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Raimundinho

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Raimundinho
Personal information
Full name Raimundo Ferreira Silva
Date of birth (1933-02-28)28 February 1933
Place of birth São José da Varginha , Brazil
Date of death 29 April 2000(2000-04-29) (aged 67)
Place of death Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cachoeirinha (Belo Horizonte)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1963 Cruzeiro 323 (112)
1958America-RJ (loan)
1963–1964 Renascença [pt]
Managerial career
1977–1978 Treze
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024

Raimundo Ferreira Silva (28 February 1933 – 29 April 2000), better known as Raimundinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Career

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Raimundinho began his career at Cachoeirinha de Belo Horizonte in 1951, still as a youth player. He arrived at Cruzeiro in 1952 where he played almost his entire career, with 323 games and 112 goals,[1] being top scorer in 1954[2] and state champion in 1956, 1959, and 1960. He was sidelined due to illness in 1957, being loaned to America-RJ in 1958 to regain rhythm. He ended his career as a player at EC Renascença and had a brief role as coach at Treze da Paraíba.[3]

Honours

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Cruzeiro
Individual
  • 1954 Campeonato Mineiro top scorer: 13 goals

References

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  1. ^ "Raimundo Ferreira Silva". Cruzeiropédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Minas Gerais State Championship - List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Raimundinho, uma carreira inesquecível". Guerreiro dos Gramados (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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