Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira

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Personal information
Athirson
Full name	Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira
Date of birth	January 16, 1977 (1977-01-16) (age 31)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left back /Left winger
Club information
Current club	Brasiliense
Youth clubs
	Flamengo
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1998 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002-2004 2005 2005-2007 2007 2008-	Flamengo Santos (loan) Flamengo Juventus (loan) Flamengo Cruzeiro Bayer Leverkusen Botafogo Brasiliense	31 (2) 25 (1) 27 (1) 05 (0) 43 (6) 06 (1) 20 (1) 06 (0) 00 (0)
National team²
1999-2003	Brazil	19 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31/10/2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31/10/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira (born January 16, 1977) is a Brazilian football defender (left back) who plays in Romania at F.C. Vaslui. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and has played most of his career at Flamengo. Usually a left back, Athirson could also play on the left wing and as an attacking midfielder. He was useful there because of his attacking skills.

Athirson was released by Bayer Leverkusen along with Roque Junior. He then signed a 6 months contract with Botafogo, but his contract was terminated on October 4, 2007, after just playing only 6 times for the club.

He signed a one year contract with Brasiliense on 22 February 2008.

He has played 19 times for the Brazilian National Team, having scored 2 goals. He was in the squad of 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.