Ratinho (footballer, Born 1942)
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Heitor Martinho de Souza (3 March 1942 – 11 February 2001), better known as Ratinho, was a Brazilian professional
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 ...
who played as a
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.


Career

Ratinho (little mouse), a nickname given to the fact that the player was fast and daring, began his professional career at Fluminense de
Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitib ...
. In 1962 he arrived at Marcílio Dias, being part of the state champion squad in 1963. He arrived at Portuguesa in 1966 and made 242 appearances for the club, scoring 56 goals. After disagreements with the president of Portuguesa, Oswaldo Texeira Duarte, he went to São Paulo, where he played little, mostly as a substitute, making 30 appearances and scoring just 3 goals. In 1976, he was one of the first reinforcements of the recently created Joinville EC (after the merger between América and Caxias), being state champion in 1976 and 1978. After retiring, he worked as the club's football director.


Honours

;Marcílio Dias *
Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is run by the Santa Catarina Football Federation (FCF). History The Catarinense has had different names throughout ...
: 1963 ;Joinville *
Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is run by the Santa Catarina Football Federation (FCF). History The Catarinense has had different names throughout ...
: 1976, 1978


Death

Ratinho died in a car accident on 11 February 2001, in Balneário Barra do Sul, Santa Catarina.


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