Gessy Lima
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Full name
Gessy Lima
Date of birth
24 September 1935
Place of birth
Uruguaiana, Brazil
Date of death
4 April 1989 (aged 53)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gessy Lima | ||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Uruguaiana, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 4 April 1989 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1954 | Uruguaiana | ||
| 1955 | Ferro Carril-RS | ||
| 1955–1962 | Grêmio | 302 | (208) |
| 1963 | Portuguesa | ||
| International career | |||
| 1960 | Brazil | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2024 | |||
Gessy Lima (24 September 1935 – 4 April 1989), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Born in Uruguaiana, Gessy Lima earned the nickname "Paradoxal Craque" at Grêmio. In a friendly against Boca Juniors at La Bombonera on 26 February 1959, he scored four goals in the match. He made 302 appearances for the club and scored 208 goals.[1][2][3]
Gessy also made 4 appearances for the Brazil national team in total, during the 1960 Panamerican Championship.[4]