Chico (footballer, born 1922)
Brazilian footballer and manager (1922-1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Aramburu (7 January 1922 – 1 October 1997) known as Chico was a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He possessed an extremely high running speed and very powerful kicks from both legs. Regarded as one of the legends of the Vasco da Gama football club, he is considered the best number 11s in the history of the club. Chico was widely considered as one of the greatest wingers of all time. He was known as a goalscorer, he was an extremely fast left winger, he kicked hard with both feet.
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Full name | Francisco Aramburu | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1922-01-07)7 January 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Uruguaiana, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 October 1997(1997-10-01) (aged 75) | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker, Left winger | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1935–1939 | Ferro Carril | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1939–1940 | Ferro Carril | 76 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||
1940–1942 | Grêmio | 52 | (29) | |||||||||||||||||
1942–1955 | Vasco da Gama | 409 | (127) | |||||||||||||||||
1955–1956 | Flamengo | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 539 | (167) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
1945–1950 | Brazil | 21 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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