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{{short description|Brazilian footballer (1932–1974)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Canhoteiro
| image = File:Canhoteiro.jpg
| caption = Canhoteiro in 1957
| fullname = José Ribamar de Oliveira
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1932|9|24|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Coroatá]], [[Maranhão]], Brazil 
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1974|8|16|1932|9|24|mf=y}}
| position = [[Winger (football)|Left winger]]
| years1 = 1949–1954 
| years2 = 1954
| years3 = 1954–1963
| years4 = 1963–1965
| years5 = 1965
| years6 = 1965–1966
| years7 = 1966–1969
| clubs1 = [[América Football Club (CE)|América FC (CE)]] 
| clubs2 = [[Paissandu Esporte Clube|Paissandu EC]] (São Luis, MA)
| clubs3 = [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo FC]] 
| clubs4 = [[Deportivo Nacional|CD Nacional (Guadalajara, MX)]] 
| clubs5 = [[Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club|Toluca FC, MX]] 
| clubs6 = [[Nacional Atlético Clube (SP)|Nacional AC (SP)]] 
| clubs7 = [[Saad Esporte Clube|Saad EC (SP)]]
| caps1 = 
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| caps3 = 415
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| goals3 = 103 
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| nationalyears1 = 1955&ndash;1959
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazilian national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}

'''José Ribamar de Oliveira''', best known as '''Canhoteiro'''  (24 September 1932{{snd}}16 August 1974) was a Brazilian [[football (soccer)|footballer]], who played most notably for [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo FC]]. Canhoteiro means essentially "left footed."

Canhoteiro was regarded as one of Brazil's greatest dribblers of his generation. and played during a time of exceptional talent in that country. He had epic games against [[Pelé]] of [[Santos FC]], one in particular in 1958, played under heavy rain at [[Pacaembu Stadium]] in [[São Paulo]]{{snd}}the game ended tied at two goals each, with Pelé and Canhoteiro scoring both goals for each of their clubs. Canhoteiro died pennyless and an alcoholic, the fate of many a footballer in the early years of the game.

One of his nicknames was "the Garrincha of the left".

==References==
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* [http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/canhoteiro/index.htm Gazeta Esportiva - Ídolos do futebol] (Portuguese). View via {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030802050045/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/canhoteiro/index.htm |date=August 2, 2003 }}.

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030802050045/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/canhoteiro/index.htm Brazilian National Team Archive] (Portuguese/English)

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:1974 deaths]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Paysandu Sport Club players]]
[[Category:São Paulo FC players]]
[[Category:Deportivo Toluca F.C. players]]
[[Category:Liga MX players]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Maranhão]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico]]
[[Category:Saad Esporte Clube players]]
[[Category:São Paulo state football team players]]
[[Category:Men's association football wingers]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]


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