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Zico

(Photo by Leon Kwan ©)

Subject(s): Zico
Sport: Football

Location: CR Flamengo, George Helal Training Center, Vargem Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Unveiled and originally sited at the Football Museum within the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho (Maracana), Rio de Janeiro. Statue moved to CR Flamengo's Club HQ at Estádio José Bastos Padilha, Gávea in 2016 to create space for Olympic display at Maracana, but was supposed to return to the Maracana after the 2016 Olympics. However this is yet to happen. Statue was damaged by being displayed outdoors at Estádio José Bastos Padilha. Restored and resited at Flamengo's youth development centre in 2021.)
Unveiled: 26/12/2009
Sculptor: Abel Gomes
Material: Fibreglass
Status: In Situ

Inscription(s):
Plaque 1: Arthur Antunes Coimbra. Zico. [footprints].

Plaque 2:

Links: None


(Photo by Adrian Dutch ©)

(Photo by Adrian Dutch ©)

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