Júlio Mazzei

Júlio Herculano Pedroso,[2] known as Júlio Mazzei, was a Brazilian soccer coach. He is perhaps best known for bringing Pele to New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.

Júlio Mazzei
Personal information
Full name Júlio Herculano Pedroso Mazzei[1]
Date of birth (1930-08-27)27 August 1930
Place of birth Guaiçara, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 10 May 2009(2009-05-10) (aged 78)
Place of death Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Managerial career
Years Team
1980 New York Cosmos
1982–1983 New York Cosmos

He was a Physical Education teacher trained in São Carlos[3][4] and a coach for Santos in the 1960s. He established a new type of football training, using new methods, such as Circuit Training, created in 1958.[5]

With Santos he won the Campeonato Paulista in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973, the Recopa Sudamericana in 1968 and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa in 1968.

in 1965, he was a coach of the Brazil B national team.

He coached the Cosmos to the NASL title with a 1–0 victory over the Seattle Sounders in Soccer Bowl '82.

He died in 2009, aged 78.[6]

References
  1. "Folha de S.Paulo - Júlio Herculano Pedroso Mazzei (1930-2009): Professor de educação física e preparador de Pelé - 12/05/2009".
  2. "Globoesporte.com > Futebol - NOTÍCIAS - Aos 78 anos, morre Júlio Mazzei". globoesporte.globo.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009.
  3. "A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
  4. "A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
  5. "A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
  6. Lewis, Michael (12 May 2009). "Revered Prof. Julio Mazzei, coach of Cosmos, dies at 78". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 30 July 2010.


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