is a Brazilian former
footballer
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and commentator of
Japanese descent who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 ...
.
He joined the
Corinthians
The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...
in 1963 and played for
Towa Real Estate S.C. in the
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...
between 1972 and 1974.
Playing style
A highly technical player, Echigo was renowned for his
feints and
dribbling skills. He is responsible for inventing the dribbling move known as
'Elastico', or 'flip-flap', a move which Brazilian legend
Rivelino acquired from him and perfected while they were teammates at Corinthians in 1964.
Honours
Club
;Towa Estate Development
*
JSL Cup: 1973
Individual
* Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1973, 1974
*
Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class, Gold and Silver Rays: 2017
References
External links
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Twitter
1945 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Brazilian footballers
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Japan Soccer League players
Shonan Bellmare players
Association football midfielders
Association football forwards
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