Teodoro Matos Santana (22 October 1946 – 12 June 2013) was a Brazilian professional
footballer
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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 ...
.
Career
After previously playing for
Ponte Preta,
Teodoro made 303 appearances for
São Paulo
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in all competitions, winning the
1977 national title and the
1980 regional title.
He later played in the United States for the
Dallas Tornado
The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas, Texas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981. Of the twelve teams that comprised the U.S. in 1967, the Tornado franchise played the longest–15 seasons.
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.
Later life and death
Teodoro died on 12 June 2013, at the age of 66, from pancreatic cancer.
References
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 (1968–1984) players
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Association football midfielders
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Sportspeople from Santos, São Paulo
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