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 LOPES 1935-1939 
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Name: José dos Santos Lopes
Nickname: "Zeca Lopes" "O Tanque"

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Country: :BRA: Brazil
Club: 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


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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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- No Parque São Jorge deixou saudade pelo seu futebol de deslocamentos e velocidade. Chegou do extinto Comercial de São Paulo e, de acordo com o Almanaque do Corinthians, de Celso Unzelte, foi cobiçado pelo São Paulo até o último instante antes de desembarcar no estádio Alfredo Schurig. A obra informa que defendeu o Timão em 133 jogos com 78 vitórias, 18 empates, 37 derrotas e 35 gols marcados. Viveu no clube entre 1932 e 1941 e conquistou os títulos paulistas de 1937, 38, 39 e 41.

- Voltando ao empreiteiro, mesmo tendo conhecimento sobre edificações e tino para negócio, foi somente após o trágico fim de sua carreira como jogador de futebol, com a grave contusão de seu joelho em 1941, que Zeca Lopes voltou a morar em Batatais e se dedicou de forma mais intensa ao ramo da construção, construindo e reformando casas para as pessoas mais humildes, sendo responsável pela formação de quatro grandes bairros da cidade: Riachuelo, Vila Cruzeiro, Caixa d’Água e Jardim Santa Luísa.

- Zeca Lopes foi torcedor do Corinthians desde criança e jogou no alvinegro de 1932 até 1941. De acordo com o site ‘Meu Timão’, foi campeão paulista em 1937, 1938, 1939 e 1941. Ao todo disputou 134 partidas, venceu 78, empatou 19, perdeu 37 e marcou 36 gols na posição de atacante.

- Ficou conhecido como Lopes ou pelo apelido de ‘El Tanque’ quando atuava no time do coração. Entre as principais características de Zeca Lopes como jogador, temos que era veloz, forte, com deslocamentos constantes, rápida penetração na área e qualidade de saber desmarcar nos momentos certos.

- O Batataes Foot Ball Club foi o primeiro clube de Zeca Lopes, de onde saiu para o Comercial de Ribeirão Preto. Mas rapidinho saiu de lá para o Corinthians, onde se destacou com o apelido "O Tanque". A explicação: ninguém parava o jogador, quando saía em disparada pela ponta direita. A ida para o Corinthians foi literalmente abençoada, pela intermediação de um futebolista apaixonado, o Cônego Barros, que teria financiado até seu primeiro terno para se apresentar na capital...


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Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:43 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHEQl3RI50&t=79s

See minute 2:27

Lopes gets rid of two Czechoslovakian players, they could confuse him with Leonidas, but that's not the case, Leonidas wore black socks without bandages in that match, while Lopes does wear them.


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