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Brazilian footballer

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. Fantick also had spells at Matonense, Avaí, Catuense-BA, São Bento, Taquaritinga, Fernandópolis and São Caetano.

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.

Honours

Botafogo-PB

Death

Fantick died of pancreatic cancer, on 1 November 2024, in the city of Araraquara.

References

  1. Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "Ex-Botafogo-PB e Portuguesa, Fantick morre em São Paulo aos 69 anos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 1 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

External links

  • Fantick at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
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