Canyoteiro

Canyoteiro was born in the city of Coruata . There, his father Cecilio kept a tent in which he sold workers corn porridge and tapioca ^{[1] [2]} . Jose Ribamar’s childhood passed there, who, contrary to his father’s wishes, didn’t particularly bother learning and reading books. Cecilio was very afraid that he would spend his life just like himself, selling porridge ^[1] . Later, he began playing football, playing for the youth club Moto Club da San Luis. Then he got his first job: thanks to friendship with market traders, he, while still a very young man, began to work as a truck driver for traveling short distances ^[1] . He then played for the Paysando de Sao Luis amateur club ^[3] .

At the beginning of 1949, the president of the Club America from the city of Fortaleza , Livio Correa Amaro, managed to convince Cecilio that his son would join this team to play football professionally ^{[1] [5]} . He immediately began to stand out with his game and even played for the state of Ceara . In April 1954, Canyoteiro moved to São Paulo , having paid 100,000 cruzeiro for the transfer of the striker ^[1] . He made his team debut on April 8 in a match with Corinthians ^[6] , where he beat the club defender Idario 14 times. In the club, Canyoteiro pushed out of Teixerinho ^[1] . On April 18, he already scored the first goal for the club, hitting the gates of Linense ^[6] . The following year, the striker helped the team win the World Cup , and two years later - to win the championship of the state of Sao Paulo . In 1960, the striker was part of the Sao Paulo national team, which played the first game of the newly-built Morumbi stadium with the Nacional club from Montevideo ; the national team beat the Uruguayan team 3-0, and one of the goals scored by Canyoteiro ^[5] . In the same year, the footballer received a very serious knee injury, which he caused the player of the “Corinthians” Omero Oppi ^[1] . The attacker recovered from the injury, but could not show the previous level. In total, he played 402 matches for São Paulo (224 wins, 89 draws and 89 losses) and scored 104 goals ^[5] , according to other sources 413 games (228 wins, 95 draws and 90 losses), of which 338 matches were the starting lineup, and 105 goals ^[7] , according to third sources, he spent 415 matches in the team and scored 102 ^[4] or 103 goals ^{[2] [8]} . In 1963, Canyoteiro went to Mexico , to the club Nacional . He played there until 1965, and then spent two seasons at Toluc , where he scored 7 goals ^[6] . Then the player returned to Brazil by signing a contract with the Nacional club. He later played for Saad ^[1] and Araras ^{[9] [10]} .

As part of the Brazilian national team, Canyoteiro made his debut on November 17, 1955 in the Osvaldo Cruz Cup match against Paraguay , where he immediately marked a goal; and the meeting ended with the score 3: 3 ^[11] . As a result, the cup went to Brazil, which won the first meeting. A year later, the attacker went to the championship of South America , where he held 4 out of five meetings ^[12] . In 1958, Canyoteiro was a candidate for a trip to the World Cup , but a player who had previously been a solid player of the main team ^[13] was not even included in the application. His place was taken by Mario Zagallo ^[4] . The reason was called his close friendship with Newton de Sordi , which, supposedly, would decompose the microclimate in the team ^[5] . For another reason, the rejection of Canyoteiro’s services was motivated by his great love for night and bohemian life, due to which the striker poorly respected the sports regime ^{[2] [7]} , as well as the fear of flights , which could greatly affect the shape of the player preparing for performance at a tournament held on another continent ^{[1] [8]} . After that, the striker spent three more matches for the national team. In total, he played 18 matches in the national team's T-shirt and scored 1 goal.

After completing his football career, Canyoteiro could not find himself in life for a long time. He began to use drugs and alcohol ^[1] . Thanks to friends, he was able to get a job at the State Bank of Sao Paulo, where he worked at a local coffee shop ^[1] . On August 13, 1974, after eating a feijoad and drinking it with caipirinha and beer, he began to complain of a severe headache. Before going to work at the coffee shop, Canyoteiro went to his friend, where he fainted. He was taken to the hospital, diagnosed with a stroke ^[4] . Three days later, he passed away ^[1] .

• Osvaldo Cruise Cup Winner: 1955, 1958
• Small World Cup Winner : 1955
• São Paulo State Champion : 1957
• O'Higgins Cup Winner: 1959

• The name of Ribomar de Oliveira is mentioned in the song “Futebol” by Brazilian singer Chico Bouarka ^[7]
• Singer Zeka Baleiro also called Jose Ribamar, dedicated a song to the player, calling it the player’s nickname, Canyoteiro ^[14]

• Profile on SambaFoot
• National Football Teams profile

• Renato Pompeu. Canhoteiro: O Garrincha que não foi. - Rio de Janeiro: Ediouro, 2003 .-- P. 168. - ISBN 8500013451 .