Preguinho

Preguinho
Personnel
Surname	João Coelho Netto
birthday	February 8, 1905
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
date of death	1st October 1979
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Fluminense FC	174 (129)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1930	Brazil	3 00(4)
1 Only league games are given.

João Coelho Netto , called Preguinho (born February 8, 1905 in Rio de Janeiro , † October 1, 1979 ibid) was a Brazilian football player . He took part in the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 , where he scored three goals.

Preguinho only played for Fluminense during his career , for which he scored a total of 129 goals. In 1924, 1936, 1937 and 1938 he was able to win the Campeonato Carioca with Fluminense , in 1930 and 1932 he was the top scorer in that league. He was a very variable athlete (he also practiced the sports of basketball , swimming , water polo , rowing , diving , athletics , volleyball and roller hockey ), which is why he received the title "Grande Benemerito Atleta" ( Portuguese Great, Meritorious Athlete ) in 1952 . In the end there were a total of 387 medals and 55 titles for him. In basketball he won the Campeonato Carioca from 1924 to 1927 and 1931, in volleyball and athletics he won the Rio de Janeiro State Championship in 1923 and 1927.

For the Brazilian national team , he was the first captain to take part in the 1930 World Cup. He scored Brazil’s first goal at a World Cup against Yugoslavia on Monday, July 14, 1930 in Parque Central , and he was also able to score two more goals in the second and last group game against Bolivia . The following appearances in the national team are proven.

Official internationals

• July 14, 1930 against Yugoslavia, result: 1: 2 (World Cup) (1 goal)
• July 22, 1930 against Bolivia, result: 4: 0 (Football World Cup) (2 goals / total 3)
• August 17, 1930 against the USA, result: 4: 3 (1 goal / 4 total)

Unofficial games

• July 2, 1931 against Ferencváros Budapest , result: 6: 1 (2 goals)
• November 27, 1932 against Andarahy AC , result: 7: 2 (5 goals)

He died on September 29, 1979 at the age of 74. Fluminense dedicated a statue in his honor. Preguinho was the son of the writer Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto .

Web links

• Preguinho in the database of fussballdaten.de
• Preguinho in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} www.flumania.com.br: FLUMANIA - A História do Fluminense - Capítulo IV - Ídolos. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; Retrieved April 11, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Individual proof for international matches