Missinho

Not to be confused with fellow footballer Misso and similarly nicknamed singer Missinho, of Chiclete com Banana.

Missinho
Personal information
Full name Edmílson do Nascimento Trigueiro
Date of birth (1975-02-24)24 February 1975
Place of birth João Pessoa, Brazil
Date of death 26 August 2014(2014-08-26) (aged 39)
Place of death Cabedelo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Nacional de Cabedelo
1994 Botafogo-PB
1995 Cruzeiro
1996 Guará
1997 América Mineiro
1998 Cruzeiro
1999 CSA
2000 Avaí
2001 15 de Novembro
2002 CRB
2003 Botafogo-PB
2003 América de Caaporã-PB
2004 Sampaio Corrêa
2004 Miramar
2005 Nacional de Patos
2005 Nacional-SP
2006 Auto Esporte-PB
2007 Botafogo-PB
2008–2009 Internacional-PB
2009 Cruzeiro-PB
2010–2011 Miramar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2023

Edmílson do Nascimento Trigueiro (24 February 1975 – 26 August 2014), better known as Missinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

A successful striker in Paraíba football, Missinho also played for Cruzeiro EC, CR Guará, where he became Federal District champion, and CSA, being top scorer in the runner-up campaign of the 1999 CONMEBOL Cup. He played until the beginning of the 2010s, playing by Miramar EC.[1][2]

Honours

Guará
Botafogo-PB
Individual

Death

Missinho died in 2014, at the age of 39, from esophageal cancer.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "O CSA e os 20 anos do vice na Conmebol: creolina no vestiário, treino em praça e rival argentino". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 8 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Missinho e Mimi, a dupla que marcou a campanha do CSA na Conmebol". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Ex-atacante de Cruzeiro e Bota-PB, Missinho morre vítima de câncer". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Ex-CSA, Missinho morre de câncer". Gazeta de Alagoas (in Portuguese). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  • Missinho at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)