Name Aymore Moreira Role Football player | Playing position Position Goalkeeper Years Team Siblings Zeze Moreira | |
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Date of birth (1912-04-24)April 24, 1912 Date of death July 26, 1998(1998-07-26) (aged 86) Died July 26, 1998, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | ||
Especial 50 anos o t cnico aymor moreira parte 1
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.
Contents
- Especial 50 anos o t cnico aymor moreira parte 1
- Especial 50 anos O tcnico Aymor Moreira Parte 2
- Biography
- International
- References
Especial 50 anos - O técnico Aymoré Moreira - Parte 2
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.
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