Carlos Mozer

Carlos Mozer
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Nepomuceno Mozer
Date of birth (1960-09-19) 19 September 1960
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1987 Flamengo 89 (8)
1987–1989 Benfica 61 (8)
1989–1992 Marseille 89 (4)
1992–1995 Benfica 59 (3)
1995–1996 Kashima Antlers 17 (0)
Total 315 (23)
National team
1983–1994 Brazil 32 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2008 Interclube
2009 Raja Casablanca
2011 Naval
2011 Portimonense

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


José Carlos Nepomuceno Mozer (born 19 September 1960) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach.

In his career he was mainly associated with Benfica in Portugal, which he represented in two separate spells. He also played three years with Marseille.

Mozer appeared for Brazil at the 1990 World Cup.

Club career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Mozer starting playing for local Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, which he helped win the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, both in 1981. After well more than 100 official appearances he left for Portugal and S.L. Benfica, being an undisputed starter from the beginning and helping the club to the league in 1988–89, while scoring more than ten overall goals in his first stint; also that season, he partnered compatriot Ricardo Gomes in the heart of the Eagles' defense.

In 1989 Mozer was sold to Olympique de Marseille for a transfer fee of 25 million francs, with his agent Manuel Barbosa reportedly securing a commission of up to 15%.[1] He faced his former side in the campaign's European Cup semifinals, a 2–2 controversial aggregate exit – again, he rarely missed a game, and helped L'OM to three consecutive Ligue 1 conquests.

Subsequently, 32-year-old Mozer returned to Benfica, where he still managed to amass more than 75 overall appearances until his departure in 1995, after which he saw out his career in Japan at Kashima Antlers. He was the first player to score in penalty shootouts in two European Cup Finals, in 1988 and 1991.

After working some years as a sports commentator for Sport TV – he resided in Portugal – Mozer eventually became a manager. On 24 October 2006 he signed a two-year contract with Angolan club G.D. Interclube,[2] leading it to the 2007 Girabola title[3] but being dismissed from his post in April 2008 after an away defeat against El Zamalek for the CAF Champions League.[4]

On 6 July 2009 Mozer signed a one-year deal with Raja Casablanca of Morocco,[5] being sacked shortly after. In January 2011 he returned to Portugal, being appointed Associação Naval 1º de Maio's third coach in only 14 matches, with the Figueira da Foz team eventually ranking last in the league; in early November he was appointed at the other side that had suffered top level relegation, Portimonense SC.

International career

During roughly ten years, Mozer played 32 times for Brazil. After missing the 1986 FIFA World Cup through injury, he was picked for the 1990 edition in Italy: he was booked in the first two group stage matches (both wins), and did not appear in the round-of-16 against Argentina, a 0–1 elimination.

Career statistics

Club

[6]

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
1980FlamengoSérie A00
198130
1982171
1983101
1984183
1985171
1986242
Portugal League
1987/88BenficaPrimeira Liga326
1988/89292
France League
1989/90MarseilleLigue 1274
1990/91310
1991/92310
Portugal League
1992/93BenficaPrimeira Liga130
1993/94293
1994/95170
Japan League
1995Kashima AntlersJ1 League150
199620
Country Brazil 898
Portugal 12011
France 894
Japan 170
Total 31523

International

Brazil
YearAppsGoals
198390
198430
198560
198650
198700
198800
198920
199040
199100
199210
199310
199410
Total320

Honours

Player

Flamengo
Benfica[7]
Marseille
Kashima Antlers

References

  1. ↑ Alain Leauthier (24 May 1997). "OM, les dessous des transferts. Un intermédiaire reconnaît avoir touché 4 millions pour l'achat d'un joueur." [OM, the transfers backstage. Agent admits bagging 4 million for purchase of one player.] (in French). Libération. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ↑ InterClube sign Brazilian coach; BBC Sport, 24 October 2006
  3. ↑ "Morocco champions Raja Casablanca opt for Mozer". Reuters. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. ↑ Carlos Mozer perd son club (Carlos Mozer loses club); L'Équipe, 30 April 2008 (French)
  5. ↑ José Carlos Nepomuceno Mozer, nouvel entraîneur du Raja (José Carlos Nepomuceno Mozer, new coach of Raja) Archived 10 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine.; Raja Casablanca's website, 6 July 2009 (French)
  6. ↑ "Carlos Mozer". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions to history]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing: 58. May 2015. ISSN 0872-3540.
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