Cabralzinho (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Cabral.

Carlos Roberto Ferreira Cabral^[2] (born 2 January 1945^[3]) is a Brazilian former football player and manager nicknamed Cabralzinho^[4] who last managed Espérance of Tunisia, a position he held from May 2008^[5] to November 2008.^[6] He previously managed Espérance in 2007.^[7][8]

Cabralzinho

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Roberto Ferreira Cabral
Date of birth	(1945-01-02) 2 January 1945 (age 80)
Place of birth	Santos, Brazil
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1963	Santos
1964	São Bento
1964–1967	Bangu
1967	Houston Stars	7	(2)
1967	Fluminense
1968–1971	Palmeiras
1971	Flamengo
Managerial career
1979	Santa Helena
1982–1984	Santos U20
1984	São Paulo U20
1984	São Bento
1984–1986	Al Arabi
1985	Qatar U17
1987–1988	Mogi Mirim
1988	Al-Shamal
1989	Qatar
1989–1990	Al Sadd
1991	Santos
1991–1993	Saudi Arabia U20
1993–1994	Al Rayyan
1995	Portuguesa
1995	Santos
1996	Guarani
1996	Paranaense
1996	Goiás
1997	São José
1997	Al Ain
1998	Liga de Quito
1998	Al Ahli (KSA)
1999	Hajer
1999–2001	Al Qadisiyah
2001	Santos
2002	Figueirense
2002–2003	Zamalek
2003–2004	Al Arabi
2004–2005	Zamalek
2006	Campinense
2007	Espérance
2008	Espérance
2009–2010	Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

Cabralzinho played for Santos, São Bento, Fluminense, Palmeiras and Bangu, with which he won the state championship of Rio de Janeiro, the Campeonato Carioca of 1966. He was also part of the Bangu side that participated in 1967 under the name of Houston Stars in the championship of the United Soccer Association.^[3][1]

Management career

He began his coaching career in 1979,^[9] and previous clubs include Santos in Brazil (1995)^[9] and Zamalek in Egypt for two spells - between 2002 and 2003^[9][10] and between 2004 and 2005.^[4][11] While at Zamalek he reportedly turned down offers from rivals Al-Ahly, as well as the Egyptian national side.^[12]

September 2009 Cabral named Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary new coach after the sacking of Egyptian coach Taha Basry, His first match was against former team Zamalek.^[13]