Norival Ponce de León

Ponce de León
Personal information
Full name	Norival Cabral Ponce de León
Date of birth	August 28, 1927
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	5 June 1965 (aged 37)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1947	Botafogo
1948–1951	São Paulo
1951–1953	Palmeiras
1953–1955	Ypiranga
1955–1956	Noroeste
1956–1957	Botafogo
1957	Ferroviária
1959	Comercial
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023

Norival Cabral Ponce de León (28 August 1927 – 5 June 1965) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as forward.^[1]^[2]

Career

He was nicknamed Argentinian, due to his fierce style of play.^[3] Even though he was from Rio de Janeiro, he spent most of his career in clubs in São Paulo.

Honours

Botafogo

Torneio Início: 1947

São Paulo

Palmeiras

Copa Rio: 1951

Death

He died at the age of 37 from an unknown illness.

References

^ "Que fim levou? Ponce de León". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^ "Ponce de León". SE Palmeiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

Ponce de León at ogol.com.br

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[Terceiro_Tempo-1] "Que fim levou? Ponce de León". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[2] "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[3] "Ponce de León". SE Palmeiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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