Tião Abatiá

Tião Abatiá

Personal information
Full name	Sebastião José Ferri
Date of birth	(1945-01-20)20 January 1945
Place of birth	Abatiá, Brazil
Date of death	16 August 2016(2016-08-16) (aged 71)
Place of death	Londrina, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965	Cambará AC
1966–1971	União Bandeirante
1971	São Paulo
1971–1976	Coritiba
1975	→ Portuguesa (loan)
1976–1977	Colorado-PR
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 January 2024

Sebastião José Ferri (20 January 1945 – 16 August 2016), better kwown as Tião Abatiá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Tião began his career at Cambará AC (CAC) in 1965. In the following years, he played for União Banderante, until in 1971 he was traded to São Paulo. He did not adapt to the club and returned to Paraná, in Coritiba, where in the first edition of the Brazilian championship, he was one of the highlights of the competition, being awarded the Silver Ball. He won the state championship 4 times and the Torneio do Povo in 1973, he also had a spell at Portuguesa and ended his career in Colorado.

Honours

Coritiba

• Campeonato Paranaense: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
• Torneio do Povo: 1973
• Fita Azul: 1972

Individual

• 1971 Bola de Prata
• 1971 Campeonato Paranaense top scorer: 18 goals (playing for União Bandeirante)

External links

• Tião Abatiá at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)