Plácido Monsores

Plácido

Personal information
Full name	Plácido Assis Monsores
Date of birth	(1912-10-04)4 October 1912
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	2 July 1977(1977-07-02) (aged 64)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1934	Bangu
1935–1943	America-RJ
1943–1944	Ypiranga-SP
1945	Bangu
Managerial career
1945–1946	Bangu
1947–1954	Madureira
1956	America-RJ
1957–1958	América-PE
1962	Campo Grande-RJ
1964	Bangu
1964	Madureira
1967–1969	Bangu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2024

Plácido Assis Monsores (4 October 1912 – 2 July 1977), also known as Plácido or Plácido Monsores, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Career

Revealed by Bangu, Plácido was part of the state champion squad in 1933. In 1935, he repeated the feat with America. On 30 July 1939 he played with a broken arm against Vasco da Gama, going down in the club's history as one of the greatest idols.^[1] He scored a total of 167 goals for America.^[2]

Managerial career

As a coach, he began his career in 1945, replacing Salvador Perrini, then coach of Bangu who was facing health problems, but his first big job was at Madureira, where he implemented a 4-2-4 formation, more modern than the W-M system [pt] that prevailed in Brazilian football.^[3]

Honours

Player

Bangu

• Campeonato Carioca: 1933 (LCF)

America

• Campeonato Carioca: 1935 (LCF)

References

1. "Plácido conquistou a torcida do América ao jogar com o braço quebrado, há 80 anos". Medium (in Portuguese). Museu da História Americana. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
2. "America do Rio de todos os tempos. Por Maurício Sabará". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
3. "Plácido Monsores… o triunfo sem braço". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.