Personal information | |||
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Full name | Elísio dos Santos Teixeira | ||
Date of birth | March 4, 1922 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 17 August 1999 | (aged 77)||
Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1938 | São Paulo[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1956 | São Paulo | 525 | (188) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2022 |
Elísio dos Santos Teixeira (4 March 1922 – 17 August 1999),[2] was a Brazilian professional footballer who has played for São Paulo FC as a forward. Teixeirinha won the Campeonato Paulista for 6 opportunities playing alongside great players like Leonidas and Sastre,[3] and scored 188 goals in 525 games, being the #4 scorer in the history of São Paulo Futebol Clube.[4] He was called to defend Brazil national team at the 1946 South American Championship, however he did not enter in any matches.