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Urubatão
Personal information
Full name	Urubatão Calvo Nunes
Date of birth	31 March 1931
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	24 September 2010 (aged 79)
Place of death	Santos, Brazil
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1947–1950	Bonsucesso
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1954	Bonsucesso
1954–1961	Santos
1961–1963	Club América
1963	Jabaquara
1964–1965	Ponte Preta
International career
1957	Brazil
Managerial career
1974	Fortaleza
1975–1976	América-SP
1976	Fortaleza
1977	Santos
1977–1978	Portuguesa
1979	Ferroviário
1979	Marília
1980	Londrina
1980	Sport Recife
1981	América-SP
1981–1982	Londrina
1982	Operário-MS
1983–1984	Colorado
1984	Goiás
1985	América-SP
1986	Coritiba
1986	Novorizontino
1986	América-SP
1987	Noroeste
1987	Novorizontino
1988	Rio Branco de Andradas
1988	Noroeste
1988	União São João
1988	Catanduvense
1989	Londrina
1989	XV de Piracicaba
1990	Araçatuba
1990	Sãocarlense
1993	Matsubara
1995–1996	Ituano
1996	Araçatuba
1996	Nacional-SP
1996	Londrina
1997	Uberlândia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Urubatão Calvo Nunes (31 March 1931 – 24 September 2010), simply known as Urubatão, was a Brazilian footballer and manager. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also play as a central defender.

Urubatão had his playing career mainly associated with Santos. As a manager, he worked mostly in the São Paulo state, notably managing América-SP four times.

Playing career

Club

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Urubatão joined the youth setup of Bonsucesso in 1947. He signed his first professional contract in 1950, and moved to Santos in 1954.^[1]

Urubatão moved abroad in 1961, signing for Club América. He returned to his home country, and represented Jabaquara and Ponte Preta before retiring in 1965, aged 34.^[1]^[2]

International

Urubatão played one match for the Brazil national football team, a 1–2 Roca Cup loss against Argentina at the Maracanã Stadium on 7 July 1957.^[3]

Managerial career

After retiring Urubatão became a manager, with his first Série A side being Fortaleza in 1974 and 1976. He returned to Santos in 1977, coaching the club in 26 matches.^[4]

Urubatão was subsequently in charge of a number of clubs, notably managing América-SP on five occasions,^[5] Portuguesa, Sport Recife, Londrina (where he won the 1981 Campeonato Paranaense),^[6] Goiás and Coritiba,^[7] but mainly worked in the São Paulo state.

Death

Urubatão died on 24 September 2010, aged 77, due to a brain tumor.^[4]

Career statistics

International

^[8]

Brazil
Year	Apps	Goals
1957^[3]	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours

Player

Santos

Campeonato Paulista: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960
Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1959

Manager

Londrina

Campeonato Paranaense: 1981

References

^ ^a ^b "Urubatão – 1954-1961" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Acervo Santos FC. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Vem ao mundo o valente Urubatão" [Comes to the world the valiant Urubatão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1957-1958". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Urubatão, um carioca de fibra" [Urubatão, a very strong carioca] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Morre aos 79 anos Urubatão, ex-técnico do América" [Dies at the age of 79 Urubatão, former América manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário da Região. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Morre Urubatão Calvo Nunes, ex-técnico do LEC" [Dies Urubatão Calvo Nunes, former LEC manager] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Paranaense. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Futebol brasileiro se despede de Urubatão Calvo Nunes" [Brazilian football says goodbye to Urubatão Calvo Nunes] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna PR. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Urubatão". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 December 2020.