Ratinho (footballer, born 1942)

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

Ratinho
Personal information
Full name Heitor Martinho de Souza
Date of birth (1942-03-03)3 March 1942
Place of birth São Francisco do Sul, Brazil
Date of death 11 February 2001(2001-02-11) (aged 58)
Place of death Balneário Barra do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Fluminense-SC [pt]
1962–1965 Marcílio Dias
1965–1972 Portuguesa 242 (56)
1973–1974 São Paulo 30 (3)
1976–1978 Joinville
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2024

Career

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Ratinho (little mouse), a nickname given to the fact that the player was fast and daring, began his professional career at Fluminense de Joinville. 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] After retiring, he worked as the club's football director.[4]

Honours

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Marcílio Dias
Joinville

Death

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Ratinho died in a car accident on 11 February 2001, in Balneário Barra do Sul, Santa Catarina.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  2. ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Ratinho, O Primeiro Reforço do JEC". Memória Tricolor (in Portuguese). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Ratinho (Ex-ponta-direita da Portuguesa e do São Paulo)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2024.
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  • Ratinho at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)