Canhoteiro

1950/53 America FC (BRE) 200 matchs, 79 goals

1953/63 São Paulo (BRE) 415 matches, 105 goals

1963/65 CD Nacional (MEX)

1965/66 Deportivo Toluca (MEX)

1966/67 Nacional AC (BRE)

1967 Saad EC (BRE)

With the National Team :

15 caps, 1 goal

(Friendly matches: 7 caps)

(Copa America: 4 caps)

(Copa Oswaldo Cruz: 2 caps, 1 goal)

(Copa Bernardo O'Higgins: 1 cap)

1st cap: April 4, 1947 against Uruguay (1-1)

Last cap: September 20, 1959 against Chile (1-0)

José da Ribamar de Oliveira "Canhoteiro"

Born on September 24, 1932 in Coroatá (BRE)

Died on August 16, 1974 in São Paulo (BRE)

Brazilian, Left Winger, 1m68

Nickname: "The Garrincha of the Left Wing"

José Ribamar de Oliveira also called "Canhoteiro" was born on September 24, 1932 in Coroatá, Brazil. Idol of Pelé, he was a small winger of 1m68 who was endowed with extreme speed and immense technicality. Very little interested in marking and defensive retreats, he was one of the greatest idols of the São Paulo FC club.

He began his professional career in 1949 in the club of América de Fortaleza, very quickly, he imposed himself there and became one of the best young players in the country, in 200 matches, he scored 79 goals. He signed in April 1954 in the São Paulo club where his career would take on a whole new dimension.

Bought for 100,000 cruzeiros, he made his debut against the Corinthians team, during the match, he humiliated the opposing defender Idário. With São Paulo, he won 1 Small Club World Cup, 1 state championship and finished 4 times state vice-champion.

Very gifted in feints and dribbling, he is recognized in the country as one of the 3 best left wingers in the country with Quarentinha and José Macia "Pepe". During the preparation phases for the 1958 World Cup, he is unstoppable but he is, to everyone's surprise... left out of the group that leaves for Sweden. In the end, Mario Zagallo is chosen by the coach Vicente Feola, Zagallo was much more useful during the defensive phases.

The press then took up the subject and criticized the player's lifestyle, which was considered too "bohemian", partying and going to nightclubs excessively. Following the tournament, he was only called up on a few occasions until September 1959.

With São Paulo FC, he participated in 415 matches and scored 105 goals, enough to place him among the club's top scorers but also among the best players in the history of his country. In the early 1960s, when he was about to enter his thirties, he suffered a serious injury during a collision with Homero, the Corinthians player... After that, he would no longer be the same footballer and was sold to CD Nacional in Mexico in 1963.

He spent 3 years in Mexico before returning to Brazil and quietly ending his career in 1967 at the age of 35. By that time, his body was no longer able to keep up. Like Garrincha, he died in 1974, at just 41 years old, from his alcoholism.

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