Dequinha
José Mendonça dos Santos, simply known as Dequinha (March 19, 1928 – September 29, 1997), was a Brazilian footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Mendonça dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | March 19, 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Mossoró (RN) - Brazil | ||
| Date of death | September 29, 1997 (aged 69) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946 | Potiguar de Mossoró | ||
| 1947–1949 | ABC | ||
| 1950 | América-PE[1] | 2 | (0) |
| 1950–1961 | Flamengo[2] | 203 | (6) |
| 1961 | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
| 1962 | Campo Grande[3] | 13 | (0) |
| 1963 | América-PE | ||
| National team | |||
| 1954–1956 | Brazil | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1970–1972 | Sergipe | ||
| 1973 | Desportiva Ferroviária | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
The midfielder started his career in played yet for Potiguar de Mossoró, ABC (where he won the 1947 Rio Grande do Norte State Championship), and América-PE until 1950 when he signed with Flamengo. Dequinha was a key player during Flamengo's 1953-54-55 Rio State Championships campaigns.
He played the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Brazil and remained in the national team for another two years.
In 1960, he transferred to Campo Grande-RJ where he retired two years later.
Dequinha died on September 29, 1997 in Aracaju, Brazil.
Honours
gollark: It basically makes "the rich get richer" an invariant.
gollark: I see. This doesn't make cryptocurrencies bad themselves, though.
gollark: Also proof of gollariosity, where I sign all blocks in existence.
gollark: You can do proof of stake, but this is bad in other ways.
gollark: The actual financial systems which you could say are more related to that probably run on databases on tape drives interfaced with COBOL programs, or something.
References
- História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
- Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
- "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
.svg.png){kind=small}
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.