Aymoré Moreira

Aymoré Moreira

Aymoré Moreira, May 1963
Personal information
Date of birth	(1912-04-24)April 24, 1912
Place of birth	Miracema, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death	Salvador Bahia, Brazil
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1933	América (RJ)
1934–1935	Palestra Itália
1936–1941	Botafogo
1941	Fluminense
1941–1946	Botafogo
International career
1932–1940	Brazil
Managerial career
1948–1949	Olaria
1950	Bangu
1951	São Cristóvão
1951–1952	Palmeiras
1952	Santos
1953	Portuguesa
1953	São Paulo
1953	Brazil
1954–1957	Palmeiras
1961–1963	Brazil
1962	São Paulo
1962–1966	Portuguesa
1966–1967	São Paulo
1967	Palmeiras
1967-1968	Flamengo
1967-1968	Brazil
1968	Corinthians
1969–1970	Portuguesa
1970–1971	Corinthians
1972–1974	Boavista
1974–1975	Porto
1975-1976	Panathinaikos
1977	Botafogo
1977	Ferroviária
1977-1978	Cruzeiro
1979	Vitória
1981-1982	Bahia
1983	Galícia
1984	Catuense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aymoré Moreira (April 24, 1912 – July 26, 1998) was a football player and coach. He was a brother of Zezé Moreira and Ayrton Moreira, both of them also successful coaches in Brazilian football.

Biography

Moreira was born in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro. He began his career as a right-winger, but soon he changed to become a goalkeeper, playing in América-RJ, Palestra Itália and Botafogo-RJ, where he remained from 1936 to 1946 and earned call-ups to the Brazilian national team, the "Canarinho" (Portuguese, Little Canary).

After his retirement as a player, he became a successful coach, leading the Brazilian national team to its second FIFA World Cup in (1962). In the first match against Mexico national team, Pelé assisted on the first goal and scored the second one, later injuring himself while attempting a long-range shot against Czechoslovakia national team. This kept him out of the remainder of the tournament and forced Moreira to make his only lineup change of the tournament; bringing in Amarildo. The replacement duly scored in the final, a rematch against Czechoslovakia. Garrincha starred in the 3-1 win. national football team Moreira managed Brazilian national team for 61 matches, with 37 wins, 9 draws and 15 loses. Besides winning the World Cup, he led the "Canarinho" to win the Taça Oswaldo Cruz in 1961 and 1962, Taça Bernardo O'Higgins in 1961 and 1966, Roca Cup in 1963 and Taça Rio Branco in 1967.

Among the clubs he coached were Bangu, Palmeiras, Portuguesa, Botafogo-RJ]], São Paulo, Galícia and Panathinaikos.

Moreira died in Salvador, Bahia, aged 86.

Honours

International

Brazil

• FIFA World Cup: 1962
• Taça Oswaldo Cruz: 1961, 1962
• Taça Bernardo O'Higgins: 1961, 1966
• Copa Roca: 1963
• Taça Rio Branco: 1967

External links

• Aymoré Moreira in the Sports Museum
• Sitedalusa.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Vicente Feola	FIFA World Cup winning managers 1962	Succeeded by Alf Ramsey