Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club, commonly known as Canto do Rio, is a sports and social club from

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...

in the state of

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. It is best known for being a secondary force in Rio de Janeiro's

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competitions. Canto do Rio nos anos 50

Canto do Rio played after its professionalisation from 1940 to 1964 as the only club from the

state of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

, of which Niterói was the capital, in the first division of the city of Rio de Janeiro, as the then capital of Brazil being the

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, and after 1960

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. There, Canto do Rio generally finished in the lower regions of the table. In 1944 Canto do Rio peaked, finishing sixth, and in that season also had, with Geraldino who scored 19 goals, the top scorer of the league. Since 1964 the club has played occasionally in the second division of the Rio de Janeiro competition, but generally was to be found in the third level. Between 1933 and 1968 Canto do Rio won five times the championship of the city of Niterói, a competition that was held between 1913 and 1974. In the 1940s the club several times took part in the Municipal Tournament of the city of Rio de Janeiro, held between 1938 and 1951, where it could achieve a notable third place in 1944. From 1940 to 1945

Ely do Amparo Ely do Amparo, commonly known as just Ely (May 14, 1921 – March 9, 1991), was a Brazilian football central defender, who played in two World Cups. Career Ely do Amparo started his career with América, in 1939. He joined Canto do Rio in ...

- later part of the legendary ''Expresso da Vitória'' of

CR Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently compet ...

and the Brazilian team between 1949 and 1953 - played with Canto do Rio and captained the team for some time.

Danilo Alvim Danilo Alvim Faria (3 December 1920 – 16 May 1996) was a Brazilian footballer. He was a member of the ill-fated Brazilian 1950 World Cup team. One of the greatest center-halves in the World during his prime, he was renowned as a very so ...

in 1943, later also part of Vasco da Gama's famous side and the Brazil of the era, and Caetano da Silva "Veludo" in 1956, nine times goalkeeper for Brazil, are further famous player who had also short spells with the club. In the late 1950s

Gérson de Oliveira Nunes Gérson de Oliveira Nunes, generally known as Gérson (; born 11 January 1941 in Niterói), nicknamed ''Canhotinha de ouro'' (literally: Golden left foot), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous ...

, World Cup winner with Brazil in 1970 played in the youth teams of the club. These days the club occupies a block of about 12 000 m², circa 130 000 square feet, close to the centre of Niterói containing sports fields, pools, gyms, saunas and other buildings for the sports activities of its members and facilities to host functions of all kinds. Canto do Rio Profissional 2007

External links

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