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{{short description|Brazilian footballer (1934-2009)}}
{{other people}}
{{Portuguese name|Ferreira|Franco}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Zequinha
| image          = Zequinha (1963).png
| caption        = Zequinha, May 1963
| fullname             = Jose Ferreira Franco
| birth_date          = {{birth date |df=yes|1934|11|18}}
| birth_place       = [[Recife]], [[Pernambuco]], [[Brazil]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2009|7|25|1934|11|18|df=y}}
| height               = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position             = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| youthyears1          =
| youthclubs1          =
| years1               = 1954
| clubs1               = [[Auto Esporte Clube (PB)|Auto Esporte-PB]]
| caps1         = ? | goals1         = ?
| years2               = 1954–1958
| clubs2               = [[Santa Cruz FC|Santa Cruz-PE]]
| caps2         =    | goals2         = 
| years3               = 1958–1965
| clubs3               = [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
| caps3         =    | goals3         = 
| years4               = 1965
| clubs4               = [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
| caps4         =    | goals4         = 
| years5               = 1965–1968
| clubs5               = [[SE Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
| caps5         =    | goals5         = 
| years6               = 1968–1970
| clubs6               = [[Club Athletico Paranaense|Atlético Paranaense]]
| caps6         =    | goals6         = 
| years7               = 1970
| clubs7               = [[Clube Náutico Capibaribe|Náutico]]
| caps7         =    | goals7         = 
| nationalyears1       = 1960–1965
| nationalteam1        = [[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalgoals1 = 2
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA|1889}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 Chile]]|}}
}}

'''José Ferreira Franco''' (18 November 1934 in [[Recife]] &ndash; 25 July 2009), nicknamed '''''Zequinha''''', was a Brazilian [[association football]]er who played as a [[midfielder]].

==Playing career==

===Club===
During his club career he played for Auto Esporte-PB in 1954, Santa Cruz-PE from 1954 to 1958. He then went to [[São Paulo]] club [[Palmeiras]] from 1958 to 1965. After this he went to rivals [[Fluminense]] for the 1965 season before returning to [[Palmeiras]] playing there until 1968.

After leaving Palmeiras, Zequinha went to [[Curitiba]] side [[Atlético-PR]] for whom he played for from 1968 until 1970. His last season in Brazil came with [[Clube Náutico Capibaribe|Náutico]] in 1970.

===International===
He earned 16 [[cap (sports)|caps]] and scored 2 goals for the [[Brazil national football team]] between 1960 and 1965. And he was also a part of the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]] winning squad, although he did not play any matches during the tournament. He did though pick up a winners' medal at the tournament, being an unused substitute.

On 25 July 2009, Zequinha died at the age of 74.

==Honours==
===Santa Cruz===
*'''[[Campeonato Pernambucano]]''': '''1957'''

===Palmeiras===
*'''[[Campeonato Paulista]]''': '''1959''', '''1963''', '''1966'''
*'''[[Torneio Rio-São Paulo|Rio-São Paulo Tournament]]''': '''1965'''
*'''[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]''': '''[[1960 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|1960]]''', [[1967 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa)|'''1967''']], [[1967 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Taça Brasil)|'''1967''']]
*'''[[Copa Libertadores]]''' runner-up: '''1961''', '''1968'''

===International===
*'''[[FIFA World Cup]]''': '''[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]'''
*'''[[Copa Roca]]''': '''1960''', '''1963'''
*'''[[Pan American Games]]''': '''[[1963 Pan American Games|1963]]'''

==References==
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{{Brazil Squad 1962 World Cup}}
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[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup–winning players]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
[[Category:São Paulo state football team players]]
[[Category:Club Athletico Paranaense players]]
[[Category:Clube Náutico Capibaribe players]]
[[Category:Fluminense FC players]]
[[Category:Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players]]
[[Category:SE Palmeiras players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Recife]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]


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