Zé Maria (footballer, born 1949)

Zé Maria
	Zé Maria in 1970
Personal information
Full name	José Maria Rodrigues Alves
Date of birth	18 May 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Botucatu, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right Back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1970	Portuguesa
1970–1983	Corinthians
1984	Inter de Limeira
International career
1968–1978	Brazil
Managerial career
1983	Corinthians
1992	Inter de Limeira
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Maria Rodrigues Alves, better known as Zé Maria,^[2] (born May 18, 1949 in Botucatu^[3]) is a former association footballer.^[2]

During his career (1966–1983) he played for Ferroviária, Portuguesa, Corinthians and Internacional (RS) as a defender.^[3]

For the Brazilian team he played in 46 games from 1968 to 1978.^[3] He was a member of the Brazilian squad at the 1970 FIFA World Cup^[4] (as a reserve who did not play), but he played in four matches during the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Zé Maria's son Fernando Lázaro is a coach and development analyst, and worked mainly at Corinthians.^[5]

Honours

^ "Zé Maria » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c FIFA profile
^ ^a ^b ^c Ze Maria at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Brazil 1970 World Cup Squad
^ "Analista de desempenho e filho de Zé Maria, Fernando Lázaro é promovido a técnico do Corinthians" [Performance analyst and son of Zé Maria, Fernando Lázaro is promoted to head coach of Corinthians] (in Brazilian Portuguese). R7.com. November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.

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