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Brazilian football coach (1930–2009)

Júlio Mazzei
Personal information
Full name	Júlio Herculano Pedroso Mazzei
Date of birth	(1930-08-27)27 August 1930
Place of birth	Guaiçara, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	10 May 2009(2009-05-10) (aged 78)
Place of death	Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Managerial career
Years	Team
1980	New York Cosmos
1982–1983	New York Cosmos

Júlio Herculano Pedroso, known as Júlio Mazzei, was a Brazilian soccer coach. He is perhaps best known for bringing Pele to New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League.

He was a Physical Education teacher trained in São Carlos and a coach for Santos in the 1960s. He established a new type of football training, using new methods, such as Circuit Training, created in 1958.

With Santos he won the Campeonato Paulista in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1973, the Recopa Sudamericana in 1968 and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa in 1968.

in 1965, he was a coach of the Brazil B national team.

He coached the Cosmos to the NASL title with a 1–0 victory over the Seattle Sounders in Soccer Bowl '82.

He died in 2009, aged 78.

References

"Folha de S.Paulo - Júlio Herculano Pedroso Mazzei (1930-2009): Professor de educação física e preparador de Pelé - 12/05/2009".
"Globoesporte.com > Futebol - NOTÍCIAS - Aos 78 anos, morre Júlio Mazzei". globoesporte.globo.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009.
"A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
"A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
"A Gazeta Esportiva (SP) - 1955 a 1958 - DocReader Web". memoria.bn.br.
Lewis, Michael (12 May 2009). "Revered Prof. Julio Mazzei, coach of Cosmos, dies at 78". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 30 July 2010.

Links

Michael Lewis: Passing of a Legend: Prof. Mazzei, confidante of Pele, former Cosmos coach, passes away, Big Apple Soccer, 11 May 2009.
Júlio Mazzei: Ex-Professor de Educação Física, Que fim levou?, Terceiro Tempo, (per 30 October 2016).
Josmar F. Lopes: Julio Mazzei, the Cosmos and the Untold Story of the Man behind the Glasses, Reviews by Josmar Lopes, 7 April 2016.

v t e New York Cosmos (1970–1985) – head coaches
Gordon Bradley (1971–75) Ken Furphy (1976) Bradley (1976–77) Eddie Firmani (1977–79) Ray Klivecka (1979) Júlio Mazzei (1980) Hennes Weisweiler & Yasin Özdenak (1981–82) Mazzei (1982–83) Firmani (1984) Hubert Birkenmeier (a.i.) (1984) Ray Klivecka (1984–85)

v t e NASL winning head coaches
Outdoor	Phil Woosnam (1968) Janos Bedl (1969) Sal DeRosa (1970) Ron Newman (1971) Gordon Bradley (1972) Al Miller (1973) Alex Perolli (1974) Eddie Firmani (1975) Domagoj Kapetanović (1976) Eddie Firmani (1977) Eddie Firmani (1978) Tony Waiters (1979) Hennes Weisweiler & Yasin Özdenak (1980) Willy Roy (1981) Júlio Mazzei (1982) Terry Hennessey (1983) Willy Roy (1984)
Indoor	Ron Newman (1971 indoor) Ivan Toplak (1975 indoor) Eddie Firmani (1976 indoor) Bill Foulkes (1978 indoor) Al Miller (1979 indoor) Gordon Jago (1979–80 indoor) Timo Liekoski (1980–81 indoor) Ron Newman (1981–82 indoor) Al Miller (1983 indoor) Ron Newman (1983–84 indoor)

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