Procópio Cardoso

Procópio Cardoso
Personal information
Date of birth21 March 1939
Place of birthSalinas, Brazil
Playing positionCenter Back
Youth career
19541956Renascença
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19561958Renascença
19591961Cruzeiro
19611962São Paulo
19621963Atlético Mineiro
1963Fluminense
1964Vitória
1965Fluminense
19651966Palmeiras
19661974Cruzeiro
Teams managed
1975Cruzeiro (Youth team)
19791981Atlético Mineiro
19811983Al-Arabi (QAT)
1984Al-Sharjah
198485Atlético Mineiro
198587Al Sadd
198788Qatar
1989Fluminense
1990Grêmio
1991Ettifaq
1992Atlético Mineiro
1994Internacional
19951996Atlético Mineiro
1996Bahia
1998Al Wasl
1999Al Nassr (KSA)
2001Al-Arabi (QAT)
2003Atlético Mineiro
20042005Atlético Mineiro
2008América Mineiro
* 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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