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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Honours

Coritiba
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Bola de Prata 50 anos - Conheça o ídolo do Coritiba que ofuscou Pelé e até virou personagem da Disney". ESPN Brasil (in Portuguese). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Que fim levou? Tião Abatiá". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Paraná State Championship - List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 27 January 2024.