Name: José dos Santos Lopes
Nickname: "Zeca Lopes" "O Tanque"
Country:
BrazilClub: S.C. Corinthians 1932-1941
Position: *WF
Side: RF/RS
Age: 25-29 years (01/11/1910)
Height: 174 cm (Approx.)
Weight: 69 kg (Approx.)
Attack: 81
Defence: 34
Balance: 81
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 88
Acceleration: 87
Response: 77
Agility: 83
Dribble Accuracy: 84
Dribble Speed: 83
Short Pass Accuracy: 79
Short Pass Speed: 76
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 74
Shot Accuracy: 78
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 78
Free Kick Accuracy: 67
Curling: 66
Header: 70
Jump: 74
Technique: 82
Aggression: 84
Mentality: 77
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 76
Injury Tolerance: C
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Standard
CARDS:
S14 - Speed Merchant
P07 - Mazing Run
P16 - Dummy Runner
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Side
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
Info:
José dos Santos Lopes was born on November 1, 1910, in Batatais, to Arthur Lopes de Oliveira and Luisa Borges. The family was large and poor, and José was the third of eight children. From a young age, young José had to work to help his parents a little. At age 9, he became a bricklayer's assistant, working on numerous farms. Despite the obvious difficulty of the job, Lopes always found time to play ball, which he loved. At 15, Lopes built his first detached wooden house. That same year, he began playing for the Batatais youth team, where he continued working as a bricklayer.
In 1928, Zeca López began playing for the club's first team, playing as a winger. In 1931, López's life changed when the famous Senejo Barros, touring the Batatais region, noticed López and invited him to Corinthians. The first thing he did was take José López, who didn't want to leave the house, to the store and bought the poor soccer player fashionable shoes and a suit as a gift. After that, López couldn't refuse. López played for Corinthians for nine years, winning four São Paulo championships. His career ended in 1941, when he went with the club to play a friendly match against his former team, Batatais, in his hometown, and injured his knee in the match. López was unable to play soccer again.
After Zeca's injury, López returned to his first job, building houses, investing all the money he earned from soccer in the business, and running the company with his wife.
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