José Francisco de Morais

Morais
Personal information
Full name	José Francisco de Morais
Date of birth	26 July 1948
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death	4 September 1999 (aged 51)
Place of death	Botucatu, Brazil
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968	Uberlândia
1968	Democrata-GV
1969	Uberlândia
1969–1978	Cruzeiro
1970	→ Democrata-GV (loan)
1971	→ Ceará (loan)
1973	→ Comercial-MS (loan)
1974	→ Sampaio Corrêa (loan)
1978	América-SP
1978–1980	Uberlândia
1980	Araxá
1980	Barretos
International career
1975	Brazil
Managerial career
1985	Cruzeiro
1987	Democrata-GV
1990	Araxá
1991	Grêmio Maringá
1993	Araxá
1994	Democrata-GV
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 November 2023

José Francisco de Morais (26 July 1948 – 4 September 1999) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender for Uberlândia and Cruzeiro, scoring two goals for the latter in their 1977 Copa Libertadores campaign.^[1]^[2] He was in Brazil’s squad for the 1975 Copa América.^[3]

Honours

Morais died in a road accident near the city of Botucatu, 4 September 1999 at the age of 51.^[4]

^ "José Francisco de Morais". Cruzeiropédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
^ "1975: o ano que Minas foi o Brasil". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Copa América 1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^ "Ex-zagueiro Morais é enterrado". Folha de Londrina (in Portuguese). 4 September 1999. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

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