Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Portuguese pronunciation: [a??tu? ???t?nis ko??b??], born 3 March 1953 in Rio de Janeiro), better known as Zico ([?ziku]), is a Brazilian coach and former footballer. Often called the "White Pelé", he is commonly considered one of the most skilled finishers and one of the best passers ever, and possibly the world's best player of the late 70s and early 80s. He is also considered one of the best playmakers and free kick specialists, able to bend the ball in all directions with pace. In 1999, Zico came eighth in the FIFA Player of the Century grand jury vote. In 2004, he was named one of the 125 greatest living footballers at a FIFA awards ceremony. According to Pelé, generally considered the best footballer ever, "throughout the years, the one player that came closest to me was Zico".With 48 goals in 71 official appearances for Brazil, Zico is the fourth highest goalscorer for his national team. He represented them in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups. They did not win any of those tournaments, even though the 1982 squad is considered one of the greatest Brazilian national squads ever. Zico is often considered one of the best players in football history not to have been on a World Cup winning squad. He was chosen 1981 and 1983 Player of the Year.Zico has coached the Japanese national team, appearing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and winning the Asian Cup 2004, and Fenerbahçe, who were a quarter-finalist in 2007–08 in the Champions League under his command. He was announced as the head coach of CSKA Moscow in January 2009. On 16 September 2009, Zico was signed by Greek side Olympiacos for a two-year contract after the club's previous coach, Temuri Ketsbaia, was sacked. He was fired four months later, on 19 January 2010.,
Thiago Coimbra, Bruno Coimbra, Arthur Antunes Coimbra Junior
Parents
Lee Geum-bi
Siblings
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Awards
Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Male Artist, Golden Disc Award Song Division, Seoul Music Awards Bonsang Awards, Okey Dokey, I Am You, You Are Me, BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Nominations
Mnet Asian Music Award for Artist of the Year, Mnet Asian Music Award for Song of the Year, Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Rap Performance, Okey Dokey, I Am You, You Are Me, BERMUDA TRIANGLE
Star Sign
Pisces
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Fact
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Technical assistant to Mr Zagallo (The coach of the Brazilian soccer team), at the world cup in France. [1998]
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Was the Japan National Soccer Team's coach between 2002-2006.
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Scored 66 goals in his 88 internationals for Brazil.
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Played in 1982 and 1986 World Cups for Brazil when, although the teams have been some of the best ever in nation, they weren't able to win
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After he retired from soccer, he joined the brazilian national team of beach soccer to be World Champion.
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In 1997 he founded his own team, named "Rio de Janeiro Futebol Clube".
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He's a big sports star in Brazil where he was Secretário Nacional de Esportes (National Secretary of Sports) in 1990.
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Also played for Udinese (1983-1985) in Italy and for Kashima Antlers (1991-1994) in Japan.
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Played professional soccer in Brazil for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (1967-1983 and 1985-1989) where he won many titles including the Toyota Cup (World Champion). He is the biggest scorer of all time in this team.
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The cup.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mrittupuri: Kill Zone
2017
post-production
Zico
Os três Palhaços e o Menino
1982
Zico
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kahaani
2012
third assistant director
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kick It Like Dante
2014
Documentary
Looking for Rio
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Altas Horas
2013
TV Series
Himself
CQC: Custe o Que Custar
2013
TV Series
Himself
TV Xuxa
2013
TV Series
Himself
Papo de Mallandro
2012
TV Series
Himself
Pulmão da Arquibancada
2012
Documentary
Himself
Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
$15 Million
