Procópio Cardoso

Procópio Cardoso
Personal information
Date of birth 21 March 1939 (1939-03-21) (age 72)
Place of birth Salinas, Brazil
Playing position Center Back
Youth career
1954–1956 Renascença
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1958 Renascença
1959–1961 Cruzeiro
1961–1962 São Paulo
1962–1963 Atlético Mineiro
1963 Fluminense
1964 Vitória
1965 Fluminense
1965–1966 Palmeiras
1966–1974 Cruzeiro
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Procópio Cardoso Neto (born March 21, 1939) is a Brazilian former football player and coach.

He started his professional career at Renascença as a Center Back. Cardoso also played for Belo Horizonte rivals, Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, São Paulo, Fluminense, Vitória and Palmeiras.[1] In a game of Cruzeiro against Santos for 1968 Taça Brasil Cardoso disputed a ball with Pelé and he had ruptured a tendon in his knee. He spent 5 years out of professional football, working a youth coach at Cruzeiro, returning at field just in 1973.

As a manager, Cardoso managed Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Fluminense, Bahia and Internacional.[2]

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