Esnel

Esnel Miralha Lopes (24 May 1934 – 11 February 2015), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Esnel
Personal information
Full name Esnel Miralha Lopes
Date of birth (1934-05-24)24 May 1934
Place of birth Uruguaiana, Brazil
Date of death 11 February 2015(2015-02-11) (aged 80)
Place of death Brusque, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
AC Joaçaba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1952 Inter de Lages
1953–1956 Carlos Renaux
1956–1957 São Paulo 10 (2)
1957–1962 Ponte Preta
1958–1959 → Batatais (loan)
1960 → Comercial-SP (loan)
1962 Portuguesa
1963 Ponte Preta
1964 XV de Piracicaba
1964 Paulista
1965–1966 Francana
1966 Londrina
International career
1962 Brazil Access
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2024

Career

Trained in the children's categories of the extinct AC Joaçaba, Esnel started as a professional at Inter de Lages in 1951. In 1953 he arrived at Carlos Renaux where he achieved the great feat of becoming state champion,[1] which attracted the attention of Vicente Feola's São Paulo FC, who hired the team's cerebral central midfielder, alongside the striker Agenor.[2] He stayed at the club for a short time, but at Ponte Preta he established himself, playing for the club for more than 6 years. He also had a quick spell at Portuguesa[3] and was champion with the Brazilian national team in South American Access Championship in 1962.[4][5]

Honours
Carlos Renaux
Brazil

References
  1. "Carlos Renaux campeão estadual de 1953". Brusque Memória (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  3. Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  4. Luiz Gianesini (19 March 2004). "Entrevista Esnel Miralha Lopes - Luiz Gianesini". Prefeitura de Brusque (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  5. "Esnel". Heróis da Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  • Esnel at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
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