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{{short description|Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1966)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2008}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mazinho
| image = Iomar do Nascimento Melo, Barcelona 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mazinho in 2019
| fullname = Iomar do Nascimento
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Rita, Paraíba]], Brazil
| height = 1.76 m
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|full-back]]
| years1 = 1985–1990
| clubs1 = [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| caps1 = 232
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 1990–1991
| clubs2 = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1991–1992
| clubs3 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1992–1994
| clubs4 = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
| caps4 = 127
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1994–1996
| clubs5 = [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| caps5 = 71
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1996–2000
| clubs6 = [[Celta de Vigo|Celta Vigo]]
| caps6 = 114
| goals6 = 8
| years7 = 2000–2001
| clubs7 = [[Elche CF|Elche]]
| caps7 = 17
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2001
| clubs8 = [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]
| caps8 = 15
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 631
| totalgoals = 28
| nationalyears1 = 1989–1994
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps1 = 35
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2009
| managerclubs1 = [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 USA]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1989 Copa América|1989 Brazil]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1991 Copa América|1991 Chile]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Iomar do Nascimento''' (born 8 April 1966), known as '''Mazinho''', is a Brazilian [[association football|football]] manager and former player. Mazinho played primarily as a [[defensive midfielder]] and a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|full-back]] in his professional playing career. As a manager, he had a short spell at [[Greece|Greek]] club [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]] in 2009.

A former [[central midfielder]], Mazinho played 35 internationals for [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], winning the [[1989 Copa América]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] and the silver medal at the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]]. He was also named in the squads for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 World Cup]] and [[1991 Copa América]].

==Club career==
Mazinho played with [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]], [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] and [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] in his homeland, with [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]] and [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] in Italy, and with [[Valencia CF|Valencia]], [[Celta de Vigo]] and [[Elche CF|Elche]] in Spain. Starting his career as left back, he moved to the midfield in the early 1990s.

Mazinho was a three-time winner of the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]] (Brazilian championship) with Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras. He received the Brazilian Silver Ball award in 1987 and 1988.

==International career==
Mazinho earned 35 caps with the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], the first coming in May 1989 in a friendly against [[Peru national football team|Peru]] and the last during the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/braz-recintlp.html | title = Brazil – Record International Players | publisher = rsssfbrasil.com | access-date = 1 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/405_mazinho.html | title = Mazinho | work = Sambafoot | publisher = sambafoot.com | access-date = 1 October 2011}}</ref> At the 1994 World Cup, a tournament Brazil went on to win, he was the third member of the "three men and a baby" [[Goal celebration|celebration]] with [[Bebeto]] and [[Romário]] in the quarter-final win against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. Mazinho was also a [[Copa América]] winner in [[1989 Copa América|1989]], at which point he was playing as a full-back.

Another player nicknamed "Mazinho" –  [[Mazinho Oliveira|Waldemar Aureliano de Oliveira Filho]] – played for Brazil at the [[1991 Copa América]], and was known as "Mazinho Oliveira" or "Mazinho II" to avoid confusion between the two men.

==Managing career==
In January 2009, Mazinho was appointed head coach of Greek side [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]], replacing Spanish [[Quique Hernández]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/mazinho-sustituye-quique-hernandez-entrenador/dasftb/20090122dasdasftb_22/Tes |work=[[Diario AS]] | language=es |title=Mazinho sustituye a Quique Hernández como entrenador del Aris de Salónica |access-date=22 January 2009 |date=22 January 2009}}</ref> Mazinho, however, was later replaced with former [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] coach [[Héctor Cúper]] in November 2009.

===Statistics===
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris Thessaloniki]]
|{{flagicon|GRE}} 
|align=left|21 January 2009
|align=left|2 November 2009
{{WDL|23|11|7|5}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|23|11|7|5}}
|}

==Personal life==
Mazinho is the father of football players [[Thiago Alcântara|Thiago]] and [[Rafinha (footballer, born February 1993)|Rafinha]]. His wife, Valéria Alcântara, was a former volleyball player.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://global.espn.com/football/blog-transfer-talk/story/4183223/liverpool-sign-thiago-from-bayern-munich | title = Liverpool sign Thiago from Bayern Munich on long-term deal | publisher = ESPN | date = 18 September 2020 | access-date = 19 September 2020 | first = Tom | last = Hamilton}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20090821/53768988596/noticia/thiago-y-jonathan-adn-futbol.html|title=Thiago y Jonathan, ADN fútbol|trans-title=Thiago and Jonathan, football DNA|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=21 August 2009|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Club===
;Vasco da Gama
* [[Campeonato Carioca]] (Rio de Janeiro State championship): 1987, 1988
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]] (Brazilian championship): 1989
* [[Troféu Ramon de Carranza]]: 1987, 1988, 1989
* [[Taça Guanabara]]: 1986, 1987, 1990
* [[Taça Rio]]: 1988

;Palmeiras
* [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Campeonato Brasileiro]] (Brazilian championship): 1993, 1994
* [[Campeonato Paulista]] (São Paulo State championship): 1993, 1994
* [[Torneio Rio – São Paulo|Rio – São Paulo Tournament]]: 1993

===International===
;Brazil
* [[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
* [[Copa América]]: [[1989 Copa América|1989]]

===Individual===
* ''[[Placar]]'' [[Bola de Prata (Brazil)|Bola de Prata]]: 1987, 1988, 1989;
* [[South American Player of the Year]] Silver Ball: 1989
* South American Team of the Year: 1989.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html |title=South American Team of the Year |publisher=RSSF.com |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=30 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121064015/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/sam-toy.html |archive-date=21 January 2015 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311044522/http://www2.cbf.com.br/ca2/162j.html Mazinho] at [[Brazilian Football Confederation|CBF.com.br]] {{in lang|pt}}
* {{NFT player|id=13652}}

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