Place of birth Sao Paulo, Brazil Role Football player Place of death Sao Paulo, Brazil Height 1.84 m | Playing position Position Forward Name Servilio Jesus | |
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Full name Servilio de Jesus Filho Date of birth (1939-10-15)15 October 1939 Date of death 8 June 2005(2005-06-08) (aged 65) Died June 8, 2005, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | ||
Servílio de Jesus Filho (15 October 1939 – 8 June 2005), also known as "Servílio", was a football striker who played for several clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He also had a brief spell in the Mexican Primera División.
Career
Born in São Paulo, Servílio was a product of the Associação Portuguesa de Desportos youth system. He began playing professional football with Associação Desportiva Araraquara before he returned to play for Portuguesa's senior side in 1957.
Servílio enjoyed his greatest success with his next club, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. He won the Campeonato Paulista twice (in 1963 and 1966) and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1967 (Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa) and 1967 (Taça Brasil).
Servílio moved to Mexico to play for Club Atlas during the 1970–71 season. He returned to Brazil for a few seasons with Paulista Futebol Clube and Nacional Atlético Clube and finished his career in Venezuela playing for Valencia F.C..
Servílio died from a heart attack in São Paulo at age 65.