José Luiz Carbone (22 March 1946 – 27 December 2020) was a Brazilian

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player and coach.

Career

Born in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Carbone played as a

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for

, Ponte Preta, Metropol,

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and Nacional (SP), as well as the Brazil national team. He later worked as a manager with 30 clubs, including

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and Guarani. Carbone died of liver cancer in hospital in

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on 27 December 2020.

References

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