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Zicos life

As a child
Zico was born in 1953.He came from a really poor family. He lived in
Rio de Janeiro. His neighbors would love to see his brilliant performance. He
played futsal for the River club.one day he made 9 goals and the Flamengo
manager called him to play with the Flamengo club.

In Flamengo
After one month he broke his Knee by a violent tackle from the Bangus defender. He
suffered several of months. He came back to play. It was his last match for his team.
He made 1 goal of 5 to 1. He made 508 goals for his team in 731 matches. That
made his mark for the Flamengo fans. The song writer Jorge Benjor Wrote a song
called (camisa 10 da gavea) the shirt 10 from Gavea. He got an invitation to play
beach soccer world cup. They won.

After Flamengo
He made 12 goals. He was who made the most goals. After that he founded a
football center called (zico football center) in Rio de Janeiro. Then he founded
another one in Brazilia, the capital.

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