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Cléo (footballer, born 1937)

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Cléo
Personal information
Full name Cléo Muratore de Souza
Date of birth (1937-09-16)16 September 1937
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Date of death 11 June 1998(1998-06-11) (aged 60)
Place of death Porto Alegre, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Pelotas
1962 Newell's Old Boys
1963–1970 Grêmio 300 (7)
1970 Juventude
International career
1966 Brazil 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024

Cléo Muratore de Souza (16 September 1937 – 11 June 1998), simply known as Cléo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

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Midfielder with more than 300 appearances for Grêmio, he was part of the state champion squad several times in the 1960s.[1] He is also in the historic selection of EC Pelotas, a team with which he won the city championship three times.[2]

Cléo also played for the Brazil national team in two matches, against Chile, valid for the 1966 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins.[3]

Personal life

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Cleo is brother of the also footballer Paulo Souza.[1]

Honours

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Pelotas
  • Campeonato Citadino de Pelotas: 1957, 1958, 1960
Grêmio
Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cléo Muratore de Souza". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Sele-Lobo (arquivo do EC Pelotas)". Arquivo Lobão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1964–1966". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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  • Cléo at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
  • Cléo at WorldFootball.net
  • Cléo at National-Football-Teams.com