Cléo (footballer, born 1937)

Cléo
Personal information
Full name	Cléo Muratore de Souza
Date of birth	16 September 1937
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Date of death	11 June 1998 (aged 60)
Place of death	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1961	Pelotas
1962	Newell's Old Boys
1963–1970	Grêmio
1970	Juventude
International career
1966	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024

Cléo Muratore de Souza (16 September 1937 – 11 June 1998), simply known as Cléo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Midfielder with more than 300 appearances for Grêmio, he was part of the state champion squad several times in the 1960s.^[1] He is also in the historic selection of EC Pelotas, a team with which he won the city championship three times.^[2]

Cléo also played for the Brazil national team in two matches, against Chile, valid for the 1966 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins.^[3]

Personal life

Cleo is brother of the also footballer Paulo Souza.^[1]

Honours

Pelotas

Campeonato Citadino de Pelotas: 1957, 1958, 1960

Grêmio

Campeonato Gaúcho: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre: 1964, 1965

Brazil

Copa Bernardo O'Higgins: 1966

References

^ ^a ^b "Cléo Muratore de Souza". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Sele-Lobo (arquivo do EC Pelotas)". Arquivo Lobão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1964-1966". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

External links

Cléo at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Cléo at WorldFootball.net
Cléo at National-Football-Teams.com

[Grêmiopedia-1] "Cléo Muratore de Souza". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[2] "Sele-Lobo (arquivo do EC Pelotas)". Arquivo Lobão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[RSSSF_Brazil_1964-1966-3] "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1964-1966". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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