Douglas Franklin

Douglas Franklin
Personal information
Full name Douglas da Silva Franklin
Date of birth (1949-09-09)9 September 1949
Place of birth Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 9 August 2026(2026-08-09) (aged 76)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1971 Santos 223 (77)
1972–1980 Bahia 456 (184)
1980 Portuguesa 17 (2)
1981 Vitória
1981–1985 Leônico
1986–1988 Barretos
1989 Dracena
Managerial career
2006 Camaçari
2015 Barretos
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas da Silva Franklin (9 September 1949 – 9 August 2026), better known as Douglas Franklin, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager who played as forward.

Career

Franklin began his career at Santos FC, where he even played alongside Pelé in the attack, making 223 appearances and scoring 77 goals for the club.[1] At EC Bahia, he established himself as a standout player and a club icon, winning the state championship seven times and recording 184 goals in 456 matches, to this day, he remains the club's second-highest all-time goalscorer and the top scorer at Fonte Nova.[2] He also played for Vitória, Portuguesa, Leônico, Barretos, and Dracena.[3][4]

Death

Franklin died from bowel cancer in São Paulo, on 9 August 2026, at the age of 76.[5][1]

Honours

Santos

Bahia

Individual

  • Campeonato Baiano top scorer: 1973, 1978[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Santos FC lamenta o falecimento de Douglas Franklin, ex-jogador do Clube". Santos FC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Lá se foi um dos maiores: Um pouco da carreira do ídolo Douglas Franklin". EC Bahia (in Portuguese). 9 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Que fim levou? Douglas". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  5. ↑ "Morre Douglas Franklin, que fez dupla com Pelé no Santos e foi ídolo no Bahia". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 9 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bahia State Championship -- List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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