Sports record: This football coach was the mentor of one team for 53 years
Amadeu Teixeira has never been a world-class football coach.
However, this man still made it into the Guinness Book of Records.
The fact is that Teixeira coached the same club for… 53 years.
The Brazilian was the coach of the team "America" from the large Brazilian city of Manaus from 1955 to 2008.
Biography of a record-breaking coach
Amadeu Teixeira was born in the summer of 1926 in the state of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil.
He was never a professional football player.
However, Teixeira still got into the football sphere. He was among the founders of the team "America".
At first, the man was a physiotherapist and massage therapist.
However, in the mid-1950s, Teixeira began coaching football players.
The man remained in the position of head coach of the America club until 2008.
Teixeira's 53-year tenure in this position allowed him to get into the Guinness Book of Records: the compilers of the reference book recognized the Brazilian as the coach who has led the same club for the longest time.
It is worth emphasizing that under the leadership of the record-breaking coach, the football players of the America team won several regional tournaments.
Amadeu Teixeira died in the fall of 2017 at the age of 92.
