Tuta (footballer)

Tuta
Personal information
Full nameMoacir Bastos
Date of birthJune 20, 1974
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Flamengo-PI
Youth career
1992–1994Araçatuba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994Araçatuba
1995XV de Piracicaba
1996Araçatuba
1996Juventude3(0)
1997–1998Portuguesa22(5)
1998Atlético Paranaense39(15)
1998–1999Venezia18(3)
1999Vitória
2000Flamengo26(12)
2001Palmeiras11(7)
2002Anyang LG Cheetahs18(9)
2002Coritiba41(16)
2003–2004Suwon Samsung Bluewings31(14)
2004–2007Fluminense112(51)
2007Grêmio25(9)
2008Figueirense5(5)
2008–2009São Caetano20(10)
2009–2010Náutico5(0)
2010–2011Resende9(1)
2011Brasiliense6(0)
2012União Barbarense
2013Juventus
2013Barra da Tijuca
2014–Flamengo-PI
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Moacir Bastos, usually known simply as Tuta (born June 20, 1974) is a Brazilian football (soccer) forward[1] who plays for Flamengo-PI.

Club career

Born in Palmital, São Paulo, during his career, he played for several clubs, most of them from Brazil: Araçatuba in 1994, 1995 and 1996, XV de Piracicaba in 1995, Juventude in 1996, Guarulhos in 1996, Paulista in 1997 and 1998, Portuguesa in 1997, Atlético Paranaense in 1998, Vitória in 1999, Flamengo in 2000 and 2002, Palmeiras in 2000 and 2001, Coritiba in 2004, and Fluminense, in 2005 and 2006.[1]

He played for three non-Brazilian teams, Venezia, of Italy, in 1998-99, Anyang LG Cheetahs of South Korea, K League, in 2002 and Suwon Samsung Bluewings, also of South Korea, in 2003-04.[2]

On January 24, 1999, he became well known after scoring a goal in the last minute in the 2-1 S.S.C. Venezia victory against Bari. Many Venezia players did not celebrate the goal or the victory, raising suspicions that the match was fixed to end in a draw. Tuta told the press that he had suspected a deal to end the match in a draw. However, on January 27, he denied his previous affirmation, justifying it as a misinterpretation by the press due to his limited capacity of speaking the Italian language.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Especial Placar - Guia do Segundo Turno do Brasileirão 2005 - Editora Abril.
  2. "Tuta". Sambafoot.
  3. "Gol do contra" (in Portuguese). IstoÉ.

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