Nelsinho Rosa Explained

Nelsinho Rosa
Fullname:	Nélson Rosa Martins
Birth Date:	8 December 1937
Birth Place:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Place:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height:	1.77 m
Position:	Midfielder
Youthyears1:	1951–1957
Youthclubs1:	Madureira
Years1:	1957–1962
Clubs1:	Madureira
Years2:	1962–1968
Clubs2:	Flamengo
Manageryears1:	1977
Managerclubs1:	Desportiva Ferroviária
Manageryears2:	1980–1981
Managerclubs2:	Fluminense
Manageryears3:	1982–1984
Managerclubs3:	Al Ain
Manageryears4:	1985–1986
Managerclubs4:	Fluminense
Manageryears5:	1989
Managerclubs5:	Vasco da Gama
Manageryears6:	1992
Managerclubs6:	Vasco da Gama
Manageryears7:	1992
Managerclubs7:	Saudi Arabia
Manageryears8:	1993
Managerclubs8:	Fluminense
Manageryears9:	1995
Managerclubs9:	Vasco da Gama
Manageryears10:	2002
Managerclubs10:	Madureira
Medaltemplates:	(as manager)

Nélson Rosa Martins (8 December 1937 – 16 May 2023), known as Nelsinho Rosa, was a Brazilian football coach and player who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rosa made his senior debut with Madureira before joining Flamengo in 1962. He retired in 1968, aged 31.^[1]

After retiring, Rosa worked as an assistant before being named manager of Desportiva Ferroviária in 1977. In 1980, he was appointed manager of Fluminense, leaving the club in the following year.^[2]

Rosa returned to Flu in 1985, leaving in the following year. In 1989, he took over Vasco da Gama, and led the side to a 1989 Série A winning campaign.^[2]

Rosa returned to Vasco in 1992, before moving abroad to take over the Saudi Arabia national team. He worked at the side in the 1992 King Fahd Cup and the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, before returning to his home country in 1993 to work at Fluminense for a third spell.^[2]

In 2002, Rosa was also a manager of first club Madureira for a brief period. In 2011, he returned to the side to work as a football consultant.^[3]

Rosa died on 16 May 2023, at the age of 85.^[4]