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{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Portuguese name|second=|suffix=Neto}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name        = Preguinho
|image       = Ef preguinho.jpg
|image_size  = 200
|caption     = Preguinho in the [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
|fullname    = João Coelho Neto
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1905|2|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1979|10|1|1905|2|8|df=y}}
|death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|height      = {{height|m=1.76}}
|position    = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|years1      = 1925–1938 |clubs1= [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]            |caps1= 174 |goals1= 129
|nationalyears1 = 1930 |nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] |nationalcaps1= 3 |nationalgoals1= 4
|manageryears1  =  |managerclubs1 = 
|medaltemplates = 
}}

'''João Coelho Neto''', known more commonly as '''''Preguinho''''' (8 February 1905 &ndash; 1 October 1979), was a Brazilian [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who played as a striker.

Son of Brazilian writer [[Coelho Neto]], Preguinho was born in [[Rio de Janeiro]] on 8 February 1905. He played from 1925–1938 for [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Folha Online|title=Especial - 2006 - Copa|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2006/copa/todos_os_brasileiros-1930.shtml|language=Portuguese|date=2005-12-09}}</ref> and scored 184 goals.

For [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] he participated in the [[1930 FIFA World Cup]] and was the first captain of the Brazil national team, scoring the first goal ever from Brazil in a [[FIFA World Cup]] in a match against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], and two further goals in a match with [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]].<ref>{{FIFA player|63823}}</ref>

He died at the age of 74 on 29 September 1979.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} In his honour, Fluminense dedicated a statue. A Brazilian TV-programme of his life was produced by [[Carlos Niemeyer]] for Canal 100 and directed by [[Carlos Leonam]] and [[Oswaldo Caldeira]].

==International goals==
<small>Brazil's goal tally first</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|+
! # !! Date !!  Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|align=center| 1. || 14 July 1930 || [[Estadio Gran Parque Central]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || {{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} ||align=center| '''1'''–2 || align=center| 1–2 || rowspan=3|[[1930 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
|align=center| 2. || rowspan=2|20 July 1930 || rowspan=2|[[Estadio Centenario]], Montevideo, [[Uruguay]] || rowspan=2|{{fb|BOL}} ||align=center| '''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 
|-
|align=center| 3. || align=center| '''4'''–0
|-
|align=center| 4. || 17 August 1930 || [[Estádio das Laranjeiras]], Rio de Janeiro, [[Brazil]] || {{fb|USA}} ||align=center| '''3'''–2 || align=center| 4–3 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Brazil Squad 1930 World Cup}}
{{Campeonato Carioca top scorers}}

[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Fluminense FC players]]
[[Category:Brazilian people of indigenous peoples descent]]
[[Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople of Portuguese descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]


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