Jacozinho

Brazilian footballer

Jacozinho
Personal information
Full name	Givaldo Santos Vasconcelos
Date of birth	(1956-02-02) 2 February 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Gararu, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Vasco-SE
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1977	Vasco-SE
1977	Sergipe
1978–1980	Galícia
1978	→ Jequié (loan)
1979–1980	→ Leônico (loan)	?	(5)
1980–1985	CSA	?	(12)
1983	→ Corinthians PP (loan)
1985–1988	Santa Cruz	?	(3)
1987	→ CSA (loan)
1987	→ Nacional-AM (loan)
1988	→ Baraúnas (loan)
1989	ABC
1989	Rio Branco-AC
1990	Imperatriz
1991–1993	Flamengo-PI
1994	Ypiranga-PE
Managerial career
2012–2015	CSA U20 (assistant)
2015–	CSA (assistant)
2015–2017	CSA U20
2017	CSA (interim)
2018	CSA (interim)
2019	CSA (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Givaldo Santos Vasconcelos (born 2 February 1956), commonly known as Jacozinho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a winger.

Playing career

Jacozinho was born in Gararu, Sergipe, and started his career with Vasco-SE in 1976. In the following year, he moved to neighbouring Sergipe, playing his first national championship and later representing clubs in the state of Bahia.^[1]^[2]

In late 1980, Jacozinho joined CSA.^[2] There, he featured regularly as the club finished second in the Série B three times and won the Campeonato Alagoano five times, and was somehow invited to Zico's friendly in 1985, celebrated due to his return to Flamengo; he was included in the Amigos do Zico (Zico's Friends) squad. In that match, he scored the only goal of Zico's team, after receiving a pass from Diego Maradona; the match ended 3–1 for Flamengo.^[3]

After gaining national notoriety due to the friendly goal, Jacozinho joined Santa Cruz,^[4] He came back to CSA in 1987, and subsequently represented Nacional-AM, Baraúnas,^[5] ABC, Rio Branco-AC,^[6] Imperatriz, Flamengo-PI and Ypiranga-PE, retiring in 1994.

Post-playing career

Jacozinho also worked as Magno Malta's advisor for a nearly 15 years before charging him for mobbing.^[7] In 2012, he returned to his main club CSA, as an assistant manager of the youth sides.

In 2015, Jacozinho became an assistant manager of the main squad,^[8] being also manager of the under-20s and interim manager on two occasions in 2017^[9] and 2018.^[10] On 30 November 2019, after Argel Fucks left for Ceará, he was named interim manager for the latter three matches of the Série A.^[11]

Honours

CSA

Campeonato Alagoano: 1980, 1981, 1982 e 1984

Santa Cruz

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1986

References

^ "Jacozinho é o cara" [Jacozinho is the man] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Memória Futebol. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "E a vida real do astro" [And the real life of the star]. Placar Magazine (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 July 1985. pp. 31–33. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Jacozinho, o parceiro sergipano de Maradona" [Jacozinho, the sergipano partner of Maradona] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Blog do Paulinho. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Jacozinho - 1985" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Arquivo Coral. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
^ "O brilho que se apagou" [The light that faded away]. Placar Magazine (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 July 1988. p. 35. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "1989: Estrelão surpreendeu o Brasil" [1989: Estrelão surprised Brazil] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol do Norte. 16 August 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Audiência entre senador Magno Malta e ex-jogador Jacozinho termina sem acordo" [Hearing between senator Magno Malta and former player Jacozinho ends without an agreement] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Online. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Entrevista: Jacozinho. Ele é ídolo do CSA, auxiliar do time alagoano, fez gol no Maracanã após passe de Maradona na festa de Zico e hoje é pastor" [Interview: Jacozinho. He is idol of CSA, assistant of the alagoano team, scored at the Maracanã with a pass from Maradona at Zico's party and today is a pastor] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Ídolo Jacozinho comanda o CSA contra o Cuiabá pela Série C" [Idol Jacozinho takes over CSA against Cuiabá for the Série C] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cada Minuto. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Jacozinho comanda o CSA contra o Dimensão Saúde" [Jacozinho takes over CSA against Dimensão Saúde] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna Hoje. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "CSA aposta em Jacozinho para evitar queda e recebe o Bahia" [CSA bet on Jacozinho to avoid drop and host Bahia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.