Urubatão

Urubatão Calvo Nunes (31 March 1931 – 24 September 2010), simply known as Urubatão, was a Brazilian footballer and manager. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also play as a central defender.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Calvo and the second or paternal family name is Nunes.
Urubatão
Personal information
Full name Urubatão Calvo Nunes
Date of birth (1931-03-31)31 March 1931
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 24 September 2010(2010-09-24) (aged 79)
Place of death Santos, Brazil
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1947–1950 Bonsucesso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1954 Bonsucesso
1954–1961 Santos
1961–1963 Club América
1963 Jabaquara
1964–1965 Ponte Preta
International career
1957 Brazil 1 (0)
Managerial career
1974 Fortaleza
1975–1976 América-SP
1976 Fortaleza
1977 Santos
1977–1978 Portuguesa
1979 Ferroviário
1979 Marília
1980 Londrina
1980 Sport Recife
1981 América-SP
1981–1982 Londrina
1982 Operário-MS
1983–1984 Colorado
1984 Goiás
1985 América-SP
1986 Coritiba
1986 Novorizontino
1986 América-SP
1987 Noroeste
1987 Novorizontino
1988 Rio Branco de Andradas
1988 Noroeste
1988 União São João
1988 Catanduvense
1989 Londrina
1989 XV de Piracicaba
1990 Araçatuba
1990 Sãocarlense
1993 Matsubara
1995–1996 Ituano
1996 Araçatuba
1996 Nacional-SP
1996 Londrina
1997 Uberlândia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Urubatão had his playing career mainly associated with Santos. As a manager, he worked mostly in the São Paulo state, notably managing América-SP four times.

Playing career

Club

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Urubatão joined the youth setup of Bonsucesso in 1947. He signed his first professional contract in 1950, and moved to Santos in 1954.[1]

Urubatão moved abroad in 1961, signing for Club América. He returned to his home country, and represented Jabaquara and Ponte Preta before retiring in 1965, aged 34.[1][2]

International

Urubatão played one match for the Brazil national football team, a 1–2 Roca Cup loss against Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium on 7 July 1957.[3]

Managerial career

After retiring Urubatão became a manager, with his first Série A side being Fortaleza in 1974 and 1976. He returned to Santos in 1977, coaching the club in 26 matches.[4]

Urubatão was subsequently in charge of a number of clubs, notably managing América-SP on five occasions,[5] Portuguesa, Sport Recife, Londrina (where he won the 1981 Campeonato Paranaense),[6] Goiás and Coritiba,[7] but mainly worked in the São Paulo state.

Death

Urubatão died on 24 September 2010, aged 77, due to a brain tumor.[4]

Career statistics

International

[8]

Brazil
YearAppsGoals
1957[3]10
Total10

Honours

Player

Santos

Manager

Londrina

References
  1. "Urubatão – 1954-1961" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Acervo Santos FC. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. "Vem ao mundo o valente Urubatão" [Comes to the world the valiant Urubatão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1957-1958". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. "Urubatão, um carioca de fibra" [Urubatão, a very strong carioca] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "Morre aos 79 anos Urubatão, ex-técnico do América" [Dies at the age of 79 Urubatão, former América manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário da Região. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. "Morre Urubatão Calvo Nunes, ex-técnico do LEC" [Dies Urubatão Calvo Nunes, former LEC manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Paranaense. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. "Futebol brasileiro se despede de Urubatão Calvo Nunes" [Brazilian football says goodbye to Urubatão Calvo Nunes] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna PR. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. "Urubatão". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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