João Bosco Gualberto de Freitas, usually known as Biro-Biro (born June 23, 1974 in

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, Rio Grande do Norte), is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for América-RN when the club was competing in

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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and in

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Career

Biro-Biro played for América-RN from 1993 to 1999, helping his club finish as

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runner-up in

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. He then played 45

matches for América-RN in 1997 and in 1998, and helped his club win the Campeonato do Nordeste in 1998, scoring one of the three club goals in the second leg of the final against Vitória of Bahia state. In 2003, he played for Flamengo-PI, moving to

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of Greece in 2003, then

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of Hungary in 2004, and Aek-Kranid of Greece in 2005, scoring ten goals in thirty matches for the latter club. In 2006, he retired while playing for River.

Honors

Biro-Biro won the following honors during his playing career

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biro-Biro 1974 1964 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers América Futebol Clube (RN) players Atromitos F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Men's association football midfielders