Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto Torres (right) with Pele for New York Cosmos (1977 )
Carlos Alberto Torres ( born July 17, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a former Brazilian footballer.
Career
He started his career with 19 years at Fluminese, after three years he moved to FC Santos, where he was teammate of Pele. In 1974 he returned to his hometown club back Fluminese and secured with the second team twice the Campeonato Carioca. After the intermediate station Flamengo, he joined the NASL to New York Cosmos. There he again played with Pele in a team. The time in America was very successful and he was able to three league titles (all with New York Cosmos ) celebrate.
Even in the national team Carlos Alberto was always a mainstay. He led the Seleção in 1970 as captain until the World Cup final against Italy and was able to shoot the score to 4:1 Full there. The Brazilians had been pushed the ball over nine stations and Carlos Alberto completed the magic ball with a brilliant shot from the penalty area. The prompted journalists to talk about the " perfect goal ". The 1970 World Cup was the only World Cup, in which he took part.
After he had explained his resignation in 1982, he became a coach. Carlos Alberto was mainly active in Brazil ( among others Corinthians, Botafogo ). But he was already responsible for the national teams of Nigeria, Oman and Azerbaijan.
From Pele 2004 he was included in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers. A year before he was elected to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Successes as a player
Fluminense
- Campeonato Carioca: 1964, 1975, 1976
- Taça Guanabara: 1966, 1975
Santos
- Recopa Sudamericana: 1968
- Taça de Prata: 1968
- Paulista Championship: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
New York Cosmos
- NASL Outdoor Championships: 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982
- Eastern Division, National Conference: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982
- Trans-Atlantic Cup Championships: 1980
Brazil
- World Champion: 1970