Chicão (footballer, born December 1979)

José João de Jesus (born 17 December 1979), commonly known as Chicão, is a Brazilian former footballer.

Club career
Chicão played for a number of clubs in Brazil, most notably for Botafogo-SP in the 1999 and 2001 Brasileirao, as well as the 2001 Campeonato Paulista final.

Arrests
Chicão was first arrested in 2002 on charges of accessory to murder, and was handed a 16-year sentence. He was released from prison in 2010, having served eight years.

He was arrested again in 2011 for threatening people in public with a firearm.

Personal life
Chicão is the father of current Brighton & Hove Albion player João Pedro.

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