José João de Jesus (born 17 December 1979), commonly known as Chicão, is a
Brazilian former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
.
Club career
Chicão played for a number of clubs in Brazil, most notably for
Botafogo-SP
Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP or Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as ...
in the
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
and
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
Brasileirao,
as well as the
2001 Campeonato Paulista final.
Arrests
Chicão was first arrested in 2002 on charges of accessory to murder, and was handed a 16-year sentence.
[ ] He was released from prison in 2010, having served eight years.
He was arrested again in 2011 for threatening people in public with a firearm.
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Personal life
Chicão is the father of current Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gr ...
player João Pedro.[
]
Career statistics
Club
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References
1979 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Associação Desportiva Confiança players
Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) players
Guarani FC players
Associação Atlética Flamengo players
Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players
Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira) players
Footballers from Sergipe
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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