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Servílio (footballer, born 1939)

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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 12 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

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.

Career

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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

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Servílio is son of the also footballer Servílio de Jesús.

Honours

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Palmeiras

References

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  1. ^ "Servílio" (in Portuguese). Sitedalusa.com. 1 October 2010.
  2. ^ Servílio
  3. ^ Milton Neves (12 August 2004). "Que Fim Levou? Servílio: Ex-atacante da Lusa e Palmeiras" [Where have they gone? Servílio: Ex-striker of Lusa and Palmeiras] (in Portuguese). Terceiro Tempo.
  4. ^ "Falleció el exjugador brasileño Servilio...En México militó en Atlas" [Former Brazilian footballer Servilio died...He played for Atlas in Mexico] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 8 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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