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Elzo Aloísio Coelho (born 22 January 1961), better known as Elzo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for the national team, a number of Brazilian clubs, and Portuguese Benfica.

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Football biography.name
Elzo
Football biography.fullname
Elzo Aloísio Coelho
Football biography.birth_place
Machado, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Football biography.position
Defensive Midfielder
Football biography.years1
1978–1981
Football biography.years2
1981–1982
Football biography.years3
1982
Football biography.years4
1982–1984
Football biography.years5
1984–1987
Football biography.years6
1987–1989
Football biography.years7
1989–1991
Football biography.years8
1991–1993
Football biography.years9
1993
Football biography.clubs1
Ginásio Pinhalense
Football biography.clubs2
Inter de Limeira
Football biography.clubs3
Amparo
Football biography.clubs4
Internacional

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  • Playing career
  • Honours
  • Individual
  • References

Elzo Aloísio Coelho (born 22 January 1961), better known as Elzo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for the national team, a number of Brazilian clubs, and Portuguese Benfica.

==Playing career== At the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, Elzo played an active role as a main starter for Brazil's squad in all five of the team's matches, playing alongside stars such as Carecca, Sócrates and Zico. In the group stage, the team won against Spain (1–0), Algeria (1–0), and Northern Ireland (3–0), and defeated the Poland national team 4–0 in the last 16. In the quarter-finals, they played against the France national team led by Michel Platini; however, after a 1–1 draw, the match went to a penalty shoot-out, and Brazil were eliminated from the competition in the last eight. He made 11 appearances for Brazil in total, all of which came in 1986.

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