Afonsinho
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Afonso Guimarães da Silva | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | March 8, 1914 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||
Date of death | February 19, 1997 | (aged 82)||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
América RJ | |||||||||||||
Flamengo | |||||||||||||
São Cristóvão | |||||||||||||
Fluminense | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
Brazil | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Afonso Guimarães da Silva, best known as Afonsinho (born in Rio de Janeiro, March 8, 1914 – February 19, 1997),[1] was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
During his career (1931–1946), he played for América, Flamengo, São Cristóvão and Fluminense. He won four Rio de Janeiro State Championships (1931, 1940, 1941, 1946). For the Brazilian team, he played at the 1937 South American Championship, scoring one goal, and played four matches in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[2]
He died at the age of 82.
References[]
- ^ CBF profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Afonsinho – FIFA competition record (archived)
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1997 deaths
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazil international footballers
- America Football Club (RJ) players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo footballers
- Fluminense FC players
- Association football midfielders
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Brazilian football midfielder stubs