Wilson Francisco Alves

Wilson Francisco Alves - usually only briefly mentioned Wilson - ( born December 21, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, † July 12, 1998 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian football player and coach. The defender had his greatest success in the 1940s and 1950s with his time as Expresso da Vitória its heyday continuous CR Vasco da Gama. With the national team he won the South American championship. A highlight of his years as a coach was winning the state championship of Paraná.

Life

Wilson started to play football at the age of 16 years at the local club EC São José in Rio de Janeiro. From 1943 to 1952 he played for CR Vasco da Gama where he won the state championship in Rio de Janeiro five times. But the highlight of his time at the club was probably winning the Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones of 1948 in Santiago de Chile, the official forerunners of today's Copa Libertadores. From the crucial game against the Argentinian master CA River Plate is reported that he had the rising star Alfredo Di Stéfano "covered perfectly ." Other important players in the same team Vasco, the formerly the nickname Expresso da Vitória ( " Siegese Express" ) acquired and was originally trained by Ondino Viera and from 1947 by Flávio Costa, were, among others, Captain Augusto, goalkeeper Moacyr Barbosa and strikers Jair da Rosa Pinto, Ademir de Menezes and Chico.

Wilson also belonged to the tribe of the Brazilian national team that won the South American Football Championship of 1949. But his five matches at the tournament remained his only internationals.

Wilson ended his playing career until 1957 at Portuguesa in São Paulo and Santos FC, ​​with whom he won the 1955 and 1956 State Championship of São Paulo. Morro do Capão in Rio, where he was born - - Then Wilson, who often was called Capão began a career as coach.

1966 and 1967 he led Portuguesa through the games of Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, the predecessor of today's national championship. Between 1977 and 1982 he accompanied Grêmio Maringá, the EC Comercial from Campo Grande ( MS) and América FC from São José do Rio Preto (SP ) through the national championship.

Mostly, however, he worked in small and medium-sized cities with just such associations. In 1961 he led the club while A Prudentina EA from Presidente Prudente first time in the premier league of São Paulo. With Grêmio Maringá 1977 he won the state championship of Paraná by a success in the finals over the traditional club Coritiba FC. With EC São Bento Sorocaba ( SP), he won the hinterland Championship ( Campeonato do Interior ) of the State of São Paulo, the years 1964 and 1965. 1981 he defeated with the club the national team of Saudi Arabia 1-0. In addition, he coached numerous other clubs in the so-called hinterland. The journal Placar described him in 1975 in an article dedicated to him as the highest paid coach in the hinterland, as a coach who put more on friendship among the players as to " complicated tactics " value.

Wilson Francisco Alves, the Capão, died on 12 July 1998 at the age of 70 years - the same day as Brazil lost the 1998 World Cup finals in France.

Statistical career overview

Player

Achievements:

  • Copa América: 1949

Coach

  • State Championship of Paraná: 1977
Club Atlético River Plate Augusto da Costa Jair da Rosa Pinto Ademir Marques de Menezes 1949 South American Championship Mato Grosso do Sul Guarani Futebol Clube Campinas Paulista Futebol Clube Esporte Clube Noroeste Bauru
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