Araken Patusca (17 July 1905 – 24 January 1990) was a Brazilian

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who played as a striker. He was born in Santos. Throughout his career (1923–1937), he played for

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

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, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo,

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. Having been three consecutive times runner-up with Santos (1927, 1928, 1929) at the '' Campeonato Paulista'', he won the title with them in 1931, and then in 1935 with Independente. With Siriri, Feitiço, Evengelista and Camarão formed one of the most important attacking lines of the 1920s. In 1928, he was the top goalscorer of the ''Campeonato Paulista''. He scored the 1000th goal in Santos FC history against Atlas Flamengo in 1929. In total he scored 182 goals in 193 matches for Santos and is considered a club idol. With the Brazil national team he participated in the first edition of the World Cup in 1930, playing one match against

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. He was the only player from

(state) to represent the national team at the inaugural tournament, going against the wishes of the CBD that wanted to take only players in activity in

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. In the end, he signed for

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to be able to travel with the team, but never played a single game at the club. He died at 84 years old.

Honours

Club

* Campeonato Paulista: :

: 1931 :

: 1935

Individual

* Campeonato Paulista top scorer: :

: 1927 (31 goals)

References and footnotes

1905 births 1990 deaths Sportspeople from Santos, São Paulo 1930 FIFA World Cup players Brazilian footballers Brazil men's international footballers Santos FC players São Paulo FC players Association football forwards {{Brazil-footy-forward-1900s-stub