For the Brazilian football midfielder, see Zizinho (footballer, born 1962).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
Zizinho
Zizinho in 1951
Personal information
Full name
Thomaz Soares da Silva
Date of birth
(1921-09-14)14 September 1921
Place of birth
São Gonçalo, Brazil
Date of death
8 February 2002(2002-02-08) (aged 80)
Place of death
Niterói, Brazil
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)
Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1939–1950
Flamengo[2]
172
(88)
1950–1957
Bangu[3]
147
(65)
1957–1960
São Paulo[4]
35
(19)
1959
→ São Bento de Marília (loan)[5][6]
9
(2)
1960
Uberaba
10
(1)
1961
Audax Italiano[7]
16
(3)
Total
389
(178)
International career
1942–1957[8]
Brazil
53
(30)
Managerial career
1960
Bangu
1965–1966
Bangu
1967
Vasco da Gama
1972
Vasco da Gama
1980
Bangu
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up
1950 Brazil
South American Championship
Winner
1949 Brazil
Runner-up
1945 Chile
Runner-up
1946 Argentina
Runner-up
1953 Peru
Runner-up
1957 Peru
1942 Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (Portuguese pronunciation:[ziˈzĩɲu]; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team.[9][10] He came to international prominence at the 1950 World Cup, where he scored two goals. He was lauded as a complete player, with an array of offensive skills such as his dribbling, passing, and shooting ability with both feet, as well as his accuracy from dead ball situations and extraordinary vision. He was Pelé's idol,[7] and is often considered one of the best Brazilian men's footballers of the pre-Pelé era.
^"Zizinho (Player) | National Football Teams".
^[1] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
^[2] Almanaque do Bangu (in Portuguese)
^"Estadao.com.br - Acervo". Acervo Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese).
^[3] Arquivos do Futebol (in Portuguese)
^[4] História do Marília (in Portuguese)
^ abMorales, Italo. "El ídolo de Pelé y la selección brasileña que se retiró en Audax" (in Spanish). Diario AS Chile.
^"Thomaz Soares da Silva "Zizinho" - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^"World Football Legends - Zizinho (1921-2002)". World-football-legends.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^"Obituary: Jair da Rosa Pinto". The Guardian. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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