Ipojucan at 100: Vasco’s towering playmaker who defined the Expresso da Vitória | OneFootball

On 3 June, 100 years since his Maceió birth, Vasco idol Ipojucan is remembered as a pillar of the Expresso da Vitória. According to Globo.com, he helped shape the club’s golden era.

His given name was Ipujucan Lins de Araújo. "My father's real name was also Ipujucan, but since his playing days many journalists wrote it wrong, Ipojucan, Ipojucã, Ipojuca. The correct one is Ipujucan," he told SuperVasco.

At 1.90m, he was a skilful, left-footed and irreverent midfielder in a less physical era.

He joined Vasco’s juniors at 14 in 1942 after Canto do Rio, debuted in 1946, and rose to prominence from 1949. He did not play in the 1948 South American triumph.

Across youth, reserves and senior sides he scored 225 in 413 games. He is 16th on Vasco’s professional list with 102 goals plus 66 assists, per EstudeVasco.

In 1950 he set up Ademir for the goal that delivered the first state title at the Maracanã and a consecutive Carioca.

He was not picked for the 1950 World Cup. He debuted for Brazil in 1952 and won the Pan-American Championship that year.

Honours with Vasco included the Carioca in 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1952, and the Copa Internacional Rivadávia in 1953, among others.

He left in 1954 for Portuguesa de Desportos and retired in 1960. Ipojucan died in 1978 from cardiorespiratory arrest caused by renal complications.

Source: Globo.com