{{Infobox person | name = Emil Pacheco Pinheiro | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 1923 | birth_place = | death_date = July 16, 2001 | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | occupation = Illegal lottery operator, Soccer club president | known_for = Involvement in Jogo do Bicho, President of Botafogo soccer club (1991–1992) | criminal_charge = Involvement in illegal lottery operations | criminal_penalty = Sentenced to six years in prison (later granted parole) | spouse = | children = }} '''Emil Pacheco Pinheiro''' (1923 — Rio de Janeiro, July 16, 2001) was a Brazilian illegal lottery operator in the very popular Jogo do Bicho (the ''animal game'') and the president of Botafogo soccer club (1991–1992).
==Bicheiro== A war veteran he acquired his first Jogo do Bicho bank in Barra da Tijuca in 1959 and subsequently became one of the major bicheiros of Rio de Janeiro with Castor de Andrade, Carlinhos Maracanã, Raul Capitão and others.<ref name=vej250701>{{in lang|pt}} [http://veja.abril.com.br/250701/datas.html Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502232938/http://veja.abril.com.br/250701/datas.html |date=2012-05-02 }}, Veja, July 25, 2001</ref> He also controlled the game in Jacarepaguá.<ref name=vio>{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.passeiweb.com/saiba_mais/voce_sabia/narcotrafico_rj Violência e narcotráfico no Rio de Janeiro], by Ricardo Veléz Rodrigues</ref><ref name=frossard200>Women in Organized Crime in Brazil, by Denise Frossard, in: Fiandaca [https://books.google.com/books?id=KJLBLxYBUysC Women and the Mafia], pp. 200-01</ref>
Pinheiro was found guilty by judge Denise Frossard in 1993 of involvement in the Jogo do Bicho, along with 13 other bicho bankers such as Castor de Andrade, Luizinho Drummond, Capitão Guimarães and Anísio Abraão David. They were found responsible for at least 53 deaths. They were sentenced to six years each, the maximum sentence for racketeering.<ref name=glo130407>{{in lang|pt}} [http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/mat/2007/04/13/295347828.asp Contraventores já foram condenados há 14 anos], O Globo online, April 13, 2007</ref><ref name=cor220407>{{in lang|pt}} [http://clipping.planejamento.gov.br/Noticias.asp?NOTCod=349902 Bicheiros expandem “negócios”] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121130151438/http://clipping.planejamento.gov.br/Noticias.asp?NOTCod=349902 |date=2012-11-30 }}, Correio Braziliense, April 22, 2007</ref> But in December 1996 they were all back on the streets, granted parole or clemency.
==Soccer benefactor== In 1988 he became the patron of the Botafogo soccer club, taking over all the debts. The following two years, in 1989 and 1990, Botafogo won the Rio de Janeiro Championship after 21 years without titles, thanks to investments of Pinheiro.<ref name=uol210609>{{in lang|pt}} [http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2009/06/21/ult59u199243.jhtm Botafogo comemora 20 anos do Estadual de 89 e o fim do jejum de títulos], UOL Esporte, June 21, 2009</ref> He became president of the club in 1991 but left after Botafogo lost the Brazilian Championship from Flamengo in 1992 among rumours of bribes.
Pinheiro died on July 16, 2001. He suffered from Parkinson disease and could not move anymore.<ref>{{in lang|pt}} [http://jbonline.terra.com.br/extra/2001/07/16/e1607106.html Luto no Botafogo pela morte de Emil Pinheiro]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, JB Online, July 16, 2001</ref>
== References== {{Reflist}}
*Fiandaca, Giovanni (ed.) (2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KJLBLxYBUysC Women and the Mafia], Studies of Organized Crime, New York: Springer. {{ISBN|0-387-36537-0}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinheiro, Emil}} Category:Bicheiros Category:Brazilian prisoners and detainees Category:Prisoners and detainees of Brazil Category:Neurological disease deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state) Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in Brazil Category:1923 births Category:2001 deaths