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José Ribamar De Oliveira
José Ribamar de Oliveira, best known as Canhoteiro (24 September 193216 August 1974) was a Brazilian footballer, who played most notably for São Paulo FC. Canhoteiro means essentially "left footed." Canhoteiro was regarded as one of Brazil's greatest dribblers of his generation. and played during a time of exceptional talent in that country. He had epic games against Pelé of Santos FC, one in particular in 1958, played under heavy rain at Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...the game ended tied at two goals each, with Pelé and Canhoteiro scoring both goals for each of their clubs. Canhoteiro died pennyless and an alcoholic, the fate of many a footballer in the early years of the game. One of his nicknames was "the Garrincha of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coroatá
Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it .... History It was settled by the Portuguese and became a village in 1843. By 1912 work on railroads, to give greater connection to cities, had occurred. In 1920 Coroatá was incorporated as a city and 1920 is deemed its "founding." It has a population of 65,544. Religion The population is 75.1% Catholic and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá is located there. In addition to Catholics 14.2% are Protestant, 2.3% belong to other forms of Christianity, 0.3% are of Afro-Brazilian religion, 0.1% of other religions, and 8% are of no religion. Mayors of Coroatá *José Jansen Pereira - 1920 *João Rios - 1926 *Benedito Alves Cardoso - 1931 *Luis Pereira da Silva - 1937 *João Coelho Matos - 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |