_(cropped).jpg) Wilson in 1948 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilson Francisco Alves | ||
| Date of birth | (1927-12-21)21 December 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 1998(1998-07-12) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1952 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1953–1954 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1955–1957 | Santos | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Brazil | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963–1966 | São Bento | ||
| 1966–1967 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1968 | Guarani | ||
| 1968–1969 | América-SP | ||
| 1970–1971 | São Bento | ||
| 1971 | Paulista | ||
| 1972 | América-SP | ||
| 1973 | Noroeste | ||
| 1975 | Marília | ||
| 1975 | Comercial-MS | ||
| 1976–1977 | Noroeste | ||
| 1977–1978 | Grêmio Maringá | ||
| 1978 | Comercial-MS | ||
| 1979 | América-SP | ||
| 1979–1980 | Marília | ||
| 1981 | São Bento | ||
| 1981 | Taubaté | ||
| 1982 | Grêmio Maringá | ||
| 1982 | América-SP | ||
| 1985 | Volta Redonda | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilson Francisco Alves - also known asWilson only - (21 December 1927 – 12 July 1998) was a Brazilianfootball player and manager. Thedefender had his greatest successes withCR Vasco da Gama in the 1940s and 1950s, a club then known asExpresso da Vitória. With theBrazil national team he won aSouth American Championship. A highlight of his coaching years was the winning of aState Championship of Paraná, while he was considered a great Brazilian footballer.
BornRio de Janeiro, Wilson started to play at the age of 16 with the local clubEC São José inRio de Janeiro. From 1943 to 1952 he was part ofCR Vasco da Gama, where he won fiveState Championships of Rio de Janeiro. The highlight of this period was the victory in theSouth American Championship of Champions 1948 in Chile, the predecessor of today'sCopa Libertadores. From the decisive match of the tournament against Argentina's ChampionsCA River Plate it is reported that he marked the youngAlfredo Di Stéfano "to perfection".[1] Other notable players of Vasco in this era, remembered aso Expresso da Vitória ("the Victory Express") and managed initially byOndino Viera and from 1947 byFlávio Costa, were amongst others the captainAugusto, goalkeeperMoacyr Barbosa and the attackersJair da Rosa Pinto,Ademir Menezes andChico.
Wilson was a core player of theBrazilian team that won theSouth American Football Championship of 1949. Altogether he played five times for his country, all matches in the successful tournament. Wilson finished his career as player until 1957 withPortuguesa andSantos FC where he won twice theSão Paulo State Championship, generally known asCampeonato Paulista.
Wilson, frequently calledCapão afterMorro do Capão in Rio where he was born, then started a career as coach. In 1966 and 1967 he led Portuguesa through the matches of theTorneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, precursor to thenational championship competition.
Between 1977 and 1982 he managed the campaigns ofGrêmio Maringá,EC Comercial fromCampo Grande (MS) andAmérica FC fromSão José do Rio Preto (SP) in the national championships.
But on most occasions he coached small to midsize teams in small to midsize towns. in 1961 he tookA. Prudentina EA fromPresidente Prudente for the first time to the first division of the São Paulo state league.With Grêmio Maringá he won in 1977 theState Championship of Paraná, prevailing against theCoritiba Foot Ball Club in the finals with results of 1-0 and 1-1. WithEC São Bento fromSorocaba (SP) he won the championships of the interior of the years 1964 and 1965 and in 1981 he defeated thenational team of Saudi Arabia 1-0.[2] Beyond this he coached numerous other clubs of the interior. Football-magazinePlacar named him in 1975 in an article devoted to him the "best paid coach of the interior" and described him as rather focussing on friendship amongst the players, rather than "complicated tactics".
Wilson Francisco Alves, theCapão, died inSão Paulo on 12 July 1998 at the age of 70 - the same day, when Brazil lost the final of theWorld Cup in France.
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