	–				22	19
	1979		8	5	(17 + 263) 43	(26 + 343) 60	–				51	65
	1980		19	21	26	12	–				45	33
	1981		8	3	33	25	–		13	11	554	39
	1982		23	20	21	21	–		4	2	48	43
	1983		25	19	–				4	3	29	22
	Total		212	123	273	231	–		21	16	507	370
Udinese	1983–84	Serie A	24	19	–		9	5	–		33	24
	1984–85		15	3	–		5	3	–		20	6
	Total		39	22	–		14	8	–		53	30
Flamengo	1985	Série A	3	1	3	2	–				6	3
	1986		0	0	4	3	–				4	3
	1987		12	5	5	1	–				17	6
	1988		14	4	6	0	–				20	4
	1989		8	2	11	2	7	3	1	0	27	7
	Total		37	12	29	8	7	3	1	0	74	23
Sumitomo Metals	1991–92	JSL2	22	21	–		2	1	–		24	22
Kashima Antlers
	1992	J.League	–				12	7	–		12	7
	1993		16	9	–		7	3	–		23	12
	1994		7	5	–						7	5
	Total		45	35	–		21	11	–		66	46
Career Totals			333	192	302	239	42	22	22	16	700	469

¹Include Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, JSL Cup, J.League Cup, and Emperor's Cup ²Include Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana ³Campeonato Carioca extra tournament ⁴Include Intercontinental Cup

International

Brazil (official matches)
Year	Apps	Goals
1976	9	6
1977	7	6
1978	11	3
1979	5	5
1980	5	4
1981	12	10
1982	11	8
1983	1	0
1984	0	0
1985	5	3
1986	5	3
Total	71	48

Managerial statistics

^[8]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Kashima Antlers	1999	1999	15	10	2	3	066.67
CFZ	2002	2002	3	0	3	0	000.00
Japan	2002	2006	71	37	16	18	052.11
Fenerbahçe	2006	2008	120	74	28	18	061.67
Bunyodkor	2008	2008	13	10	1	2	076.92
CSKA Moscow	2009	2009	35	20	5	10	057.14
Olympiacos	2009	2010	21	12	4	5	057.14
Iraq	2011	2012	22	10	6	6	045.45
Al-Gharafa	2013	2014	20	5	7	8	025.00
FC Goa	2014	2016	47	18	12	17	038.30
Total			319	166	74	79	052.04

Honours

^[9]

Player

Club

Flamengo^[2][10]

• Campeonato Carioca: 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1979 (extra), 1981, 1986
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1980, 1982, 1983
• Copa União: 1987^[11]
• Copa Libertadores: 1981
• Intercontinental Cup: 1981

Kashima Antlers^[10]

• J.League Suntory Series: 1993

International

Brazil^[2]

• FIFA World Cup Third place: 1978
• Copa América Third place: 1979

Brazil (Beach soccer)

• Beach Soccer World Championship: 1995, 1996
• American Cup Beach Soccer: 1995, 1996

Individual

• Bola de Ouro: 1974, 1982^[10]
• Bola de Prata: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1987^[10]
• Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 1975 (30 goals), 1977 (27 goals), 1978 (19 goals), 1979 (26 goals), 1982 (21 goals)^[10]
• South American Footballer of the Year: 1977, 1981, 1982^[10]
• South American Footballer of the Year Silver Ball: 1976, 1980
• Brazilian season top scorer: 1976 (63 goals).^[12] 1977 (48 goals).^[13] 1979 (81 goals),^[14] 1980 (53 goals),^[15] 1982 (59 goals)^[16]
• FIFA XI: 1979, 1982
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 1980 (21 goals), 1982 (21 goals)^[10]
• Copa Libertadores Best Player: 1981^[10]
• Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1981^[10]
• Intercontinental Cup MVP Award: 1981^[10]
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1982
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1982
• World Soccer Player of the Year: 1983^[17]
• Chevron Award: 1984^[18]
• Serie A Player of the Year: 1984^[19]
• Beach Soccer World Championship Top Scorer: 1995 (12 goals)
• Beach Soccer World Championship Best Player: 1995
• FIFA Order of Merit: 1996^[20]
• FIFA 100: 2004
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2006^[21]
• Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame: 2010
• IFFHS 3rd Best Brazilian Player of the 20th century^[22]
• IFFHS 7th Best South American Player of the 20th century^[22]
• IFFHS 14th Best Player of the 20th century^{[broken anchor][22]}
• FIFA 7th Best Player of the 20th century (FIFA Magazine and Grand Jury vote)
• France Football 9th Best Player of the 20th century^[23]
• World Soccer Magazine 18th Greatest Player of the 20th century
• Placar 16th Best Player of the 20th century^[24]
• IFFHS Legends^[25]

