Zezé Moreira

Zezé Moreira
Personal information
Full name	Alfredo Moreira Júnior
Date of birth	16 October 1917
Place of birth	Miracema (RJ), Brazil
Date of death	10 April 1998 (aged 80)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
Senior career*
Years	Team
1933	Flamengo
1935	Palestra Itália
1935–1943	Botafogo
1944–1945	America
Teams managed
1948–1949	Botafogo
1951–1954	Fluminense
1952	Brazil
1954–1955	Botafogo
1954–1955	Brazil
1955–1956	Botafogo
1958–1962	Fluminense
1962	Palestino
1963	Nacional
1965–1966	Vasco da Gama
1966–1967	Corinthians
1967	Sport
1968–1969	Nacional
1970	São Paulo
1971–1972	Belenenses
1973	Fluminense
1975	Bahia
1975–1977	Cruzeiro
1978–1981	Bahia
1981	Canto do Rio
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfredo Moreira Júnior (16 October 1917 – 10 April 1998), usually known as Zezé Moreira, was a Brazilian football player and manager who coached Brazil at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He has the most coaching appearances in Fluminense's history, with 467 managed matches for the Tricolor. His brothers also had a singular taste for football: Aymoré Moreira, winner of the 1962 FIFA World Cup and Ayrton Moreira, both of them successful coaches in the Brazilian football. In 1976, as Cruzeiro's manager, he won the Copa Libertadores.

Career[edit]

Zezé Moreira was born in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

As a footballer, he played for Sport Club Brasil, Palestra Itália (nowadays Palmeiras), Flamengo and Botafogo.

Zezé Moreira managed several clubs, like Fluminense, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, Sport Recife and Nacional of Uruguay. He was also the Brazilian national team manager in 1952, 1954 and 1955.