Teodoro (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Teodoro Matos Santana | ||
Date of birth | 22 October 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 12 June 2013 | (aged 66)||
Place of death | Santos, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Ponte Preta | |||
1971–1980 | São Paulo | ||
1980–1981 | Dallas Tornado | 11 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Dallas Tornado (indoor) | 6 | (0) |
1982 | São Paulo | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Teodoro Matos Santana (22 October 1946 – 12 June 2013) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
After previously playing for Ponte Preta,[1] Teodoro made 303 appearances for São Paulo in all competitions, winning the 1977 national title and the 1980 regional title.[2] He later played in the United States for the Dallas Tornado.[3]
Later life and death
Teodoro died on 12 June 2013, at the age of 66, from pancreatic cancer.[2]
References
- ^ "São Paulo FC lamenta o falecimento de Teodoro" (in Portuguese). São Paulo FC. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Teodoro, campeão brasileiro pelo São Paulo em 1977, morre de cancer" (in Portuguese). UOL. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Profile". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2013 deaths
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
- São Paulo FC players
- Dallas Tornado players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Brazilian expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football midfielders
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Brazilian football midfielder stubs