Gentil Cardoso (5 July 1906 – 8 September 1970), was a Brazilian

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Player career

As a player, Gentil Cardoso had little renown, playing for minor football teams in Rio de Janeiro during the

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, most notably for São Cristóvão.

Managerial career

Gentil worked as a coach for several clubs, having started his career at Syrio and Libanez in 1930, the club with which he ended his career as a player. He won the Campeonato Carioca twice (in 1946 with Fluminense and 1952 with Vasco da Gama), in addition to being the coach of the Brazil national team in the 1959 South American Championship, held in Ecuador, and which included football representatives from

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state in the dispute. He also coached Sporting CP, winning the Taça de Honor and scoring the biggest defeat in European competitions, with a 16–0 victory over

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. He ended his career in 1969 at El Nacional de

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Personal life

Gentil ran away from home at the age of 13 to try his luck in Rio de Janeiro, working various odd jobs before becoming a player. As a coach he was marked by folkloric phases, the most folkloric being "It's going to be a

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" (), referring to unusual results in football.

Death

Gentil Cardoso died on 8 September 1970, victim of a

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Honours

Manager

;Fluminense *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

;Corinthians *

Taça Cidade de São Paulo The Taça Cidade de São Paulo () was a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF), reuniting the three best placed teams of previously season Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeona ...

: 1948 ;Vasco da Gama *

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;Sport Recife *

Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

: 1955 ;Santa Cruz *

: 1959 ;Náutico *

: 1960 ;Paysandu *

Campeonato Paraense The Campeonato Paraense, nicknamed Parazão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is run by the Pará Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Amateur era Professional era Titles by c ...

: 1961, 1962 ;Sporting *

Taça de Honra Taça de Honra (Honour Cup) is a Portuguese friendly football tournament played between teams of the Lisbon Football Association (AFL). It is the third oldest competition in Portugal after the championships of Lisbon and Porto. The format has va ...

: 1963–64

References

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