Nelsinho Rosa
Personal information
Full name Nélson Rosa Martins
Date of birth (1937-12-08)8 December 1937
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 16 May 2023(2023-05-16) (aged 85)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1951–1957 Madureira
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1962 Madureira
1962–1968 Flamengo
Managerial career
1977 Desportiva Ferroviária
1980–1981 Fluminense
1982–1984 Al Ain
1985–1986 Fluminense
1989 Vasco da Gama
1992 Vasco da Gama
1992 Saudi Arabia
1993 Fluminense
1995 Vasco da Gama
2002 Madureira
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Saudi Arabia (as manager)
AFC Asian Cup
Runner-up 1992
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nélson Rosa Martins (8 December 1937 – 16 May 2023), known as Nelsinho Rosa, was a Brazilian football coach and player who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rosa made his senior debut with Madureira before joining Flamengo in 1962. He retired in 1968, aged 31.[1]

After retiring, Rosa worked as an assistant before being named manager of Desportiva Ferroviária in 1977. In 1980, he was appointed manager of Fluminense, leaving the club in the following year.[2]

Rosa returned to Flu in 1985, leaving in the following year. In 1989, he took over Vasco da Gama, and led the side to a 1989 Série A winning campaign.[2]

Rosa returned to Vasco in 1992, before moving abroad to take over the Saudi Arabia national team. He worked at the side in the 1992 King Fahd Cup and the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, before returning to his home country in 1993 to work at Fluminense for a third spell.[2]

In 2002, Rosa was also a manager of first club Madureira for a brief period. In 2011, he returned to the side to work as a football consultant.[3]

Rosa died on 16 May 2023, at the age of 85.[4]

Honours

Player

Flamengo

Manager

Desportiva Ferroviária

Fluminense

Al Ain

Vasco da Gama

References

  1. ^ "NELSINHO: campeão carioca pelo Flamengo em 1963 e 1965" [NELSINHO: champion of the carioca with Flamengo in 1963 and 1965] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Memórias do Esporte. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Que fim levou? – Nelsinho Rosa" [What happened to? – Nelsinho Rosa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Nelsinho Rosa volta ao Madureira" [Nelsinho Rosa returns to Madureira] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ Morre Nelsinho Rosa, campeão por Vasco, Flamengo e Fluminense (in Portuguese)
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