Nelinho
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Full name | Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral | ||
Date of birth | July 26, 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1965 | Olaria | ||
1965–1970 | América (RJ) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970 | América (RJ) | ||
1970–1971 | Barreirense | 6 | (0) |
1971 | Anzoátegui | ||
1972 | Bonsucesso | ||
1972 | Remo | 10 | (0) |
1973–1980 | Cruzeiro | 410 | (43) |
1980–1981 | Grêmio | 2 | (1) |
1981–1982 | Cruzeiro | 17 | (4) |
1982–1987 | Atlético Mineiro | 204 | (18) |
Total | 681 | (82) | |
International career | |||
1974–1980 | Brazil | 21 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
1993 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
1994 | Cruzeiro | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral (born July 26, 1950), known as Nelinho, is a former Brazilian association footballer who played as right back.[1] He played for several clubs in his home country and abroad, most notably Belo Horizonte rivals Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro. Nelinho also represented the Brazilian national team in two FIFA World Cups.
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Club career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Nelinho started his career at local club Olaria, but signed his first professional contract with América. After a recommendation by Otto Glória, then manager of the team, he moved to Portugal to play for Barreirense. A brief stint with Venezuela's Deportivo Anzoátegui followed, before returning to Rio de Janeiro to play for Bonsucesso, which then loaned him to Remo. After good performances in the 1972 Brasileirão, Nelinho was signed by Cruzeiro for the following season.[2]
At the Belo Horizonte-based club, Nelinho won the Campeonato Mineiro four times between 1973 and 1977, and one Copa Libertadores in 1976, scoring in two matches of the finals against River Plate. While at the club, he was also selected for the Bola de Prata (Campeonato Brasileiro team of the year) three times, in 1975, 1979 and 1980. In total, he had 411 appearances with Cruzeiro, and scored 105 goals.[3] Nelinho managed Cruzeiro in 1994.
After a brief spell at Grêmio, where he won a Campeonato Gaúcho, Nelinho returned to Belo Horizonte to play for Cruzeiro's rivals Atlético Mineiro in 1982. He spent the rest of his career at the club, where he won four more Campeonato Mineiros and was awarded with the Bola de Prata once more in 1983. He also coached the club in 1993.[4]
International career
Nelinho was capped 28 times by Brazil, between April 1974 and June 1980, and scored eight international goals.[5] He won a Taça do Atlântico with the Seleção, and was part of the squad in two Copa Américas.
Nelinho played three matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and four in the 1978 FIFA World Cup,[5] and scored one of the most stunning goals in World Cup history, in the third place match against Italy in 1978: he struck the ball into the far corner with the outside of his right foot, bending it round the sprawling Dino Zoff.[1]
Later life
After retiring from football, Nelinho joined Brazil's Democratic Labour Party and was elected State Deputy of Minas Gerais in 1987. After a period of involvement with politics, he returned briefly to football and managed Atlético Mineiro in 1993 and Cruzeiro 1994. In 2005, Nelinho worked as pundit for TV Globo and SporTV, and currently owns a gym in Belo Horizonte.[6]
Honours
Club
Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro (4): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1976
Grêmio
- Campeonato Gaúcho (1): 1980
Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro (4): 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
International
Brazil
- Taça do Atlântico (1): 1976
Individual
- Bola de Prata (4): 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983
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External links
- Nelinho – FIFA competition record
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- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- America Football Club (RJ) players
- F.C. Barreirense players
- Bonsucesso Futebol Clube players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Clube do Remo players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro managers
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Primeira Liga players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Venezuela
- Brazilian expatriates in Portugal
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- 1975 Copa América players
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1979 Copa América players
- Brazil international footballers
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)