Bio (soccer player)

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Bio
Personnel
Surname Williams Silvio Modesto Verísimo
birthday March 8, 1953
place of birth Araraquara ,  Brazil
date of death February 23, 2008
Place of death Guarulhos ,  Brazil
size 185 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1972 Associação Ferroviária de Esportes
1972-1973 Palmeiras São Paulo 1 (0)
1974-1975 EC Vitória
1975-1988 Terrassa FC 94 (31)
1978-1979 FC Barcelona 9 (3)
1979-1982 Espanyol Barcelona 14 (2)
1980-1981 →  CD Málaga  (loan) 30 (6)
1981-1982 →  CE Sabadell  (loan) 19 (3)
1983 Futebol Sala Bonaire
1983-1984 Terrassa FC
1984-1985 UE Rubí
1985-1986 CP Almería
1986-1987 Águila de Badelona
1988-1989 Unio Bonaire
1990-1991 Collbató
1991-1992 UE Polvoritense
1993 FC Associaciò Espluguense
1 Only league games are given.

Bio , real name Williams Silvio Modesto Verísimo (born March 8, 1953 in São Paulo , † February 23, 2008 in Guarulhos , municipality of São Paulo), was a Brazilian soccer player.

Career

He started his career at Associação Ferroviária de Esportes and signed a contract with SE Palmeiras in 1972 . In the 1974/75 season he was under contract for the club EC Vitória . After three years in Brazil, he moved to the Catalan club Terrassa in 1975 . After three years he obtained citizenship of Spain and for this reason he ended his career in Catalonia. In 1978 he moved to FC Barcelona . With the club he won the Copa del Rey (1977/78) and the European Cup Winners' Cup (1978–1979). In 1979 he moved to Espanyol Barcelona together with Alfredo Amarillo Kechichian and Paco Fortes . The contract had a three-year term, but after only one season it was loaned to the CD Málaga club. In the 1981/82 season he was loaned to the CE Sabadell club. After the years in Spain he returned to Catalonia and was under contract with various small clubs, later he went back to Brazil and ended his career there. He lived in poverty and died of tuberculosis in 2008 .

successes

Palmeiras

Barcelona

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personal data
SURNAME Bio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Modesto Verísimo, Williams Silvio (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Araraquara , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2008
Place of death Guarulhos , Brazil