In 2005, José Ely de Miranda walked into the office of Marcelo Teixeira, then president of Santos FC, armed with the perfect retort in case they were there to discuss a big-name signing for the coastal club: "You have to see this boy!" Miranda was in charge of the youth teams at Santos, the teenage and pre-teen prospects that train at the academy in hope of someday turning pro (which very few do). Miranda went down in the annals of football as Zito, a winger who won nine São Paulo State Championship titles, two Club World Cup with Santos (in 1962 and 1963), as well as a pair of World Cup crowns with the Brazilian national team (in 1958 and 1962).
The Planet Neymar, Part I: The Discovery
