From the decisive match of the tournament against Argentina's Champions CA River Plate it is reported that he marked the young Alfredo Di Stéfano "to perfection".

Wilson finished his career as player until 1957 with Portuguesa and Santos FC where he won twice the São Paulo State Championship, generally known as Campeonato Paulista.

Between 1977 and 1982 he managed the campaigns of Grêmio Maringá, EC Comercial from Campo Grande (MS) and América FC from São José do Rio Preto (SP) in the national championships.

With EC São Bento from Sorocaba (SP) he won the championships of the interior of the years 1964 and 1965 and in 1981 he defeated the national team of Saudi Arabia 1-0.

Wilson Francisco Alves, the Capão, died in São Paulo on 12 July 1998 at the age of 70 - the same day, when Brazil lost the final of the World Cup in France.