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Brazil great Falcao sacked as coach of Sport Recife

Xinhua, April 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Brazil football great Paulo Roberto Falcao has been sacked as coach of Brazilian Serie A club Sport Recife.

The 62-year-old was dismissed after Sport's 1-0 loss to Campinense on Sunday, a result that saw the club eliminated from the Copa do Nordeste.

"[We] express our enormous admiration for [Falcao] and thank him for his work in this period." Sport said in an official statement.

Falcao, who joined Sport as coach last September, led the team to 17 victories, six draws and 11 defeats.

Despite failing to win a World Cup, Falcao is widely considered among Brazil's greatest ever players.

He was part of the Selecao's celebrated midfield - also featuring Zico, Socrates, Junior and Toninho Cerezo - that lost to eventual winners Italy at the quarterfinals of the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

As a coach Falcao has been less successful, briefly leading Brazil's national team in 1990 and 1991 before unspectacular spells in charge of America (Mexico), Internacional (Brazil), Japan's national team and Bahia (Brazil). Endit