Sérgio Lopes
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Gonçalves Lopes
Date of birth (1941-01-11) 11 January 1941
Place of birth Osasco, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 São Paulo
1961–1962 Internacional
1963 São Paulo
1964–1970 Grêmio 314 (54)
1971–1972 Atlético Paranaense
1972 Portuguesa
1973 Atlético Paranaense
1974 Sampaio Corrêa
1974–1976 Figueirense
International career
1966 Brazil 2 (0)
Managerial career
1976 Figueirense
1977 Marcílio Dias
1979 Cascavel EC
1980 Brasil de Pelotas
1981 Cascavel EC
1981 Avaí
1982 Paysandu-SC
1982 Toledo
1982 Figueirense
1984 Hercílio Luz
1984 CA Rio Sul-SC
1985 Santa Cruz
1985 Comercial-PR
1986 Apucarana
1987 Paulista
1988 Avaí
1989 Atlético Paranaense
1989 Criciúma
1990 Figueirense
1990 Avaí
1990 Fortaleza
1991 Campo Mourão
1991–1992 Avaí
1992 Figueirense
1993 ABC
1995 ABC
1996 Jaraguá
1997 Figueirense
1997 Londrina
1998 Figueirense
1999 Matsubara
2000 Central
2000 América de Natal
2000 São Gonçalo-RN
2001 Ilhota-SC
2003 Guarani de Palhoça
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2023

Sérgio Gonçalves Lopes (born 11 January 1941), better known as Sérgio Lopes, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.

Career

Sérgio began his career with São Paulo FC youth team, and in 1957 he was promoted to the professional ranks, being part of the state champion squad.[1] He was also a great highlight in the Pentagonal Tournament of Guadalajara in 1960.[2] Sérgio was exactly 1.90 meters tall, an unusual height for the time, which earned him the nickname "fita métrica" (tape measure). Even though he is slender, became a midfielder instead of a defender, due to his talent for distributing games with precise passes.[3]

He was Gaucho champion with SC Internacional in 1961 and five more times with Grêmio, a club where he accumulated 314 appearances and 54 goals, being considered one of the greatest in history.[4] He also played for Portuguesa, Athletico Paranaense, Sampaio Corrêa and Figueirense, where he was state champion in 1974.[5][6]

International career

Sérgio Lopes played with the number 10 shirt for the Brazilian team in two matches, in April 1966 for the Copa Bernardo O'Higgins against Chile, when football players from Rio Grande do Sul represented Brazil.[7][8]

Managerial career

Sérgio Lópes had a vast career as a coach, starting shortly after retiring as a player at Figueirense in 1976. However, it was at rival Avaí in 1988 that Sérgio Lopes achieved the first major triumph of his career, by winning the Santa Catarina state championship in 1988.[9] In 1990, returned to Figueirense and achieved the feat of becoming a champion as a player and manager by winning the Copa Santa Catarina in 1990.[5][10]

In 1993, at ABC de Natal, he had the mission of replacing Erandy Montenegro in the final stretch of that year's championship, and again won a state tournament.[11] He also had spells at Santa Cruz, Paulista, Athletico Paranaense and Londrina.[6]

Honours

Player

São Paulo
Internacional
Grêmio
Figueirense
Brazil

Manager

Avaí
Figueirense
ABC

References

  1. ↑ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Torneio Pentagonal de Guadalajara, em 1960". História do Futebol (in Portuguese). 5 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sérgio Lopes... sou paulista de nascimento, carioca por opção e gaúcho de coração". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 19 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sérgio Gonçalves Lopes". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Sérgio Lopes na história foi campeão como jogador e treinador pelo Figueirense". Polidoro Júnior (in Portuguese). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Que fim levou? Sérgio Lopes (Ex-meia-armador do São Paulo e Grêmio)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1964-1966". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Taça Bernardo Ohiggins 1966". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "1988: 25 anos de lembranças". Avaí FC (in Portuguese). 17 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Fábio Machado (18 January 2017). "Memória: Sérgio Lopes, o "fita métrica". Ídolo do Grêmio que brilhou em Santa Catarina". nd+ (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Em 93, Sérgio China e Odilon chefiam reviravolta do ABC rumo ao título". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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