Ranulfo Pereira Machado (27 May 1925 – ?), simply known as Ranulfo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ranulfo
Personal information
Full name Ranulfo Pereira Machado
Date of birth (1925-05-27)27 May 1925
Place of birth Ilhéus, Brazil
Date of death Unknown
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Santa Cruz (Ilhéus)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1948 Ypiranga-BA
1949–1952 America-RJ
1952 Portuguesa
1953 São Paulo 22 (4)
1953–1954 Noroeste
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2023

Career

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Ranulfo began his career at Santa Cruz in the city of Ilhéus, and also played for EC Ypiranga in Salvador, until being hired by America in Rio de Janeiro in 1949. He was successful at the club, being called up to the Rio de Janeiro state football team several times. In 1952 he moved to Portuguesa and later to São Paulo FC, where he was state champion in 1953.[1] His last professional club was EC Noroeste.[2]

Personal life

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In 1952 Ranulfo was convicted of the crime of seduction, for having impregnated an underage girl. He ended up being arrested in 1954, while defending the EC Noroeste of Bauru, and was imprisoned in the Bangu Penal Sanatorium until 1956.[3]

Honours

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São Paulo
Noroeste

References

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  1. ^ a b "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Ranulfo… os perigos da fama". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Gustavo Mariani (29 December 2018). "O presidiário Ranulfo". Jornal de Brasília (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  4. ^ "O Noroeste campeão do Acesso Paulista de 1953". O Curioso do Futebol (in Portuguese). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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  • Ranulfo at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)