Zózimo

Zózimo

Zózimo with Brazil in 1956
Personal information
Full name	Zózimo Alves Calazans [1]
Date of birth	(1932-06-19)19 June 1932
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Date of death	21 July 1977(1977-07-21) (aged 45)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1950	São Cristóvão
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1965	Bangu	245	(17)
1965	Flamengo
1965	Portuguesa
1966	Sport Boys
1967	Porvenir Miraflores
1967–1968	Águila
International career
1955–1962	Brazil	35	(1)
Managerial career
1968	Águila
1973	Deportivo Municipal
1975–1976	Sport Boys
1976	Bangu
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 1958 Sweden Winner 1962 Chile South American Championship Runner-up 1957 Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zózimo Alves Calazans,^[1] best known as Zózimo (19 June 1932 – 21 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 Sport Boys in Callao 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. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3] 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.^[2]

• Zózimo at Sambafoot (archived)
• Zózimo at National-Football-Teams.com

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