Fantick (footballer, born 1955)

Fantick
Personal information
Full name Francisco de Assis dos Santos
Date of birth (1955-10-16)16 October 1955
Place of birth São Luís, Brazil
Date of death 1 November 2024(2024-11-01) (aged 69)
Place of death Araraquara, Brazil
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1978 Botafogo-PB
1978–1979 Comercial-SP
1980–1982 Portuguesa 112 (2)
1983 Avaí
1984 Catuense
1985 Comercial-SP
1986 Taquaritinga
1987–1989 Comercial-SP
1990 Fernandópolis
1991 Matonense
1992 São Bento
1992 São Caetano
1993 Matonense
1994 São Caetano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2024

Francisco de Assis dos Santos (16 October 1955 – 1 November 2024), better known as Fantick, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a left back.

Career

Revealed by Botafogo-PB, Fantick stood out by becoming four-time state champion with the club. He later arrived in football in São Paulo where he played for Comercial de Ribeirão Preto and Portuguesa, where he played 112 matches.[1] Fantick also had spells at Matonense, Avaí, Catuense-BA, São Bento, Taquaritinga, Fernandópolis and São Caetano.[2][3]

After retiring as a player, Fantick worked as a coach in youth sectors at Matonense and Ferroviária, in addition to creating his own football school.[4]

Honours

Botafogo-PB

Death

Fantick died of pancreatic cancer, on 1 November 2024, in the city of Araraquara.[4][2]

References

  1. ^ Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  2. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Fantick (ex-lateral da Lusa)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "A história de Fantick". Só Esporte (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Ex-Botafogo-PB e Portuguesa, Fantick morre em São Paulo aos 69 anos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  • Fantick at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)