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Ângelo
Personal information
Full name	Paulino Angélio de Souza
Date of birth	May 31, 1953
Place of birth	Onça de Pitangui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death	August 2, 2007 (aged 54)
Place of death	Itaúna, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1980	Atlético Mineiro
1972–1974	→Nacional-AM (loan)
1981	Guarani
1981–1982	Fluminense
1983	Ponte Preta
1983	Santa Cruz
1984	São Bento
1985	Sport
1986	Marília
1987	Democrata-GV
1988	Aimoré
International career
1971–1972	Brazil U-23
1975	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulino Angelino de Souza^[1] (31 May 1953 – 2 August 2007), known as just Ângelo, was a Brazilian footballer who played in the 1972 Olympic Games^[2] and was part of Brazil’s squad for the 1975 Copa América.^[3]

Career

Born in Onça de Pitangui, Ângelo began playing football as a midfielder with local side Clube Atlético Mineiro. In a 10-year span he made 238 official appearances for the club, winning the Campeonato Mineiro three times, the Taça Minas Gerais once and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A once. He was part of the 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A championship-winning side, and the 1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners'-up side.^[4] ^[5]

Ângelo died of a heart attack at age 54.^[5]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ângelo (full name: Paulino Angelino de Souza)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ Napoleão, Antonio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção brasileira: 1914–2006. Mauad Editora. p. 370. ISBN 9788574781860.
^ "Copa América". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^ "Morre aos 54 anos ex-volante Ângelo do Atlético-MG". uol.com.br (in Portuguese). 3 August 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Morre ex-meia de Guarani, Ponte Preta e Atlético Mineiro" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 3 August 2007.