Gentil Cardoso (5 July 1906 – 8 September 1970), was a Brazilian footballer and manager.

Gentil Cardoso
Personal information
Full name Gentil Alves Cardoso
Date of birth (1906-07-05)5 July 1906
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Date of death 8 September 1970(1970-09-08) (aged 64)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920s São Cristóvão
1920s Palmeiras-RJ [pt]
1920s Syrio e Libanez-RJ
Managerial career
1930 Syrio e Libanez-RJ
1931–1932 Bonsucesso
1933 Olaria
1934 America-RJ
1935–1936 Bonsucesso
1937 Rio-Grandense
1938–1939 Vasco da Gama
1939–1940 Cruzeiro-RS
1941 Bonsucesso
1942–1943 America-RJ
1943–1945 Rio-Grandense
1945–1947 Fluminense
1948 Corinthians
1949 Olaria
1949–1950 Flamengo
1950–1951 Cruzeiro-RS
1951–1952 Bonsucesso
1952 Vasco da Gama
1953–1954 Botafogo
1954–1955 Sport Recife
1956 Bonsucesso
1957–1958 Bangu
1959 Santa Cruz
1959 Brazil
1960–1961 Náutico
1961–1963 Paysandu
1963–1964 Sporting CP
1964 Portuguesa-RJ
1965 America-RJ
1965 Bangu
1966 Santa Cruz
1967 Campo Grande-RJ
1967 Vasco da Gama
1968 Paysandu
1968 El Nacional
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024

Player career

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As a player, Gentil Cardoso had little renown, playing for minor football teams in Rio de Janeiro during the 1920s, most notably for São Cristóvão.[1][2]

Managerial career

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Gentil worked as a coach for several clubs, having started his career at Syrio and Libanez in 1930, the club with which he ended his career as a player. He won the Campeonato Carioca twice (in 1946 with Fluminense and 1952 with Vasco da Gama), in addition to being the coach of the Brazil national team in the 1959 South American Championship, held in Ecuador, and which included football representatives from Pernambuco state in the dispute. He also coached Sporting CP, winning the Taça de Honor and scoring the biggest defeat in European competitions, with a 16–0 victory over APOEL. He ended his career in 1969 at El Nacional de Quito.[1][2][3]

Personal life

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Gentil ran away from home at the age of 13 to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro, working various odd jobs before becoming a player. As a coach he was marked by folkloric phases, the most folkloric being "It's going to be a zebra" (Portuguese: "Vai dar zebra"), referring to unusual results in football.[2]

Death

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Gentil Cardoso died on 8 September 1970, victim of a gastric ulcer.[1]

Honours

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Manager

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Fluminense
Corinthians
Vasco da Gama
Sport Recife
Santa Cruz
Náutico
Paysandu
Sporting

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Há 50 anos falecia Gentil Cardoso: técnico, frasista, filósofo, personagem singular do futebol brasileiro". Trivela (in Portuguese). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Que fim levou? Gentil Cardoso". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Folclore do futebol ganhou vida nova com o mestre Gentil Cardoso". O Liberal (in Portuguese). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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