Afonsinho (footballer, born 1947)
Afonso Celso Garcia Reis (born in Marília, 3 September 1947), best known as Afonsinho, was an association footballer.
He started his career in 1962 playing for XV de Jaú, and in 1965 for Botafogo. He also played for Olaria, Santos, América Mineiro, Madureira, Flamengo and Fluminense.
Four decades after Fausto, at the zenith of the military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971 he succeeded in becoming the first Brazilian footballer to obtain in practice in Brazil the right to change his employer/team when and if he wanted, with no need for an agent or the approval of his former employer, and without suffering professional reprisals.[citation needed] A movie documentary called " " was made by about the subject in 1974.
External links[]
- Profile at Globo Esporte's Futpedia
- article about him in a Brazilian weekly magazine; December 2008[permanent dead link] in Portuguese
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Marília
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú) players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Fluminense FC players
- Olaria Atlético Clube players
- Santos FC players
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Madureira Esporte Clube players
- Brazilian football midfielder stubs