Records

• Top scorer in Flamengo's history – 508 goals
• Top scorer in Maracanã Stadium – 333 goals^[26]
• Japan Soccer League record for goals scored in straight matches – 11 goals in 10 matches (1992)
• Flamengo record holder – Top scorer in a single season – 81 goals (1979)

Manager

Club

Fenerbahçe

• Süper Lig: 2006–07
• Turkish Super Cup: 2007

Bunyodkor

• Uzbekistani Cup: 2008
• Uzbek League: 2008

CSKA Moscow

• Russian Super Cup: 2009
• Russian Cup: 2008–09

Olympiacos

• Super League Greece runners-up: 2009–10

FC Goa

• Indian Super League runners-up: 2015

International

Japan

• Asian Cup: 2004

Statistics

Goals by year Year Apps Goals 1976 9 6 1977 7 6 1978 11 3 1979 5 5 1980 5 4 1981 12 10 1982 11 8 1983 1 0 1984 0 0 1985 5 3 1986 5 3 Total 71 48

Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 30 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 FIFA World Cup tournaments 5 Copa América tournaments 2 Total 48

International goals

Scores and results; list Brazil's goal tally first.^[27]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	25 February 1976	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	27 February 1976	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	2–0	2–1
3.	28 April 1976	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Uruguay	2–1	2–1
4.	31 May 1976	Yale Bowl, New Haven, United States	Italy	3–1	4–1
5.	9 June 1976	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	1–0	3–1
6.	1 December 1976		Soviet Union	1–0	2–0
7.	9 March 1977		Colombia	2–0	6–0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier
8.	23 June 1977		Scotland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
9.	14 July 1977	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia	Bolivia	1–0	8–0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10.				2–0
11.				4–0
12.				6–0
13.	1 May 1978	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Peru	1–0	3–0	Friendly
14.	17 May 1978		Czechoslovakia	1–0	3–0
15.	14 June 1978	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina	Peru	3–0	3–0	1978 FIFA World Cup
16.	17 May 1979	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	3–0	6–0	Friendly
17.	17 May 1979			4–0	6–0
18.	17 May 1979			5–0	6–0
19.	2 August 1979		Argentina	1–0	2–1	1979 Copa América
20.	16 September 1979	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	Bolivia	2–0	2–0
21.	24 June 1980	Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Chile	1–0	2–1	Friendly
22.	29 June 1980	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	Poland	1–1	1–1
23.	30 October 1980	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil	Paraguay	1–0	6–0
24.				2–0
25.	8 February 1981	Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–0	6–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier
26.	14 February 1981	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador	Ecuador	1–0	6–0	Friendly
27.	14 March 1981	Estádio Santa Cruz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Chile	1–0	2–1
28.	22 March 1981	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bolivia	1–0	3–1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier
29.				2–0	3–1
30.				3–1	3–1
31.	29 March 1981	Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil	Venezuela	4–0	5–0
32.	12 May 1981	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	1–0	1–0	Friendly
33.	15 May 1981	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	France	1–0	3–1
34.	28 October 1981	Estádio Olímpico, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Bulgaria	2–0	3–0
35.	3 March 1982	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	Czechoslovakia	1–0	1–1
36.	5 May 1982	Castelão, São Luís, Brazil	Portugal	3–0	3–1
37.	19 May 1982	Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil	Switzerland	1–0	1–1
38.	27 May 1982	Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia, Brazil	Republic of Ireland	7–0	7–0
39.	18 June 1982	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Scotland	1–1	4–1	1982 FIFA World Cup
40.	23 June 1982		New Zealand	1–1	4–1
41.				2–0
42.	2 July 1982	Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain	Argentina	1–0	3–1
43.	8 June 1985	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Chile	1–0	3–1	Friendly
44.				2–0
45.	16 June 1985	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	2–0	2–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier
46.	30 April 1986	Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil	Yugoslavia	1–0	4–2	Friendly
47.				2–2
48.				3–2