Name Luiz Winck Children Helena Winck | 1981–1989 Internacional Height 1.77 m Years Team Role Football player | |
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Full name Luis Carlos Coelho Winck Date of birth (1963-01-05) January 5, 1963 (age 52) Siblings Sergio Eduardo Coelho Winck | ||
Luís Carlos Coelho Winck, (born 5 January 1963, in Portão, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a right back.
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Club career
Luís Carlos Winck his successful career in football as a defensive midfielder with Internacional, moving to the right-back position in 1984 under late coach, Ênio Andrade. Having changed his position, Winck quickly improved his performance, winning the most important award in Brazil run by sports magazine Placar (Bola de Prata) as the best player in his position that year (he would conquer the prize again in 1987).
In 1996, he retired while playing in São José-RS. Then he became coach, for teams such as São José itself, Grêmio Coariense, São Raimundo and Sampaio Correa. He is currently with River Atlético Clube.
International career
Luís Carlos Winck, along with midfielder Ademir Kaefer, is the only Brazilian soccer player to get two silver medals in the Olympic Games (1984 and 1988). As well as his involvement at the Olympics, Luís Carlos Winck also appeared for the Brazilian senior national team on 19 occasions, between April 1985 to June 1993, but was never called up to a World Cup. He was selected for the Copa América in 1993. He scored twice for his country, once against Mexico in 1988, and once against the United States in 1993.
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