Neco

Neco in the Brazilian national team jersey

Manuel Nunes, known as Neco ( born March 7, 1895 in São Paulo, † May 31, 1977 ibid ), was a Brazilian football player and coach. In the history of SC Corinthians Paulista, for whom he worked until the end of the 1930s as a player and coach, he was the first major star and won with the club the first title. With the Brazilian national team, he won the South American Football Championship twice.

Life

Neco began in 1911 in the youth of the company founded in 1910 SC Corinthians Paulista to play. From 1913 he was also first appearances in the first team of the club. In 1914, he belonged to the tribe formation and won with this with the state of São Paulo, the first championship title in club history. 1915 stood Corinthians from the brink of bankruptcy and therefore did not take part in the game mode. Neco increased this year AA Mackenzie College and has been with the club runners. 1916 Corinthians took the game mode back on and Neco returned. Corinthians could immediately build on the old strength and won his second title.

In the following years he was at club level with the exception of the honor of the scorer of 1920, this time with 24 goals, add any further securities. There was a runner-up, otherwise third places. Neco was there also entrusted for the first time with the training line at Corinthians in 1920.

1917 opened for Neco with the invitation to the selection for the second playout of the South American Championship in Uruguay a successful career in the national team. In his first international match - along with the also debuting Amilcar Barbuy he was here for the first national player of the history of Corinthians - in October 1917 in Montevideo, he met already in the 8th minute to make it 1-0 against Argentina, but in the end lost the Seleção with 2:4. In the course of the tournament Neco could still add another goal but Brazil had to settle for third place behind Uruguay and Argentina.

Held for 1919 in Rio de Janeiro, the Estádio das Laranjeiras of Fluminense FC Americas Championship was again Neco consideration. With Arthur Friedenreich from CA Paulistano he made it a successful duo in the storm. Both were with four hits for the top scorers of the tournament and contributed significantly to the first title of a Brazilian national football team at.

Neco had to wait until the South American Championship 1922, which was held at the same site as the competition from 1919 until he was again taken into account in the national team. It succeeded in this decision game of the tournament against Paraguay after 11 minutes to achieve the leadership of Brazil. The game ended 3-0 and the Seleção secured their second title.

In 1922 he also won his third national title with Corinthians and with the title defenses over the next two years managed the club even a hat-trick. 1927 Neco was another player-coach, reaching Corinthians third place in the State League. 1928 and 1930, the year of his retirement as a player he could enter two more league title and thus the second championship hat-trick. In 1930, he reached it the seventh title in 17 years and Corinthians was so giants before the CA Paulistano with a title less.

Overall Neco denied the Most Links to outside or center forward, in later years, but also in midfield played 296 games for Corinthians, of whom 215 were recovered. 35 went from undecided and only 46 were lost. He scoring 235 goals.

From 1937 to 1938 Neco sat again on the bench Corinthians, winning the championship of the year 1937.

As early as 1930, when he set his playing career, he was honored as the first Corinthians player with a statue on the club grounds, to date, the highest honor has to forgive the club.

Neco married in August 1925 Adalgisa Guganis, with whom he had a daughter and a son. Professionally, he retired in 1965 70 - year back by the Secretariat of Public Security of the State of São Paulo. He remained the SC Corinthians Paulista life closely connected. Yet on May 18, 1977, he attended his last game in the Parque São Jorge. Neco died on 31 May 1977 in São Paulo at the age of 82 years. He did not live as Corinthians would again win the state championship title for the first time after 23 years on 13 October - the 16th in the club's history.

Statistics

Player

Teams:

Title:

  • South American Football Championship: 1919, 1922
  • State Championship of São Paulo: 1914, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1930

Top scorer:

  • South American Football Championship: 1919 ( 4 goals)
  • State of São Paulo Championship: 1914 (12 goals)
  • State of São Paulo Championship: 1920 (24 goals)

Coach

Clubs:

  • SC Corinthians Paulista: 1920, 1927, 1937-38

Title:

  • State Championship of São Paulo: 1937

Links and literature

  • CBF: " Perfil de que atletas disputaram a Copa America: Neco "
  • SC Corinthians Paulista: " Ídolos | 100 anos de história: Neco "
  • RSSSF Brasil: " Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team ) 1914-1922 "
  • Antonio Roque Citadini: Neco, o primeiro ídolo. Geração Editorial, São Paulo 2001, ISBN 85-7509-015-1.
  • National football team (Brazil )
  • Person (São Paulo)
  • Brazilian
  • Born in 1895
  • Died in 1977
  • Man
1917 South American Championship 1919 South American Championship Club Athletico Paulistano 1922 South American Championship
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