Alcino Neves dos Santos Filho

Alcino Neves dos Santos Filho (24 March 1951 – 20 July 2006), simply known as Alcino, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as forward.

Career

As a young boy, Alcino passed trials in Flamengo's youth teams, but due to his mother's poor health, he left the club. He returned to football in 1969. Due to his good height, he stood out for the goals he scored with headers. In 1970 he was transferred to Olaria, but he didn't adapt to the club and was transferred again, this time to Remo.

There, Alcino experienced the best phase of his career, becoming the second highest scorer of all time with 158 goals, winning three state championships, and delivering several outstanding performances in the Brazilian Championship, such as against Flamengo in 1974.

In 1976 he transferred to Grêmio, where he was state runner-up and top scorer with 17 goals. In 1977 he transferred to Portuguesa, where he achieved great success, until in 1979 he was caught in a doping test for using an appetite suppressant. He ended up being loaned to Atlético Goianiense, Inter de Limeira, and Bangu until the end of his contract with Portuguesa. In 1981 he signed with Paysandu but did not repeat the success he had at Remo, scoring only one goal for the club. Already facing problems with alcoholism, he began to move from club to club. In 1983, in the city of Manaus during his spell at Atlético Rio Negro, possibly drunk, he drove the club's bus, running over and killing a person. He earned the infamous nickname "Motora," an abbreviation in Portuguese for driver. He ended his career in 1990 playing for Pinheirense in the state championship.

Honours

Individual Campeonato Paraense top scorer: 1973, 1974, 1975

Death

Alcino died on 20 July 2006 in Belém, Pará, from liver cancer.