Evanivaldo Castro Silva (born April 28, 1948), also known as Cabinho, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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. He gained his greatest professional fame in

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, he is also a Mexican naturalized citizen. Holding the title of all-time leading scorer for

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, Cabinho is also regarded as the premier goal scorer in the history of the Mexican football league.

Beginnings and Mexican league

Cabinho began his career at

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, in 1968. In 1969 Cabinho played for the popular Brazilian club

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

, where he played six matches and scored one goal.ASSAF, Roberto, MARTINS, Clóvis. ''Almanaque do Flamengo Placar''. Editora Abril: São Paulo: 2001 Cabinho arrived in

on July 19, 1974. During his first season, despite not playing to the best of his abilities, scored a total of 16 goals. This was just a taste prior to becoming one of the best goal scorers in Mexican football history, winning a total of 8 scoring titles (7 consecutively). Throughout his stint in México, Cabinho scored a total of 312 goals. Evanivaldo Castro was known as "Cabo" or "Cabinho" (Corporal) due to his partial taste for military camouflage clothing. Cabinho was

UNAM Pumas Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., simply known as Pumas UNAM, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1954 as Club Deportivo Universidad, and they play ...

' maximum goal scorer in 4 seasons: 1975/76 (29), 76/77 (34), 77/78 (33), and 78/79 sharing the scoring title with

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with 26 goals. While playing for Pumas, Cabinho achieved the Mexican Championship Title for the first time in July 1977, under the management of Jorge Marik. Cabinho played for UNAM for five consecutive seasons (1974–1979), he then went on to play for another of

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's great teams,

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At Atlante, he was the maximum goal scorer of the championship three times, seasons 79/80 (30), 80/81 (29) and 81/82 (32). He scored a total of 102 goals while playing for Potros de Hierro (Iron Colts) of

His next stint was at León. With the team he reached the semi-finals in the 84-85 season, under the management of Hungarian coach

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. The semi-finals were played against his old team,

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. That year he also achieved his last Top Scorer Championship with 23 goals.

Later career

In 1986, after a one-season stint in Brazilian team Paysandu, Cabinho returned to play in México; this time he joined

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, in the Northern city of

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. Here he played until his retirement as an active player. In all, during his playing career in México, Cabinho played a total of 415 games with 312 goals scored; with an impressive average of 0.75 goals per game. After the end of his playing career Cabinho took up coaching and managed México's second division team

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. He became

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citizen.

Honours

Portuguesa *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

* Taça Estado de São Paulo: 1973 UNAM *

Mexican Primera División Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

: 1976–77 *

Copa México Copa MX, also known as Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons, was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Copa ...

: 1974–75 *

Campeón de Campeones Campeón de Campeones () is an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Liga MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. It was initially a super cup match between the league and cup cha ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

Individual *

Golden Ball: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 *

Top Scorer: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79 (Shared), 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85

References

External links

List of his goals
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Profile at Globo Esporte's Futpedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabinho 1948 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian emigrants to Mexico Naturalized citizens of Mexico Liga MX players CR Flamengo footballers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Paysandu Sport Club players Tigres UANL footballers Club León footballers América Futebol Clube (SP) players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Salvador, Bahia 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen