Sebastião Martins Oliveira Júnior (born 7 February 1972), commonly known as Arzul, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of Santos.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastião Martins Oliveira Júnior | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1972[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portuguesa Santista | |||
| 1984–1990 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Juventus | ||
| 1996 | Paulista | ||
| 1997 | Guarujá | ||
| 1998–1999 | Santos (futsal) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009– | Santos (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Arzul represented Portuguesa Santista and Juventus-SP as a youth; initially a centre forward, he was converted into a goalkeeper after arriving late to a training session.[3] After impressing in his new position, he was nicknamed Arzul due to his physical likeness to Julio César Arzú, a goalkeeper of Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[4]
Arzul made his senior debut with Juventus in 1990, also playing in the year's Série B. He subsequently played for Paulista and Guarujá before switching to futsal.[4]
Arzul joined Santos' futsal side in 1998,[5] and started his coaching career in the following year, being a goalkeeping coach of the youth futsal categories. He retired in 2000 after knee injuries, and moved back to football under the same coaching role.[3]
Arzul was promoted as the main squad's goalkeeping coach in 2009 by manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo.[4] In 2020, after completing 22 years in the club,[2] he was inducted to be included in the club's Wall of Fame, painted in the outside of the CT Rei Pelé, where other club idols were included.[6]