Atis Monteiro

Atis
Personal information
Full name Atis Monteiro
Date of birth (1932-04-06)6 April 1932
Place of birth Campinas, Brazil
Date of death 27 August 2025(2025-08-27) (aged 93)
Place of death Campinas, Brazil
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Ponte Preta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1952 Ponte Preta
1953–1956 Portuguesa 103 (39)
1956–1957 Fluminense
1958–1959 Ponte Preta
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 February 2024

Atis Monteiro (6 April 1932 – 27 August 2025), simply known as Atis, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

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Revealed at Ponte Preta in 1948, Atis played for the club until 1953. He went down in history for being the first player to score a hat-trick during a Derby Campineiro match, on 6 July 1952.[1] In 1953 he went to Portuguesa where he was part of the Rio-São Paulo winning team in 1955.[2] In 1956 he was transferred to Fluminense alongside his midfield teammate, Julinho Botelho. Feeling pain, he played little, returning to Ponte Preta where he ended his career.[3][4]

Honours

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Portuguesa

Death

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Atis Monteiro died in Campinas on 27 August 2025, at the age of 93.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lenda da Ponte Preta, Atis Monteiro foi o primeiro jogador a marcar três gols em um dérbi". Ponte Preta (in Portuguese). 16 May 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  3. ^ "Lenda da Ponte Preta, ex-atacante Atis Monteiro completa 90 anos". Hora Campinas (in Portuguese). 6 April 2022. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Atis, uma lenda na Ponte Preta". Correio Popular (in Portuguese). 21 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Lenda da história da Ponte Preta, morre Átis Monteiro, o primeiro jogador a marcar três gols em um Dérbi". AA Ponte Preta (in Portuguese). 27 August 2024. Archived from the original on 27 August 2025.
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  • Atis at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)