Procópio Cardoso

Procópio Cardoso Neto (born March 21, 1939) is a Brazilian former football player and coach.

Procópio Cardoso

Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-03-21) 21 March 1939 (age 86)
Place of birth	Salinas, Brazil
Position(s)	Center back
Youth career
1954–1956	Renascença
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1958	Renascença
1959–1961	Cruzeiro
1961–1962	São Paulo
1962–1963	Atlético Mineiro
1963	Fluminense	33	(2)
1964	Vitória
1965	Fluminense
1965–1966	Palmeiras
1966–1974	Cruzeiro	212	(6)
International career
1963–1968	Brazil	10	(0)
Managerial career
1975	Cruzeiro (Youth team)
1979–1981	Atlético Mineiro
1981–1983	Al-Arabi (QAT)
1984	Al-Sharjah
1984–1985	Atlético Mineiro
1985–1987	Al Sadd
1987–1988	Fluminense
1989	Qatar
1990	Grêmio
1991	Ettifaq
1992	Atlético Mineiro
1993	Atlético Paranaense
1994	Internacional
1995–1996	Atlético Mineiro
1996	Bahia
1998	Al Wasl
1999	Al Nassr (KSA)
2001	Al-Arabi (QAT)
2003	Atlético Mineiro
2004–2005	Atlético Mineiro
2008	América Mineiro
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his professional career at Renascença as a center back. Cardoso also played for Belo Horizonte rivals, Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, São Paulo, Fluminense, Vitória and Palmeiras.^[1] In a game of Cruzeiro against Santos for 1968 Taça Brasil Cardoso disputed a ball with Pelé and he had ruptured a tendon in his knee. He spent 5 years out of professional football, working a youth coach at Cruzeiro, returning at field just in 1973.

As a manager, Cardoso managed Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Fluminense, Bahia and Internacional.^[2]

Honours

Player

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro (2): 1962, 1963

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1973
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (1): 1966

Fluminense

• Campeonato Carioca (1): 1964

Palmeiras

• Torneio Rio-São Paulo (1): 1965

Manager

Atlético Mineiro

• Copa Conmebol: 1992
• Campeonato Mineiro (3): 1978, 1979, 1980