Joaquim Dinis

Joaquim António Dinis (born 1 December 1947, Luanda) is a former Angolan-Portuguese footballer. He played for Sporting, FC Porto and União Leiria in the Portuguese Liga, as forward. He is a brother of Angolan basketball coach Carlos Dinis.

Joaquim Dinis
Personal information
Full name Joaquim António Dinis
Date of birth (1947-12-01) December 1, 1947
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969 Atlético Luanda
1969–1975 Sporting 151 (27)
1975–1977 FC Porto 23 (2)
1978–1981 União Leiria
National team
1970–1973 Portugal 14 (5)
Teams managed
1996 Progresso Associação do Sambizanga
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dinis gained 14 caps and scored 5 goals for the Portugal national team. He did a great partnership with Eusébio at the Brazil Independence Cup in 1972, scoring all the 5 international goals of his career at the competition. He gave the name to the Joaquim Dinis Stadium in Luanda.

Joaquim Dinis: International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 June 1972Machadão, Natal, Brazil Ecuador0–20–3Brazilian Independence Cup
214 June 1972Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil Iran0–20–3Brazilian Independence Cup
318 June 1972Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil Chile0–21–4Brazilian Independence Cup
418 June 1972Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil Chile1–31–4Brazilian Independence Cup
529 June 1972Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Argentina1–31–3Brazilian Independence Cup


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