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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Canhoteiro
| image = 
| caption =  
| 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}}
| death_place = [[São Paulo]]
| height = {{height|m=1.68}}
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Left winger]]
| youthyears1 = 1948–1949
| youthclubs1 = [[Paysandu de San Luis|Paysandu]]
| 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]] 
| 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 =  39
| caps2 =  29
| caps3 = 415
| caps4 = 56
| caps5 = 30
| caps6 = 55
| caps7  = 25
| goals1 = 10 
| goals2 =  15 
| goals3 = 103 
| goals4 = 28
| goals5 = 7
| goals6 = 27
| goals7 = 17
| totalcaps = 649
| totalgoals = 207
| nationalyears1 = 1955–1959
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 1
}}

'''José Ribamar de Oliveira''', best known as '''Canhoteiro'''  (24 September 1932 - 16 August 1974) was a Brazilian [[football (soccer)|footballer]], He was 168 centimeters tall. He was a very fast [[left winger]] with excellent technique. He was quick and particularly good at [[dribbling]]. He scored many [[Goal|goals]]. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of [[São Paulo]]. He is considered to be one of the best dribblers ever. It was said that what [[Garrincha]] did on the right wing, Canhoteiro did on the left wing. They joined the national team at the same time and played together sometimes. Equal on opposite sides of the pitch, they both interpreted football in a cheerful and playful way. He is recognized by many as one of the finest left-wingers of all time. His [[nickname]] was "The Garrincha of the left".

==Early days==
Canhoteiro was born in the city of [[Coruata]] on September 24, 1932. There, his father Cecilio kept a tent where he sold corn [[porridge]] and [[tapioca]] to workers. Canhoteiro spent his childhood there. Against the wishes of his father he did not particularly bother himself with studying and reading books. Cecilio was very afraid that he would spend his life just like himself, selling porridge. Later, he began playing football, playing for the youth team [[Moto Club da San Luis]]. At the same time, he got his first job. Thanks to his friendship with [[Market|market traders]],  while he was still a very young man, he began working as a [[truck driver]] for short distances. He then played for the amateur club [[Paysandu de San Luis]].

==Club career==
At the beginning of 1949, the president of the America club from the city of [[Fortaleza]], Livio Correia Amaro, managed to convince Cecilio that his son should join this team to play football [[Professional|professionally]]. He immediately began to stand out for his game. He even played for the national team of the state of [[Ceará|Ceara]]. In April 1954, Canhoteiro moved to [[São Paulo F.C.|São Paulo]], who paid 100,000 [[cruzeiro]] for the  [[Transfer (association football)|transfer]]. He made his [[debut]] for the team on 8 April against [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], where he beat the club's [[Defender (association football)|defender]], [[Idario]], 14 times. At the club, Canhoteiro replaced [[Teixerinho]]. On April 18, he scored his first goal for the club, hitting the [[Linense]] goal. The following year,  he helped the team win the [[Small World Cup]]. Two years later they won the [[Sao Paulo State Championship]]. In 1960, he was part of the São Paulo team that played the first game at the newly built [[Estádio do Morumbi|Morumbi Stadium]] with [[Montevideo]] 's [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional;.]]  The national team beat the Uruguayan team with a score of 3:0, and Canhoteiro scored one of the goals. In the same year he suffered a very serious knee injury by the Corinthians player [[Homero Oppi]]. He recovered from the injury, but he could no longer show his former level. In total, for Sao Paulo, he played 415 games (230 wins, 95 draws and 90 losses) In 338 matches he was in the starting lineup. He scored 105 goals. In 1963, Cañoteiro left for [[Mexico]], to the Nacional club. There he played until 1965. Then he spent two [[Season (sports)|seasons]] in [[Toluca Municipality|Toluca]], where he scored 7 goals. Then the player returned to Brazil, signing a contract with Nacional". He later played for Saad and Araras.

==International career==
In the [[Brazil national football team|national team of Brazil]], Canhoteiro made his debut on November 17, 1955 in a 3-3 draw against the [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguayan]] national team. This was for  the [[Copa Oswaldo Cruz]]. It was  successful as Canhoteiro in 6 minutes scored his first and only goal. In 1956, Canhoteiro participated in the [[Copa América]], where Brazil finished fourth. At that tournament he played in four matches against Chile, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay. Canhoteiro also participated in the 1957 Copa América where Brazil ended up as runners-up but he only played once. In 1958 he was close to going to the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], but he was left off after losing a place to [[Mário Zagallo]] and [[José Macia|Pepe]].  The last time he played  for the  national team was on September 20, 1959 in a 1-0 win against [[Chile national football team|Chile]]'s national team for the  [[Copa O'Higgins]]. In total, he appeared 19 times for the Brazilian national team and scored 1 goal.

==Life after football and death==
After his career as a football player, Canhoteiro could not find himself in life for a long time. He started using drugs and alcohol. Thanks to friends, he was able to get a job at the [[State Bank]] of São Paulo, where he worked in a local [[restaurant]] and he was always smiling. On August 13, 1974, after eating [[feijoada]] and washing it down with [[caipirinha]] and beer, he began to complain of a severe [[headache]]. Before going to work in a restaurant, Canhoteiro went to his friends where he [[Faint|fainted]]. He was taken to the hospital after being diagnosed with a [[stroke]]. Three days later he died on August 16, at the age of 41 and his [[funeral]] was held days later.

==International career statistics==
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{{Football player national team statistics|BRA}}
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|1955||1||1
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|1956||11||0
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|1957||2||0
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|1958||2||0
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|1959||3||0
|-
!Total||19||1
|}

==Honours==
'''São Paulo'''
*[[Small World Cup]]: 1955
*[[São Paulo State]]: 1957

'''Brazil'''
*[[Taça Oswaldo Cruz]]: 1955, 1956, 1958
*[[Taça do Atlântico]]: 1956
*[[Copa América|South American Championship]] fourth place: 1956 
*[[Copa América|South American Championship]] runners-up: 1957, 1959
*[[O'Higgins Cup]]: 1955, 1957, 1959


'''Individual'''
*L'Équipe's top 50 South-American footballers in history: #29<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Top/Football/top50-joueurs-sud-americains/3/|title=Top 50 des joueurs sud-américains de l'histoire|trans-title=Top 50 South-American footballers in history|publisher=L'Équipe|language=fr|date=4 July 2015|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184935/https://www.lequipe.fr/Top/Football/top50-joueurs-sud-americains/3/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame]]
*[[IFFHS]] Brazilian Player of the 20th Century (30th place)<ref name="RSSSF">[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html IFFHS' Century Elections] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303065744/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html |date=3 March 2009 }}</ref>
*[[IFFHS]] South American Player of the 20th Century (37th place)<ref name="RSSSF"/>
*The Best of The Best – Player of the Century: Top 50<ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bestbest.html "The Best of The Best"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126041553/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/bestbest.html |date=26 January 2010 }} Retrieved on 18 November 2015</ref>
*Rio-São Paulo Tournament Best Player: 1962

== References ==
{{Commons}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Brazil squad 1956 South American Championship}}
{{Brazil squad 1957 South American Championship}}
{{Brazil squad 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)}}

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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:1974 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from stroke]]
[[Category:Disease-related deaths in Brazil]]
[[Category:Footballers from Maranhão]]