João Roberto Custódio (born 31 December 1987), commonly known as Betinho, is a Brazilian
footballer
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who plays for
Juventus
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as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Born in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Betinho made his senior debuts for
Engenheiro Beltrão
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It is about southwest of the city of Maringá. It was founded in 1954
It has an area of .
It has a Humid subtropical climate.
As of 2020 the estimated population was 13, ...
in 2009. In 2011, he moved to
Noroeste, and made his professional debut on 20 February 2011, coming on as a second half
substitute in a 0–2 away loss against
São Bernardo FC for the
Campeonato Paulista
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championship.
In January 2013 Betinho signed for
Grêmio Osasco. In May, after appearing regularly, he joined
Série B's
Boa Esporte; he rescinded with the latter on 29 October 2014.
On 5 January 2015 Betinho signed for
Portuguesa,
freshly relegated to
Série C.
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Esporte Clube Noroeste players
Boa Esporte Clube players
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
Oeste Futebol Clube players
Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube players
Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players
Clube Atlético Juventus players
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