Zequinha, nome de José Ferreira Franco, foi um volante pernambucano que defendeu o Palmeiras de 1958 a 1968 e integrou o elenco do Brasil campeão mundial em 1962.
Zequinha
José Ferreira Franco, known as Zequinha, was born in Recife on November 18, 1934, and died in Olinda on July 25, 2009. A midfielder, he played for Auto Esporte, from Paraíba, before standing out at Santa Cruz, where he was Pernambuco state champion in 1957. In 1958, he joined Palmeiras, a club where he remained until 1968 and experienced the peak of his career. With the green-and-white team, he won the São Paulo State Championships in 1959, 1963, and 1966, the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1965, and national titles in 1960 and 1967. For the Brazilian National Team, he played from 1960 to 1965, with 16 appearances and 2 goals. He was part of the squad that won the 1962 World Cup in Chile, although he did not play in the tournament. He ended his career at clubs with spells at Atlético Paranaense and Náutico.