Revealed at Ponte Preta in 1948, Atis played for the club until 1953.
He went down in history for being the first player to score a hat-trick during a Derby Campineiro match, on 6 July 1952.
[1] In 1953 he went to Portuguesa where he was part of the Rio-São Paulo winning team in 1955.
[2] In 1956 he was transferred to Fluminense alongside his midfield teammate, Julinho Botelho.
Feeling pain, he played little, returning to Ponte Preta where he ended his career.