Servílio (footballer, born 1939)

In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Servílio de Jesus Filho (15 October 1939 – 8 June 2005), also known as "Servílio", was a Brazilian football striker who played for several clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He also had a brief spell in the Mexican Primera División.

Servílio

Servílio in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Servílio de Jesus Filho
Date of birth	(1939-10-15)15 October 1939
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	8 June 2005(2005-06-08) (aged 65)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	ADAP-SP
1958–1963	Portuguesa	412	(142)
1963–1969	Palmeiras	356	(29)
1969–1971	Corinthians
1971	Atlas
1972	Paulista-SP
1972–1977	Nacional-SP
1977	Valencia
International career
1959–1966	Brazil	9	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in São Paulo, Servílio was a product of the Associação Portuguesa de Desportos youth system. He began playing professional football with Associação Desportiva Araraquara before he returned to play for Portuguesa's senior side in 1957.^[1]

Servílio enjoyed his greatest success with his next club, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. He won the Campeonato Paulista twice (in 1963 and 1966) and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1967 (Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) and 1967 (Taça Brasil).^[2][3]

Servílio moved to Mexico to play for Club Atlas during the 1970–71 season. He returned to Brazil for a few seasons with Paulista Futebol Clube and Nacional Atlético Clube and finished his career in Venezuela playing for Valencia F.C.

Servílio died from a heart attack in São Paulo at age 65.^[4]

Personal life

Servílio is son of the also footballer Servílio de Jesús.

Honours

Palmeiras

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1967 (taça Brasil), 1967 (Roberto Gomes Pedrosa)
• Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1965
• Campeonato Paulista:1963, 1966
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1968