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Football At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
The following squads were named for the 1976 Summer Olympics tournament. Brazil Head coach: Cláudio Coutinho Canada Head coach: Colin Morris Cuba Head coach: Sergio Padrón East Germany Head coach: Georg Buschner France Head coach: Gabriel Robert Guatemala Head coach: Rubén Amorín – FIFA Iran Head coach: Heshmat MohajeraniIsrael Head coach: David SchweitzerMexico Head coach: Diego Mercado Note: Mexican selections for the 1972 and 1976 Olympics consisted of entirely amat ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cláudio Coutinho
Cláudio Pêcego de Moraes Coutinho (5 January 1939 – 27 November 1981) was a Brazilian football manager who coached Brazil from 1977 to 1980 and Los Angeles Aztecs in 1981. He died as a result of a scuba diving accident at Rio de Janeiro. Military career Born in the small town of Dom Pedrito in Rio Grande do Sul on the border with Uruguay, Coutinho moved to Rio de Janeiro when he was four years old. Living in Rio, Coutinho joined the Military School, and would ultimately reach the rank of Captain of Artillery. On the other hand, he also showed great interest to the sports area, graduating from the School of Physical Education of the Army. In 1968, he was chosen to represent their school in a World Congress, held in the United States. There he met American professor Kenneth H. Cooper, founder of the Cooper test. Invited by Cooper, Coutinho attended the NASA Human Stress Laboratory. Sports career In 1970 Coutinho was appointed as physical fitness coach for the Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |