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Mazinho

Mazinho
Personal information
Full name Iomar do Nascimento
Date of birth (1966-04-08) 8 April 1966 (age 51)
Place of birth Santa Rita, Paraíba, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Santa Cruz (PB) ? (?)
1985–1990 Vasco da Gama 79 (7)
1990–1991 Lecce 34 (2)
1991–1992 Fiorentina 21 (0)
1992–1994 Palmeiras 20 (0)
1994–1996 Valencia 71 (0)
1996–2000 Celta Vigo 114 (8)
2000–2001 Elche 17 (0)
2001 Vitória 15 (0)
Total 371 (17)
National team
1989–1994 Brazil 35 (0)
Teams managed
2009 Aris
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Iomar do Nascimento, known as Mazinho (born 8 April 1966) is a Brazilian association football manager and former player, as well as the former head coach of Greek club Aris.

A former midfielder, Mazinho played 35 internationals for Brazil national team, winning the 1989 Copa América, 1994 FIFA World Cup and the Silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. He was also named in the squads for the 1990 World Cup and 1991 Copa América.

Mazinho played with Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras and Vitória in his homeland, with Lecce and Fiorentina in Italy, and with Valencia, Celta de Vigo and Elche in Spain. Starting his career as left back, he moved to the midfield in the early 1990s.

Mazinho was a three-time winner of the Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazilian championship) with Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras. He received the Brazilian Silver Ball award in 1987 and 1988.

Mazinho earned 35 caps with the Brazil national team, the first coming in May 1989 in a friendly against Peru and the last during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. His main achievement was at the 1994 World Cup where he was the third member of the "three men and baby" celebration with Bebeto and Romário in the quarter-final win against the Netherlands, a tournament Brazil went on to win. Mazinho was also a Copa América winner in 1989 at which point he was playing as a full-back.


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