Nélson Rosa Martins (born 8 December 1937), known as Nelsinho Rosa, is a Brazilian retired football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
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Full name | Nélson Rosa Martins | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1937-12-08) 8 December 1937 (age 84) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
1951–1957 | Madureira | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1957–1962 | Madureira | |||||||||||||||
1962–1968 | Flamengo | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1977 | Desportiva Ferroviária | |||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||||
1982–1984 | Al Ain | |||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||||
1989 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||||
1992 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||||
1992 | Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||
1993 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||||
1995 | Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||||
2002 | Madureira | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rosa made his senior debut with Madureira before joining Flamengo in 1962. He retired in 1968, aged 31.[1]
After retiring, Rosa worked as an assistant before being named manager of Desportiva Ferroviária in 1977. In 1980, he was appointed manager of Fluminense, leaving the club in the following year.[2]
Rosa returned to Flu in 1985, leaving in the following year. In 1989, he took over Vasco da Gama, and led the side to a 1989 Série A winning campaign.[2]
Rosa returned to Vasco in 1992, before moving abroad to take over the Saudi Arabia national team. He worked at the side in the 1992 King Fahd Cup and the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, before returning to his home country in 1993 to work at Fluminense for a third spell.[2]
In 2002, Rosa was also a manager of first club Madureira for a brief period. In 2011, he returned to the side to work as a football consultant.[3]
Flamengo
Desportiva Ferroviária
Fluminense
Al Ain
Vasco da Gama
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Taça Brasil era |
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Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa era | |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A era |
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Saudi Arabia squads | |||||||||||||
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Nelsinho Rosa – managerial positions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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