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Also known as Gerson, Gérson de Oliveira Nunes, Canhotinha de Ouro

Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (; born 11 January 1941), generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. He is widely known as "the brain" behind the Brazil Football Team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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Born
1914
Died
1988
Works
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Football biography.name
Gérson
Football biography.image
Gérson 1970.jpg
Football biography.caption
Gérson with Brazil in 1970
Football biography.fullname
Gérson de Oliveira Nunes
Football biography.birth_place
Niterói, Brazil
Football biography.position
Midfielder
Football biography.youthyears1
1958
Football biography.youthclubs1
Canto do Rio
Football biography.years1
1959–1963
Football biography.years2
1963–1969
Football biography.years3
1969–1972
Football biography.years4
1972–1974
Football biography.clubs1
Flamengo
Football biography.clubs2
Botafogo
Football biography.clubs3
São Paulo
Football biography.clubs4
Fluminense

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Sport
Soccer
Team
Cruzeiro
Position
Central Midfield
Nationality
Brazil

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Mass
69
Image
Gérson 1970 (cropped).jpg
Height
170
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Gérson de Oliveira Nunes
date of birth
1941-01-11
pseudonym
Canhotinha de ouro
end of work period
1973-00-00
start of work period
1959-00-00
name in native language
Gérson
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Contents
  • Career
  • Style of play
  • Controversy
  • Career statistics
  • Honours
  • Club
  • International
  • Individual
  • References and notes
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Gérson de Oliveira Nunes (; born 11 January 1941), generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. He is widely known as "the brain" behind the Brazil Football Team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

== Career == Gérson was born and spent his childhood in the city of Niterói, just to the eastern side of Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro, then the capital of the former Rio de Janeiro State. In school, he was nicknamed papagaio (parrot), a nickname he kept throughout his life and which many of his fellow footballers used when addressing him.

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