Born in Plataforma, a bairro of Salvador, the capital of Bahia, Zózimo played for Brazil's São Cristóvão, Bangu, Flamengo, Portuguesa and Esportiva de Guarantinguetá, as well as Peru's Sport Boys in Callao and El Salvador's Club Deportivo Águila in San Miguel.

He won one Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1965 and was a two-time winner for the Brazilian team at the FIFA World Cup in 1958 and 1962.

Four weeks after his 45th birthday, Zózimo died in a road accident in Rio de Janeiro.

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