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José Barreto (Brazilian footballer)

José Marcio Ramirez Barreto (born 3 September 1976) is a retired Brazilian football forward who appeared with Mohun Bagan AC.^[1][2][3][4] 2007–08,^[5] Later he played for Calcutta Football League outfit Bhawanipore FC,^[6] and captained the team.^[7] He also worked as assistant coach of Indian Super League club Atlético de Kolkata in 2019.

Career[edit]

Mohun Bagan[edit]

Barreto came to India after signing with Mohun Bagan AC in 1999.^[8] In June 2006, he switched from Mahindra United back to Mohun Bagan,^[9] for an Indian football record transfer fee of 60 lakhs.^[10]

He played his last match for Mohun Bagan on 6 May 2012 against Pune FC in last round of I-League match.^[11] He made 398 appearances for The Mariners.

Barreto still remains fifth in the list of top goalscorers in NFL/I-League with 101 goals,^[12][13][14] 94 of those came while playing for Bagan. He is also the all time top goalscorer of Federation Cup with 27 goals.^[15]

Bhawanipore[edit]

Barreto joined Bhawanipore in 2012, appointment captain of the Calcutta Football League outfit.^[16][17]

Honours[edit]

Individual

• National Football League Golden Boot: 2000–01 (14 goals)^{[18][19][20][21]}
• Dhiren Dey Award by Mohun Bagan AC: 2001^[22]
• Federation Cup all time top goalscorer (with 27 goals)

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Sen, Dwaipayan (2013). "Wiping the Stain Off the Field of Plassey: Mohun Bagan in 1911". In Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi (eds.). Fringe Nations in World Soccer. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-99810-5.
• Sen, Ronojoy (2015). "The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta". Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-16490-0.
• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
• Mukhopadhay, Subir (2018). সোনায় লেখা ইতিহাসে মোহনবাগান (transl. Mohun Bagan in the history written in gold). ISBN 978-93-850172-0-9.
• Banerjee, Argha; Basu, Rupak (2022). মোহনবাগান: সবুজ ঘাসের মেরুন গল্প (transl. Mohun Bagan: Green fields' Maroon stories). Shalidhan. ISBN 978-81-954667-0-2.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.

Further reading[edit]

• Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (17 January 2015). "Time to regain lost glory". telegraphindia.com. Kolkata: The Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
• Vinod, A. (4 May 2002). "A futile exercise, to say the least". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

External links[edit]

• José Barreto at Soccerway
• José BarretoonFacebook