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Brazilian football coach (1930–2009)

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

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.

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]

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  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.