Hamilton Sadias Campos

Early life Hamilton Campos was born in the State of Para. He began his life as a youth player at Tuna Luso, in 1955, at just 18 years of age, acting as a striker. Luis Antonio Reis da Cunha, of Tuna Luso, noticed his technical qualities and had no doubts about taking him to the Tuna Luso first team. After winning several titles with the junior team, he got promoted to the first team in 1956.

Club career Hamilton Campos scored 28 goals in his debut season for Tuna Luso.

Hamilton Campos then began playing his games for Maranhão Atlético Clube. He stayed there for three years racking up 104 goals. On his last match, he walked a lap of the pitch, at half time, with his boots in his hands, getting an applause from both sets of fans. The proceeds from the game were donated to Hamilton. A few days earlier, he was honoured in a match between Santa Cruz and Moto club, he was allowed to kick off the match.

Legacy According to Hamilton Campos himself a survey was carried out and it was proven that he scored exactly 1048 goals. Despite this Hamilton believes that his total is more than this, but due to lack of evidence we cannot back up his statement. Hamilton played a total of around 1450 matches, in 18 years of professional football, making him have a goal average of 0.72 goals per game. On six occasions he scored 6 or more goals, totalling in these games 36 goals.

Not many players have got this much recognition at regional level in their footballing career. For his contribution to Moto Club and Maranhão, he received this recognition. In December 2004, Hamilton was awarded the diploma of amendment of the order of sporting merit Rubem Goulart, in a ceremony held by the government of the State of Maranhao.

Life after retirement After retiring from football, he worked for four years as a bottling assistant at Cervamar and another four years at Brahma.