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A natural dribbler but also a scorer, Joel was discovered by Botafogo at 17 years old, in 1948. Two years later, however, he moved to Flamengo where he won the Rio State Championship for three times in a row (1953, 1954, 1955).

Joel had caps for Brazil between 1957 and 1961. He was in the starting line-up on the first two matches of , but then he went to the bench replaced by Garrincha , just like his Flamengo's teamate Dida was replaced by Pelé .


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