Arthur Antunes Coimbra "Zico" - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Brazilian player, who scored 48 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps  Goals     Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1   1   1   25/ 2/76   Montevideo      Uruguay         2-1     Copa Rio Branco and Atlantico
  2   1   2   27/ 2/76   Buenos Aires    Argentina       2-1     Copa Roca and Atlantico
  3       2    7/ 4/76   Asunción        Paraguay        1-1     Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico
  4   1   3   28/ 4/76   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         2-1     Copa Atlantico
  5       3   23/ 5/76   Los Angeles     England         1-0     USA Bicentenary Cup
  6   1   4   31/ 5/76   New Haven       Italy           4-1     USA Bicentenary Cup
  7       4    4/ 6/76   Guadalajara     Mexico          3-0
  8   1   5    9/ 6/76   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        3-1     Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico
  9   1   6    1/12/76   Rio de Janeiro  Soviet Union    2-0
 10       6   23/ 1/77   São Paulo       Bulgaria        1-0
 11       6   20/ 2/77   Bogotá          Colombia        0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 12   1   7    9/ 3/77   Rio de Janeiro  Colombia        6-0     World Cup Qualifier
 13       7    8/ 6/77   Rio de Janeiro  England         0-0
 14       7   12/ 6/77   Rio de Janeiro  West Germany    1-1
 15   1   8   23/ 6/77   Rio de Janeiro  Scotland        2-0
 16   4  12   14/ 7/77   Cali            Bolivia         8-0     World Cup Qualifier
 17      12    1/ 4/78   Paris           France          0-1
 18      12    5/ 4/78   Hamburg         West Germany    1-0
 19      12   19/ 4/78   London          England         1-1
 20   1  13    1/ 5/78   Rio de Janeiro  Peru            3-0
 21   1  14   17/ 5/78   Rio de Janeiro  Czechoslovakia  2-0
 22      14    3/ 6/78   Mar del Plata   Sweden          1-1     World Cup
 23      14    7/ 6/78   Mar del Plata   Spain           0-0     World Cup
 24      14   11/ 6/78   Mar del Plata   Austria         1-0     World Cup
 25   1  15   14/ 6/78   Mendoza         Peru            3-0     World Cup
 26      15   18/ 6/78   Rosario         Argentina       0-0     World Cup
 27      15   21/ 6/78   Mendoza         Poland          3-1     World Cup
 28   3  18   17/ 5/79   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        6-0
 29      18   31/ 5/79   Rio de Janeiro  Uruguay         5-1
 30   1  19    2/ 8/79   Rio de Janeiro  Argentina       2-1     Copa America
 31   1  20   16/ 8/79   São Paulo       Bolivia         2-0     Copa America
 32      20   23/ 8/79   Buenos Aires    Argentina       2-2     Copa America
 33      20   15/ 6/80   Rio de Janeiro  Soviet Union    1-2
 34   1  21   24/ 6/80   Belo Horizonte  Chile           2-1
 35   1  22   29/ 6/80   São Paulo       Poland          1-1
 36      22   25/ 9/80   Asunción        Paraguay        2-1
 37   2  24   30/10/80   Goiânia         Paraguay        6-0
 38   1  25    8/ 2/81   Caracas         Venezuela       1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 39   1  26   14/ 2/81   Quito           Ecuador         6-0
 40      26   22/ 2/81   La Paz          Bolivia         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 41   1  27   14/ 3/81   Ribeirão Preto  Chile           2-1
 42   3  30   22/ 3/81   Rio de Janeiro  Bolivia         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 43   1  31   29/ 3/81   Goiânia         Venezuela       5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 44   1  32   12/ 5/81   London          England         1-0
 45   1  33   15/ 5/81   Paris           France          3-1
 46      33   19/ 5/81   Stuttgart       West Germany    2-1
 47      33    8/ 7/81   Salvador        Spain           1-0
 48      33   26/ 8/81   Santiago        Chile           0-0
  -  (4)  -   23/ 9/81   Maceió          Ireland League  6-0
 49   1  34   28/10/81   Porto Alegre    Bulgaria        3-0
 50      34   26/ 1/82   Natal           East Germany    3-1
 51   1  35    3/ 3/82   São Paulo       Czechoslovakia  1-1
 52      35   21/ 3/82   Rio de Janeiro  West Germany    1-0
 53   1  36    5/ 5/82   São Luís        Portugal        3-1
 54   1  37   19/ 5/82   Recife          Switzerland     1-1
 55   1  38   27/ 5/82   Uberlândia      Ireland         7-0
 56      38   14/ 6/82   Sevilla         Soviet Union    2-1     World Cup
 57   1  39   18/ 6/82   Sevilla         Scotland        4-1     World Cup
 58   2  41   23/ 6/82   Sevilla         New Zealand     4-0     World Cup
 59   1  42    2/ 7/82   Barcelona       Argentina       3-1     World Cup
 60      42    5/ 7/82   Barcelona       Italy           2-3     World Cup
 61      42   28/ 4/83   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           3-2
 62      42    2/ 6/85   Santa Cruz      Bolivia         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 63   2  44    8/ 6/85   Porto Alegre    Chile           3-1
 64   1  45   16/ 6/85   Asunción        Paraguay        2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 65      45   23/ 6/85   Rio de Janeiro  Paraguay        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 66      45   30/ 6/85   São Paulo       Bolivia         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 67   3  48   30/ 4/86   Recife          Yugoslavia      4-2
 68      48    7/ 5/86   Curitiba        Chile           1-1
 69      48   12/ 6/86   Guadalajara     N. Ireland      3-0     World Cup
 70      48   16/ 6/86   Guadalajara     Poland          4-0     World Cup
 71      48   21/ 6/86   Guadalajara     France          1-1 (1) World Cup

(1) Brazil lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.

NB: the match against the United States (28/ 5/76; the USA team included
    foreign players in the American league) is not considered a full
    international and therefore not included here.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    71    51   17    3  167-  44     119      83.80

48 Goals in 71 Matches (0.68 per match) 

Types of Goals

Friendlies             25
World Cup               5
World Cup Qualifiers   11
Copa America            2
Other Tournaments       5

Total                  48


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Thanks to Roberto Mamrud for corrections.

Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Pontes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ricardo Pontes (rffp@terra.com.br)
Last updated: 12 Sep 2013

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