# Emil Pinheiro

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{{Infobox person
| name             = Emil Pacheco Pinheiro
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| birth_date       = 1923
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| 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)
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'''Emil Pacheco Pinheiro''' (1923 — [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), July 16, 2001) was a Brazilian illegal lottery operator in the very popular [Jogo do Bicho](/source/Jogo_do_Bicho) (the ''animal game'') and the president of [Botafogo](/source/Botafogo_de_Futebol_e_Regatas) soccer club (1991–1992).

==Bicheiro==
A war veteran he acquired his first Jogo do Bicho bank in [Barra da Tijuca](/source/Barra_da_Tijuca) in 1959 and subsequently became one of the major bicheiros of [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) with [Castor de Andrade](/source/Castor_de_Andrade), [Carlinhos Maracanã](/source/Carlinhos_Maracan%C3%A3_(bicheiro)), [Raul Capitão](/source/Raul_Capit%C3%A3o) 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](/source/Jacarepagu%C3%A1).<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](/source/Denise_Frossard) in 1993 of involvement in the [Jogo do Bicho](/source/Jogo_do_Bicho), along with 13 other bicho bankers such as [Castor de Andrade](/source/Castor_de_Andrade), [Luizinho Drummond](/source/Luizinho_Drummond), [Capitão Guimarães](/source/Capit%C3%A3o_Guimar%C3%A3es) and [Anísio Abraão David](/source/An%C3%ADsio_Abra%C3%A3o_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](/source/Botafogo_de_Futebol_e_Regatas) soccer club, taking over all the debts. The following two years, in 1989 and 1990, Botafogo won the [Rio de Janeiro Championship](/source/Campeonato_Carioca) 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](/source/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A) from [Flamengo](/source/Clube_de_Regatas_do_Flamengo) in 1992 among rumours of bribes.

Pinheiro died on July 16, 2001. He suffered from [Parkinson disease](/source/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==
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*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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