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Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira

Athirson
Personal information
Full name Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira
Date of birth (1977-01-16) 16 January 1977 (age 40)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left winger
Left back
Youth career
Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Flamengo 56 (3)
1998 Santos (loan) 25 (1)
2001–2003 Juventus 5 (0)
2002–2003 Flamengo (loan) 23 (4)
2004 Flamengo 20 (2)
2005 Cruzeiro 6 (1)
2005–2007 Bayer Leverkusen 30 (2)
2007 Botafogo 3 (0)
2008 Brasiliense 6 (0)
2008–2009 Portuguesa 13 (3)
2009 Cruzeiro 11 (0)
2010 Portuguesa 24 (3)
2011 America 0 (0)
2012 Duque de Caxias 0 (0)
National team
1999–2000 Brazil – (U-23) 14 (2)
1999–2003 Brazil 5 (0)
Teams managed
2015 São Cristóvão
2016 Flamengo-PI
2017 Alecrim
2017–
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2010.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2010

Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira, better known as Athirson (born 16 January 1977) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as left back. He is currently coaching, where he heads the Flamengo do Piauí.

He was born in Rio de Janeiro and played much of his early career at Flamengo. He was signed by Juventus but loaned to Flamengo in February 2002. He contract was terminated in October 2003.

Athirson was released by Bayer Leverkusen along with Roque Junior. He then signed a six months contract with Botafogo. but his contract was terminated on 4 October 2007, after just playing only seven times for the club.

He signed a one-year contract with Brasiliense on 22 February 2008, then signed for Portuguesa in September 2008. On 26 April 2009 the left-back signed for Cruzeiro on a free transfer until December.

He had received an offer from America-RJ after his contract with Portuguesa expired on 31 December 2010. In 2011, he signed for Duque de Caxias to play at Campeonato Brasileiro Série B but was released during the competition. On 6 October 2011, he signed for Projecta, a Brazilian indoor soccer club based at Espírito Santo.

Athirson played five times for the Brazilian national team. He also made 14 appearances and scored two goals for the Brazilian U-23 side, which competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Brazil under-20 squad which wonn the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.


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