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My Take
Marinaldo Cicero da Silva, better known as Chumbinho, fascinates me precisely because the spotlight never quite found him. Hailing from Sao Paulo state and standing only 174 cm, he carved out a professional career in the most ruthlessly competitive football nation on earth. Nicknames like Chumbinho often attach to smaller players, and I imagine he survived on guile and technique long before he survived on reputation. There is real honor in simply enduring among Brazil's endless conveyor belt of talent. I have a soft spot for the unsung professionals who keep the game running, and he earns my quiet applause.
Overview
Marinaldo Cícero da Silva (born 21 September 1986), known as Chumbinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer .
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marinaldo Cícero da Silva
- Name (Japanese)
- マリナウド・シセロ・ダ・シルバ
- Reading
- まりなうど・しせろ・だ・しるば
- Born
- September 21, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Palmares Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.