Ipatinga Esporte Clube [SEP] inception
Ipatinga Esporte Clube
Ipatinga Esporte Clube, is a Brazilian football club based in Ipatinga, state of Minas Gerais, founded on May 21, 1998. During the 2013 season club played in Betim, shortly after returned to Ipatinga in 2015. 
History.
The club was founded May 21, 1998 by entrepreneur Itair Machado, a former player for Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro, and at the time the sponsor of Social Futebol Clube, a club located in Coronel Fabriciano city (a neighbor city of Ipatinga), with the
Kanú (Brazilian footballer, born 1983)
Elias de Oliveira Rosa (born 8 February 1983), known as Kanú, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger.
Football career.
Born in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Kanú started playing professionally with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, but only appeared in seven Série A games over the course of three seasons. In 2005, he was loaned to Série C club Ipatinga Esporte Clube.
Kanú moved to Portugal for 2005–06, joining C.S. Marítimo in the