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Brazilian footballer

Plácido
Personal information
Full name Plácido Assis Monsores
Date of birth (1912-10-04)4 October 1912
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 2 July 1977(1977-07-02) (aged 64)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1934 Bangu
1935–1943 America-RJ
1943–1944 Ypiranga-SP
1945 Bangu
Managerial career
1945–1946 Bangu
1947–1954 Madureira
1956 America-RJ
1957–1958 América-PE
1962 Campo Grande-RJ
1964 Bangu
1964 Madureira
1967–1969 Bangu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2024

Plácido Assis Monsores (4 October 1912 – 2 July 1977), also known as Plácido or Plácido Monsores, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Career

Revealed by Bangu, Plácido was part of the state champion squad in 1933. In 1935, he repeated the feat with America. On 30 July 1939 he played with a broken arm against Vasco da Gama, going down in the club's history as one of the greatest idols. He scored a total of 167 goals for America.

Managerial career

As a coach, he began his career in 1945, replacing Salvador Perrini, then coach of Bangu who was facing health problems, but his first big job was at Madureira, where he implemented a 4-2-4 formation, more modern than the W-M system [pt] that prevailed in Brazilian football.

Honours

Player

Bangu
America

References

  1. "Plácido conquistou a torcida do América ao jogar com o braço quebrado, há 80 anos". Medium (in Portuguese). Museu da História Americana. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. "America do Rio de todos os tempos. Por Maurício Sabará". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. "Plácido Monsores… o triunfo sem braço". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
Bangu – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Madureira – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
America – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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