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Brazil legend Zito passes away aged 82

Lunes 15 de Junio del 2015

Brazil legend Zito passes away aged 82

The Santos player scored the winning goal in the 1962 World Cup final and was part of the 1958 squad.

The Santos player scored the winning goal in the 1962 World Cup final and was part of the 1958 squad.

Legendary Brazilian footballer José Ely de Miranda, known to the world as Zito, passed away in Santos on Sunday aged 82.

Zito, who played for Santos between 1952 and 1967, making 733 appearances and scoring 57 goals, was part of the Brazil squad that won back-to back World Cups in Sweden (1958) and Chile (1962).

In the final of the 1962 tournament, Zito scored the winning goal as Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 2-1.

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