Zico International career How did his international career start? He made his international debut in the South American Qualifier to the 1972 Summer Olympics playing 5 matches and scoring the qualifying goal against Argentina. Who did he play for? Brazil national football team How long did he play for Brazil? In the opening group match of the 1978 World Cup against Sweden, Zico headed a corner kick into the goal in the final minute of the match, Did he receive any awards? but penalties missed by Socrates and Julio Cesar saw Brazil knocked out of the tournament. Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? Having been cleared of all the tax evasion charges by Italian officials in 1988, Did he have any other run in's with the law? Zico decided to pay a tribute to Udine, the city that had madly welcomed him six years before, and played his farewell match for the Selecao in March 1989
When did his career end?
When did Zico's career end?
An episode related to Brazil national football team almost made Zico give up on his career. He made his international debut in the South American Qualifier to the 1972 Summer Olympics playing 5 matches and scoring the qualifying goal against Argentina. Despite this fact, he wasn't called up to the Munich games. He felt extremely frustrated and told his father in dismay he wanted to stop playing football. He even got absent from training at Flamengo for 10 days, being later convinced otherwise by his brothers.  In the opening group match of the 1978 World Cup against Sweden, Zico headed a corner kick into the goal in the final minute of the match, apparently breaking a 1-1 tie. However, in a call that became infamous, the Welsh referee Clive Thomas disallowed the goal, saying that he had blown the whistle to end the match while the ball was still in the air from a corner. In the secound round, he scored from a penalty in a 3-0 win over Peru. Zico eventually won a bronze medal with Brazil at the tournament, defeating Italy in the 3rd place final. Zico also won another bronze medal with Brazil in the 1979 Copa America.  The 1982 World Cup would see Zico as part of a fantastic squad, side by side with Falcao, Socrates, Eder, Cerezo and Junior. In spite of his 4 goals and the great amount of skill in that squad, the team was defeated 3-2 by Paolo Rossi and Italy in the final match of the second round group stage.  He played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup while still injured, and missed a penalty during regular time in the quarter-final match against France. The match ended in a tie which led to a shootout. Zico then scored his goal, but penalties missed by Socrates and Julio Cesar saw Brazil knocked out of the tournament.  Having been cleared of all the tax evasion charges by Italian officials in 1988, Zico decided to pay a tribute to Udine, the city that had madly welcomed him six years before, and played his farewell match for the Selecao in March 1989 losing 1-2 to a World All-Stars team at Stadio Friuli. CANNOTANSWER
played his farewell match for the Selecao in March 1989 losing 1-2 to a World All-Stars team at Stadio Friuli.
Zico may refer to:
 Zico (footballer) (born 1953), born Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian footballer and coach 
 Zico Soccer, a video game
 Zico Football Center, a sports complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 Zico (footballer, born 1966), born Milton Antonio Nunes Niemet, Brazilian footballer and coach
 Zico (rapper) or Woo Ji-ho (born 1992), South Korean rapper
 ZICO (beverage), a brand of coconut water

People with the given name
 Zico Bailey (born 2000), American soccer player
 Zico Doe (fl. from 1990), Liberian footballer
 Zico Luzinho Ingles Casimiro or Luzinho (born 1985), East Timorese footballer
 Zico Otieno (Zedekiah Otieno, born 1968), Kenyan footballer
 Zico Phillips (born 1991), Barbadian footballer  
 Zico Rumkabu (born 1989), Indonesian footballer
 Zico Senamuang or Kiatisuk Senamuang (born 1973), Thai footballer and coach
 Zico Waeytens (born 1991), Belgian cyclist

See also
 Zito (disambiguation)
 Zico Chain, a British rock band
 Zeiko Lewis (born 1994), Bermudian footballer
John William King (21 January 1908 – 25 March 1953) was an English first-class cricketer who played 48 matches for Worcestershire and Leicestershire in the late 1920s. He was the nephew of another John King, who played one Test for England, and the son of James King, who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire.

King made his debut in May 1927, for Worcestershire against Sussex at Hove, scoring 7 and 0.
He remained in the side, but did not make a really sizeable contribution until his 12th innings, when he struck 91 (which was to remain his highest score) against Essex at Leyton.
He ended the season with disappointing figures of 386 runs in 31 first-class innings, at an average of 13.78.

In 1928, King did rather better, and indeed his 629 runs at 19.06, with three half-centuries, represented easily the best season's return of his short career. He passed a thousand runs for his career in late August, when he hit an unbeaten 50 against Warwickshire at New Road.
However, in four further innings before the end of the season he never made more than 2, and for 1929 he switched counties to Leicestershire.

King's one season with the county of his birth was not a success. He averaged a mere 11.84, and apart from one innings of 56 against Derbyshire in mid-July,
his highest score all season was 23. By the end of July he was playing for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship, a position whence he never re-emerged. He did appear in two single-innings games for the county during the Second World War, but did not bat in either.

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People from Narborough, Leicestershire Frank Harry (22 December 1876 – 27 October 1925) was an English cricketer, who played 69 first-class games for Lancashire in the early years of the 20th century, and then another seven for Worcestershire just after the First World War. He also turned out for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship between 1912 and 1914.
After his retirement from playing, he stood in 21 games as an umpire, all in 1921.

Early career

Harry made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Gloucestershire at Aigburth at the end of July 1903. The game was badly affected by rain and was drawn; Harry did not bat, and his only wicket was that of Frank Thomas.
He played a handful more games during the following two seasons, but failed to set the cricketing world on fire.

Prime

1906 was a completely different story, and indeed it was to prove a far more successful season for Harry. He scored a career-best 767 runs at 20.18, including three half-centuries, the highest of these (and of his career) being the 88 he hit against Worcestershire in June.
However, the highlight of his batting season came at Blackpool at the end of the summer, when in Lancashire's game against an England XI, he hit an unbeaten 64 in the second innings to guide the county to a tie.

With the ball Harry also enjoyed success in 1906. Without doubt his finest hour came against Warwickshire at Old Trafford in May. In a low-scoring match (which was over inside two days) he claimed 6/26 in the first innings, following it up with 9/44 in the second. This remained his career best, as did his match figures of 15/70.
He managed five-wicket hauls on two other occasions, and finished the summer with 87 wickets (another career best) at an average of 19.63.

In 1907, Harry was similarly successful with the ball, picking up 84 wickets at 16.58, taking five in an innings on no fewer than eight occasions; this time his best return was at Eastbourne, where he achieved a superb first-innings analysis of 29.4–16–26–7; none of the other four bowlers in that innings managed an economy rate of under two.
However, he played much less in 1908 and took only 31 wickets, and after that season played no more for Lancashire.

Later playing career and umpiring

Indeed, despite the aforementioned short spell with Durham between 1912 and 1914, Harry did not appear in first-class cricket again until after the First World War. When cricket resumed in 1919, he was with a new county, Worcestershire, but he did not find success there. He played only eight times for his new side, and his best innings figures were just 3/60, achieved against Somerset at Worcester in July 1919.
After three unsuccessful games in 1920, Harry's first-class playing career was at an end. He stood for one season as an umpire, and died a few years later at the early age of 48.

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