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Nélson Pescuma
Personal information
Full name Nélson Pescuma
Date of birth (1945-09-26)26 September 1945
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 10 October 2006(2006-10-10) (aged 61)
Place of death Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1959–1961 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 São Paulo 6 (0)
1963 → XV de Piracicaba (loan)
1965 XV de Piracicaba
1966–1970 União Bandeirante
1971–1973 Coritiba
1973–1974 Portuguesa
1974–1976 Corinthians 18 (0)
1975–1976 → Fluminense (loan) 5 (0)
1977 Apucarana
1978 Golfinho
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023

Nélson Pescuma (26 September 1945 – 10 October 2006), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[1][2][3]

Career

A defender who drew attention for his height, unusual at the time for Brazilian football, was trained in the youth sectors of São Paulo, but reached his peak playing for Coritiba, the club where he became an idol. He also participated in the Campeonato Paulista champion squad for Portuguesa in 1973.[2]

Honours

Coritiba
Portuguesa
Fluminense
Individual

Death

Pescuma died in Curitiba at the age of 61, victim from a liver cancer.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Pescuma". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Pescuma, ex-jogador do Corinthians". Meu Timão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Aos 61, morre Pescuma". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). 11 October 2006. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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