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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Oliveira. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Arzul
Personal information
Full name Sebastião Martins Oliveira Júnior
Date of birth (1972-02-07) 7 February 1972 (age 52)[1]
Place of birth Santos, Brazil[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Santos (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Portuguesa Santista
1984–1990 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Juventus
1996 Paulista
1997 Guarujá
1998–1999 Santos (futsal)
Managerial career
2009– Santos (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sebastião Martins Oliveira Júnior (born 7 February 1972), commonly known as Arzul, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of Santos.

Career[edit]

Born in Santos, São Paulo, Arzul represented Portuguesa Santista and Juventus-SP as a youth; initially a centre forward, he was converted into a goalkeeper after arriving late to a training session.[3] After impressing in his new position, he was nicknamed Arzul due to his physical likeness to Julio César Arzú, a goalkeeper of Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Arzul made his senior debut with Juventus in 1990, also playing in the year's Série B. He subsequently played for Paulista and Guarujá before switching to futsal.[4]

Arzul joined Santos' futsal side in 1998,[5] and started his coaching career in the following year, being a goalkeeping coach of the youth futsal categories. He retired in 2000 after knee injuries, and moved back to football under the same coaching role.[3]

Arzul was promoted as the main squad's goalkeeping coach in 2009 by manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo.[4] In 2020, after completing 22 years in the club,[2] he was inducted to be included in the club's Wall of Fame, painted in the outside of the CT Rei Pelé, where other club idols were included.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arzul completa 46 anos, 18 deles dedicados ao Santos" [Arzul completes 46 years, 18 of them dedicated to Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Preparador de goleiros do Santos, Arzul é homenageado e agradece" [Goalkeeping coach of Santos, Arzul is honoured and thanks all] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Atraso em treino levou Arzul da linha ao gol" [Lateness in training took Arzul from the lines to the goal] (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Tribuna. 4 January 2016.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b c "Arzul e Caboba: apelidos mostram as origens de quem dirigirá o Santos" [Arzul and Caboba: nicknames show the origins of who will manage Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Ex-goleiro-linha, preparador do Santos descreve boa fase de dupla" [Former in-line goalkeeper, Santos fitness coach describes the good form of the duo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Santos vai colocar o rosto do preparador de goleiros Arzul no muro do CT Rei Pelé" [Santos will paint the face of goalkeeping coach Arzul in the wall of CT Rei Pelé] (in Brazilian Portuguese). A Tribuna. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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