José Perácio Berjun, also known as ''Perácio'' (2 November 1917 in

Nova Lima Nova Lima is a municipality of about 87,000 people, whose downtown is located about 20 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Mining is one of the main economical activities of th ...

– 10 March 1977 in

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) was a Brazilian

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who played as a striker. Throughout his career (1932–1951) he played for Villa Nova,

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and Canto do Rio and won three Minas Gerais state championships (1933, 1934 and 1935) and three Rio de Janeiro State Championship (1942, 1943 and 1944). At international level, he participated at the

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with the

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, helping his team to a third place finish, playing in four games and scoring three goals. He was a volunteer in the

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(FEB) during

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. He died at 59 years old.

Honours

;Villa Nova * Minas Gerais state championships: 1933, 1934, 1935 ;Flamengo * Rio de Janeiro State Championship: 1942, 1943, 1944

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