Benedito Carlos de Souza (born 13 May 1944), known as Benê, is a Brazilian former

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who played as a forward for clubs in Brazil and Chile.

Playing career

Born in

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, Brazil, Benê made his professional debut with

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in a 4–3 loss against

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in 1963. After playing on loan at

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, EC Corinthians, América-SP and Portuguesa, he permanently played for Corinthians between 1967 and 1971, making one hundred sixty one appearances and scoring fifty goals. As a player of Corinthians, he won the 1971 Torneio do Povo and gained renown after scoring the draw goal against the classic rival,

, in the 1967 Campeonato Paulista, making they not win the championship. After his stint with Corinthians, he also played for two another important clubs, Internacional and Athletico Paranaense, in addition to Portuguesa, Ferroviária, , XV de Piracicaba, with whom he was the runner-up of the 1976 Campeonato Paulista, Saad and Velo Clube. In 1973, he also had a brief stint with Spanish side

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. Ending his career in Brazil, he moved to Chile in 1978 and tried to sign with

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, but he finally signed with Coquimbo Unido in the top division alongside his compatriot

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. A year later, another Brazilian player, Liminha, joined the club recommended by the last one. They three are well remembered by his seasons together in the squad. In 1980, he switched to Aviación in the same division, what was his last club.

Coaching career

Benê has worked as coach at youth level for clubs such as EC São Bernardo and Palestra SB. With the last one, he won the 1992 Campeonato Paulista de Juniores da 2º Divisão, where took part the former Brazil international Zé Roberto as a player, using the nickname of ''Cacá''. Benê made his home in

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and has worked as coach for football academies.

Honours

Corinthians * Torneio do Povo:

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

References

External links

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at HistoriaDoGrenal.com * (Terceiro Tempo) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bene 1944 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players Goiânia Esporte Clube players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players SC Internacional players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Club Athletico Paranaense players Saad Esporte Clube players Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense players La Liga players FC Barcelona players Chilean Primera División players Coquimbo Unido footballers C.D. Aviación footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football forwards Brazilian football managers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen