Zózimo

Zózimo

Personal information
Full name	Zózimo Alves Calazães
Date of birth	(1932-06-19)19 June 1932
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1950	São Cristóvão
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951-1965	Bangu
1965	Flamengo
1965	Portuguesa
1966-1967	Sporting Cristal
1967-1968	Águila
International career
1955-1962	Brazil
Managerial career
1976	Águila
1976	Sport Boys
1976	Deportivo Municipal
1976	Bangu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zózimo Alves Calazães, best known as Zózimo (19 June 1932 – 17 July 1977) was a Brazilian footballer whose career as a defender and midfielder lasted from 1948 to 1967.

Born in Plataforma, a bairro of Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Zózimo played for Brazil's São Cristóvão, Bangu, Flamengo, Portuguesa and Esportiva de Guarantinguetá, as well as Peru's Sporting Cristal in Lima and El Salvador's Club Deportivo Águila in San Miguel. He won one Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1965 and was a two-time winner for the Brazilian team at the FIFA World Cup in 1958 and 1962. In his 19-year career he earned a reputation as one of Brazil's most highly skilled players.

Four weeks after his 45th birthday, Zózimo died in a road accident in Rio de Janeiro.

External links

• Zózimo career profile at Sambafoot
• Zózimo at National-Football-Teams.com