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José Mendonça dos Santos, simply known as Dequinha (March 19, 1928 – July 23, 1997), was a Brazilian footballer.[4]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Mendonça dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | March 19, 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Mossoró (RN) - Brazil | ||
| Date of death | July 23, 1997 (aged 69) | ||
| 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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1954–1956 | Brazil | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1972 | Sergipe | ||
| 1973 | Desportiva Ferroviária | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 edit
Player edit
- ABC
- Campeonato Potiguar: 1947
- Flamengo
- Campeonato Carioca: 1953, 1954, 1955
Manager edit
- Sergipe
- Campeonato Sergipano: 1970, 1971, 1972
References edit
- ^ [1] Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
- ^ [2] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
- ^ "Dequinha". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links edit
- Dequinha at National-Football-Teams.com
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