He moved to Corinthians only two years after Paulistas armed themselves in a revolution against dictator Getúlio Vargas, becoming the first black player to play for the club.

[4] On 10 February, Teleco helped his side defeat Argentine giants Boca Juniors by a score of 2-0 in an international friendly.

[6] The win would start an incredible run of 39 games without defeat for Corinthians, spanning a year and 3 months; despite this his side still fell just short to the title because of a loss in the penultimate round of the 1936 Campeonato Paulista to Palestra.

[6] After dramatically falling short in the 1936 Campeonato Paulista to rivals Palestra, Teleco inspired Corinthians to the title in 1937 over the same team.

[2] Wearing a large jersey to hide the bamboo sling holding his arm, Teleco netted his side's first goal on the 20th minute mark, engineering a derby victory.

[4] He left Corinthians as its all-time leading scorer, he now ranks third in that list behind Baltazar and Cláudio, and joined Santos for a short time before retiring from football.