Afonsinho (footballer, born 1947)
- For other Brazilian footballer named Afonsinho ,see Afonso Guimarães da Silva.
Afonso Celso Garcia Reis, best known as Afonsinho (born in Marília, 3 September 1947) was an association footballer. Started career in 1962 for XV de Jaú, and in 1965 for Botafogo.
Four decades after Fausto, in the zenith of Military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971 he succeed to be the first Brazilian footballer to obtain in practice in Brazil the affirmation of one basic labor law: the right to negotiate his own services in order to change employer/team when and if he wants, with no need for interference of agents or approval of any former employer, and without suffering professional reprisals. A movie documentary called "Passe Livre" was made by Oswaldo Caldeira about the subject in 1974.
He also played by Olaria, Santos, América Mineiro, Madureira, Flamengo and Fluminense.
External links
- Profile at Globo Esporte's Futpedia
- article about him in a Brazilian weekly magazine; December 2008[permanent dead link] in Portuguese
- article in Wikipedia-Portuguese about the documentary
- Use dmy dates from June 2011
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Marília
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú) players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Fluminense Football Club players
- Olaria Atlético Clube players
- Santos Futebol Clube players
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Madureira Esporte Clube players
- Brazilian football midfielder stubs