Athletico and Arcésio Guimarães: when it all started

Great destinations are unpredictable. This is how the immortal French writer André Maurois begins to narrate his legendary “Napoleon”. The biography of Arcésio Guimarãesfirst president of Club Athletico Paranaense.

Who could have predicted that on March 26, 1924, Arcésio Guimarães, greater than the rivalry between América and Internacional, could be the love for another club, Clube Athletico Paranaense? And who would have imagined that Athletico would reach 100 years of life as the biggest and most popular in Paraná and fourth in the Brazilian ranking?

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Born in Paranaguá, journalist and member of Gazeta do Povo, president of Clube Curitibano, his acts of greatness as president of Athletico, although they are centuries old, never age. One in particular: he was the one who resisted the actions of the Hauer family, negotiating ownership of the Baixada area. Moving forward, he was the one who commanded the construction of the Joaquim Américo Stadium, the foundation for the most beautiful and definitive Baixada of all that were built there.

But none of his acts were greater than founding Athletico. Without him, there would be no Hurricane. Without him, there wouldn’t be these people who walk around happy and proud.