Washington César Santos (January 3, 1960 – May 25, 2014) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Valença, Bahia State, and died in

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. In his career (1980–1996) he played for several clubs: Galícia (1980 and 1995),

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, Operário and

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

(1981)

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(1982–1983 and 1992),

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(1983–1989, eighth best top goalscorer in club history with 118 goals in 311 matches), Guarani (1989–1990),

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(1990–1991)

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(1991–1992) Desportiva-ES (1992) Santa Cruz (1993–1994) Figueiras (1994),

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(1996) and Foz de Iguaçu (1996). He won one Rio Grande do Sul State Tournament (1981), one Paraná State Tournament (1982), four

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

(1983, 1984, 1985, 1990), and one

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(1984), With the

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he got 5 international caps and won the

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. On 25 May 2014 Washington died due to

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