Martim Francisco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian association football manager
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Place of Birth: Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
About Martim Francisco
- Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada (21 February 1928 in Barbacena (MG) – 22 June 1982 in Belo Horizonte (MG)) was a Brazilian association football coach.
- He is widely credited with the invention of the 4–2–4 formation when guiding his first club, the Villa Nova AC of Nova Lima, to the State Championship of Minas Gerais in 1951.
- He won further state championships with AtlĂ©tico Mineiro of Belo Horizonte in 1953, CR Vasco da Gama of Rio de Janeiro in 1956 and SE Gama of BrasĂlia in 1979.
- Other clubs he coached include SC Corinthians Paulista, Cruzeiro EC, America FC of Rio and Athletic Bilbao in Spain.
- With Bangu AC of Rio he won the State Champions' Cup of 1967. Martim Francisco, scion of a distinguished Brazilian family – his antecedents include José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, considered the "Patriarch of Brazilian Independence", and many more lustrous personalities – studied psychology and law.
- An accident prevented him from playing football beyond the youth level and he never acquired a formal coaching diploma.
- In 1954 it was reported that he had 650 books about football, of which he considered El preparador técnico from Spain and Tácticas e técnicas from Argentina as the most important ones.
- In his opinion, the WM of Herbert Chapman and the third defender of Izidor KĂĽrschner were the basis of all tactics.
- He considered from early on the intermingling of club officials with the work of the coach as a major problem.
- His bynames included primeiro lorde dos gramados brasileiros ("First Master of the Grounds of Brazil"), Professor and cientista do futebol ("Scientist of Football").
- He died aged only 54 from alcohol related illness.
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