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{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1959)}}
{{Other uses|Biro-Biro (disambiguation){{!}}Biro-Biro}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image =  Biro-Biro.jpg
| name= Biro-Biro
| fullname = Antônio José da Silva Filho
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1959|5|18}}
| birth_place = [[Olinda]], [[Pernambuco]], [[Brazil]]
| height = {{height|m=1.70|precision=0}}
| position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1977 | clubs1 = [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
| years2 = 1978&ndash;1989 | clubs2 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
| years3 = 1990&ndash;1991 | clubs3 = [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]]
| years4 = 1991 | clubs4 = [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]]
| years5 = 1991&ndash;1993 | clubs5 = [[Guarani Futebol Clube|Guarani]]
| years6 = 1993 | clubs6 = [[Paulista Futebol Clube|Paulista]]
| years7 = 1993&ndash;1994 | clubs7 = [[Clube do Remo|Remo]]
| years8 = 1994 | clubs8 = [[Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP)|Botafogo-SP]]
| years9 = 1995 | clubs9 = [[Nacional Atlético Clube (SP)|Nacional-SP]]
| manageryears1 = 1998 | managerclubs1 = [[Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense|Grêmio Mauaense]]
| manageryears2 = 2001 | managerclubs2 = [[Barra do Garças Futebol Clube|Barra do Garças]]
| manageryears3 = 2002 | managerclubs3 = [[Associação Atlética Francana|Francana]]
| manageryears4 = 2006 | managerclubs4 = [[Associação Desportiva Guarujá|Guarujá]]
}}
'''Antônio José da Silva Filho''' (born May 18, 1959), usually known as '''Biro-Biro''', is a retired professional [[Brazil]]ian [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielder]] for several [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]] clubs.<ref name="enciclopedialance">{{cite book | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = 37| isbn = 85-88651-01-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meutimao.com.br/idolos-do-corinthians/biro-biro |title=Biro-Biro, Ídolo do Corinthians |website=Meu Timão |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=pt}}</ref>
==Playing career==
Biro-Biro started his career in 1977, playing for [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]], where he won that season's [[Campeonato Pernambucano]].<ref name="enciclopedialance"/> In 1978, he moved to [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], where he was mistakenly called Lero-Lero by the club's president, [[Vicente Matheus]], during the players presentation at the club.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/> During his eleven seasons as a Corinthians player, he won the [[Campeonato Paulista]] four times, in 1979, 1982, 1983 and in 1988,<ref name="enciclopedialance"/> won the [[Placar]]'s [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]] [[Bola de Ouro|Bola de Prata]] award in 1982,<ref name="guiaplacarbrasileiro2008">{{cite journal | title = Guia 2008 Brasileirão | publisher = Editora Abril | location = São Paulo | year = 2008 | pages = 154 | issue = 1318–B}}</ref> and he scored 75 goals,<ref name="bolarolando">{{cite web | title=Ex-volante do Corinthians pode ser "Maior da História" | url=http://bolarolando.com.br/news.php?id_news=64743&id_clube=124 | access-date=2008-06-12 | publisher=Bola Rolando | language=pt | archive-date=2021-07-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727235411/http://bolarolando.com.br/news.php?id_news=64743&id_clube=124 | url-status=dead }}</ref> in 592 matches,<ref name="lancenet">{{cite web|title=Especial 5.000: Biro-Biro, o craque frustrado |url=http://www.lance.com.br/noticias/08-02-16/239022.stm?especial-5000-biro-biro-o-craque-frustrado |access-date=2008-06-12 |publisher=Bola Rolando |language=pt }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> placing him as the fifth player with the most appearances for Corinthians.<ref name="gazetaesportiva">{{cite web|title=Com esse não tem lero-lero |url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/biro_biro/index.htm |access-date=2008-06-12 |publisher=Gazeta Esportiva |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506130036/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/biro_biro/index.htm |archive-date=2008-05-06 |language=pt |url-status=dead }}</ref> After playing for [[Associação Portuguesa de Desportos|Portuguesa]] in 1990 and in 1991, he played for [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]] in 1991, [[Guarani Futebol Clube|Guarani]] from 1991 to 1993 and [[Paulista Futebol Clube|Paulista]] in 1993, before playing for [[Clube do Remo|Remo]] in 1993 and in 1994, where he won the [[Campeonato Paraense]] in 1993.<ref name="enciclopedialance"/> In 1994, he played for [[Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP)|Botafogo-SP]] then he retired in 1995, while playing for [[Nacional Atlético Clube (SP)|Nacional-SP]].<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
==Managerial career==
Biro-Biro started his managerial career in 1998, as [[Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense|Mauaense]]'s head coach.<ref name="gazetaesportiva"/>
==Honors==
Besides winning the Bola de Prata in 1982,<ref name="guiaplacarbrasileiro2008"/> Biro-Biro won the following honors during his playing career:<ref name="enciclopedialance"/>
<!-- The table is sorted by club. -->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Club
!Competition
!Seasons
|-
|[[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
|[[Campeonato Paulista]]
|1979, 1982, 1983, 1988
|-
|[[Clube do Remo|Remo]]
|[[Campeonato Paraense]]
|1993
|-
|[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport]]
|[[Campeonato Pernambucano]]
|1977
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{1982 Bola de Prata}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biro-Biro}}
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brazilian football managers]]
[[Category:Sport Club do Recife players]]
[[Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players]]
[[Category:São Paulo state football team players]]
[[Category:Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players]]
[[Category:Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players]]
[[Category:Coritiba Foot Ball Club players]]
[[Category:Guarani FC players]]
[[Category:Paulista Futebol Clube players]]
[[Category:Clube do Remo players]]
[[Category:Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players]]
[[Category:Nacional Atlético Clube (SP) players]]
[[Category:Associação Atlética Francana managers]]
[[Category:People from Olinda]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Footballers from Pernambuco]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]