is a Brazilian former
footballer
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and commentator of
Japanese descent who played as a
midfielder
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.
He joined the
Corinthians
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in 1963 and played for
Towa Real Estate S.C. in the
Japan Soccer League
; JSL) was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL Cup, JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professi ...
between 1972 and 1974.
Playing style
A highly technical player, Echigo was renowned for his
feints and
dribbling
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As ...
skills
A skill is the learned or innate
ability
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. He is responsible for inventing the dribbling move known as
'Elastico', or 'flip-flap', a move which Brazilian legend
Rivellino acquired from him and perfected while they were teammates at Corinthians in 1964.
Honours
Towa Estate Development
*
JSL Cup
was the original league cup for clubs in the Japan Soccer League, the top level of Japanese football before the creation of the J. League and its cup. The cup was first played in 1973, but only become an annual tournament in 1976.
The JSL Cup ...
: 1973
Individual
*Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: 1973, 1974
*
Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class, Gold and Silver Rays: 2017
*
Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2023
References
External links
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Twitter
1945 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian sportspeople of Japanese descent
Brazilian men's footballers
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Japan Soccer League players
Shonan Bellmare players
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
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