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Odir Jacques Personal information Full name Odir Jacques Ferreira Date of birth April 2, 1946 Place of birth Rio de Janeiro,Brazil Playing position Manager (former striker) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1968 C.D. Sonsonate 1969 Alianza F.C. 1967-1970 C.D. FAS 1970 Atlético Marte 1970-1971, 1973-1974, 1975-1976 Deportivo Saprissa L.D. Alajuelense CS Herediano – Limonense National team Costa Rica * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Odir Jacques Ferreira is a former Brazilian soccer striker who played most of his career in Costa Rica.
Before moving to Costa Rica, Jacques Ferreira started in Bangu in Brazil's Carioca League, then played for several years in El Salvador with Club Deportivo FAS. Although he failed to win any trophys in his time with FAS, he did help them to reach the championship final for three consecutive seasons in 1967/68, 1969 and 1970. He was very well known and popular with the clubs supporters as he was a very effective and consistent striker. In his few years in El Salvador he scored a total of 126 goals, and is currently still listed as one of the highest goalscorers of all time. He holds a scoring record still remaining untouched, scoring 30 goals in 36 games in 1968 with FAS.
From FAS, Ferreira moved to Saprissa, where he won several national championships, including the famous six consecutive championships won by Saprissa from 1972 to 1977, a record both in Costa Rica as well as in the American continent. He also played with L.D. Alajuelense and C.S. Herediano, before retiring at age 33.
Jacques was an excellent goal scorer, very quick and gifted, with great skills for shooting especially free kicks. He is always remembered by Saprissa's fans, because of his unique talents.
He was the best goal scorer in the 1972 Costa Rica's first division tournament , in which he scored 18 goals.[1] After retiring, he began a very successful coaching career in Costa Rica, where he managed the three most important teams in the country, Deportivo Saprissa, L.D. Alajuelense and C.S. Herediano, becoming the only person to win a championship as a player and as a coach at the same time with C.S. Herediano in 1978. He won 3 championships with C.S. Herediano and 1 championship with L.D. Alajuelense under his coaching tenure. He also coached the Costa Rica's national squad in 1985. As a coach he discovered Costa Rica national team player greats such as Oscar Ramirez, Rolando Fonseca and Mauricio Wright among others.
He is considered by many experts, as the best foreigner to ever play in the Costa Rica's first division.
References
- ^ Coto Cover, Gerardo. "Costa Rica - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/costops.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
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