Teixeirinha (footballer, born 1922)

Teixeirinha
São Paulo F.C. athletes Renganeschi, Noronha, Teixeirinha, Savério and Rui.
Personal information
Full name Elísio dos Santos Teixeira
Date of birth (1922-03-04)4 March 1922
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 17 August 1999(1999-08-17) (aged 77)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Inside forward
Youth career
1938 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1956 São Paulo 525 (188)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elísio dos Santos Teixeira (4 March 1922 – 17 August 1999), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played for São Paulo FC as an inside forward. Teixeirinha won the Campeonato Paulista six times playing alongside great players like Leonidas and Sastre. He scored 188 goals in 525 games, which ranks him as the fourth-highest scorer in the history of São Paulo Futebol Clube. He was called to represent the Brazil national team at the 1946 South American Championship, though he did not enter in any matches.