Arthur Antunes Coimbra "Zico" - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)


The outstanding Brazilian player, who scored 48 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players withTwo Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 1 1 25/ 2/76 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Copa Rio Branco and Atlantico 2 1 2 27/ 2/76 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-1 Copa Roca and Atlantico 3 2 7/ 4/76 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico 4 1 3 28/ 4/76 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 2-1 Copa Atlantico 5 3 23/ 5/76 Los Angeles England 1-0 USA Bicentenary Cup 6 1 4 31/ 5/76 New Haven Italy 4-1 USA Bicentenary Cup 7 4 4/ 6/76 Guadalajara Mexico 3-0 8 1 5 9/ 6/76 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 3-1 Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico 9 1 6 1/12/76 Rio de Janeiro Soviet Union 2-0 10 6 23/ 1/77 São Paulo Bulgaria 1-0 11 6 20/ 2/77 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 12 1 7 9/ 3/77 Rio de Janeiro Colombia 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 13 7 8/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro England 0-0 14 7 12/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro West Germany 1-1 15 1 8 23/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro Scotland 2-0 16 4 12 14/ 7/77 Cali Bolivia 8-0 World Cup Qualifier 17 12 1/ 4/78 Paris France 0-1 18 12 5/ 4/78 Hamburg West Germany 1-0 19 12 19/ 4/78 London England 1-1 20 1 13 1/ 5/78 Rio de Janeiro Peru 3-0 21 1 14 17/ 5/78 Rio de Janeiro Czechoslovakia 2-0 22 14 3/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Sweden 1-1 World Cup 23 14 7/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Spain 0-0 World Cup 24 14 11/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Austria 1-0 World Cup 25 1 15 14/ 6/78 Mendoza Peru 3-0 World Cup 26 15 18/ 6/78 Rosario Argentina 0-0 World Cup 27 15 21/ 6/78 Mendoza Poland 3-1 World Cup 28 3 18 17/ 5/79 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 6-0 29 18 31/ 5/79 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 5-1 30 1 19 2/ 8/79 Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2-1 Copa America 31 1 20 16/ 8/79 São Paulo Bolivia 2-0 Copa America 32 20 23/ 8/79 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Copa America 33 20 15/ 6/80 Rio de Janeiro Soviet Union 1-2 34 1 21 24/ 6/80 Belo Horizonte Chile 2-1 35 1 22 29/ 6/80 São Paulo Poland 1-1 36 22 25/ 9/80 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 37 2 24 30/10/80 Goiânia Paraguay 6-0 38 1 25 8/ 2/81 Caracas Venezuela 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 39 1 26 14/ 2/81 Quito Ecuador 6-0 40 26 22/ 2/81 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 41 1 27 14/ 3/81 Ribeirão Preto Chile 2-1 42 3 30 22/ 3/81 Rio de Janeiro Bolivia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 43 1 31 29/ 3/81 Goiânia Venezuela 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 44 1 32 12/ 5/81 London England 1-0 45 1 33 15/ 5/81 Paris France 3-1 46 33 19/ 5/81 Stuttgart West Germany 2-1 47 33 8/ 7/81 Salvador Spain 1-0 48 33 26/ 8/81 Santiago Chile 0-0

51 1 35 3/ 3/82 São Paulo Czechoslovakia 1-1 52 35 21/ 3/82 Rio de Janeiro West Germany 1-0 53 1 36 5/ 5/82 São Luís Portugal 3-1 54 1 37 19/ 5/82 Recife Switzerland 1-1 55 1 38 27/ 5/82 Uberlândia Ireland 7-0 56 38 14/ 6/82 Sevilla Soviet Union 2-1 World Cup 57 1 39 18/ 6/82 Sevilla Scotland 4-1 World Cup 58 2 41 23/ 6/82 Sevilla New Zealand 4-0 World Cup 59 1 42 2/ 7/82 Barcelona Argentina 3-1 World Cup 60 42 5/ 7/82 Barcelona Italy 2-3 World Cup 61 42 28/ 4/83 Rio de Janeiro Chile 3-2 62 42 2/ 6/85 Santa Cruz Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 63 2 44 8/ 6/85 Porto Alegre Chile 3-1 64 1 45 16/ 6/85 Asunción Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 65 45 23/ 6/85 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 66 45 30/ 6/85 São Paulo Bolivia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 67 3 48 30/ 4/86 Recife Yugoslavia 4-2 68 48 7/ 5/86 Curitiba Chile 1-1 69 48 12/ 6/86 Guadalajara N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup 70 48 16/ 6/86 Guadalajara Poland 4-0 World Cup 71 48 21/ 6/86 Guadalajara France 1-1 (1) World Cup

(1) Brazil lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match against the United States (28/ 5/76; the USA team included foreign players in the American league) is not considered a full international and therefore not included here.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 71 51 17 3 167- 44 119 83.80

48 Goals in 71 Matches (0.68 per match)

Types of Goals

Friendlies 25 World Cup 5 World Cup Qualifiers 11 Copa America 2 Other Tournaments 5

Total 48


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Thanks to Roberto Mamrud for corrections.

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Author: Ricardo Pontes (rffp@terra.com.br) Last updated: 12 Sep 2013

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