After twenty days he made a test at the Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, club that figures in the Serie C of Brazil and eventually succeds in convincing the coach and it was originally sold for one year with option to buy but agreement did not took place finally.
With the adoption of three colors, the striped jersey of Santa Cruz resembled a Coral snake.
In 1969, América substituted for Bangu as the fifth Rio de Janeiro representative, whereas the states of the Paraná and Pernambuco had been represented by its champions of the previous year, Coritiba and Santa Cruz.
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The 20 teams played home and away matches among each other and, by the end of the year, the four best-ranked (Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória) were promoted to the first division and the four worst-ranked (Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo, Ituano) were relegated to the third division.
His previous club was Busan I'Park in South Korea, Ceará, Icasa, Salgueiro, América de Natal, Santa Cruz, Fluminense and Al Shabab Al Arabi Club .