Telê Santana Sports manager
Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana (July 26, 1931 – April 21, 2006), was a Brazilian football manager and former player (right winger). He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais.Telê was the manager responsible for putting together the 1982 and 1986 Brazil national squads, best remembered as one of the greatest teams in football history never to win a World Cup. The Brazil side included players such as Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Júnior and Toninho Cerezo. He was also a highly successful manager of various club teams, including the legendary 1992 and 1993 São Paulo, and was also very influential with Atlético Mineiro and Fluminense.Telê is often mentioned by the Brazilian sports press as being one of the most relevant football managers to ever work in the country. His preferred style of play was very offensive-minded, and he believed in training athletes by using relentless repetition of elementary fundamentals of the game, such as passing the ball and set piece training.
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