Djalminha

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Djalminha
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Personal information
Full name Djalma Feitosa Dias
Date of birth (1970-12-09) 9 December 1970 (age 51)
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1976–1988 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Flamengo 22 (2)
1993–1995 Guarani 33 (15)
1994 → Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) 11 (4)
1996–1997 Palmeiras 22 (12)
1997–2004 Deportivo La Coruña 137 (38)
2002–2003 → Austria Wien (loan) 10 (2)
2004 Club América 5 (1)
Total 240 (74)
National team
1996–2002 Brazil 14 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Djalma Feitosa Dias (born 9 December 1970), known as Djalminha [diʒawˈmĩj̃ɐ], is a Brazilian football pundit and retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character, he represented among others Flamengo, Palmeiras and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.[1][2]

Club career[]

Brazil[]

Son of former footballer Djalma Dias, Djalminha (Little Djalma) was born in Santos, São Paulo, while his father was playing for Santos.[3] He started his career at Flamengo, based in Rio de Janeiro.

Afterwards, Djalminha played for Guarani (being briefly loaned, in 1994, to Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan) and then Palmeiras, where he received the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball) award in 1996.

Deportivo de La Coruña[]

In July 1997, Djalminha joined Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña, where he scored 26 La Liga goals in 87 appearances in his first three seasons there, playing a significant role in the club's first (and, to date, only) La Liga conquest in 1999–2000. After that, however, the emergence of Juan Carlos Valerón, signed upon Atlético Madrid's relegation,[4][5] meant less playing time for Djalminha. This was followed by a May 2002 heated confrontation during training with Depor manager Javier Irureta,[6] prompted his loan to Austrian Football Bundesliga side FK Austria Wien in the summer of 2002.[7]

After just 11 appearances for Deportivo in the 2003–04 campaign, Djalminha finished his career with Mexico's Club América, retiring at 34.

Indoor football[]

In 2008, Djalminha returned to Depor, joining its indoor football team alongside club greats Donato, Fran, Noureddine Naybet and Jacques Songo'o.[8][9]

International career[]

The stiff competition in Brazil in Djalminha's position of attacking midfielder, combined with his somewhat difficult temperament, limited him to just 14 full international caps in six years, the vast majority coming while at Deportivo. He was part of the squad that won the 1997 Copa América,[10] and of the Brazil team that played in Le Tournoi, also in 1997.

Djalminha was due to be called to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was finally not chosen by Luiz Felipe Scolari after his incident with Irureta days before the announcement of the final squad, losing his place to Kaká.[11]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[12][13][14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Flamengo 1989 Série A 1 0 0 0
1990 11 1 7 1
1991 4 1
1992 7 0
1993 6 3
Total 23 2 13 4
Guarani 1993 Série A 19 6 19 6
1994 3 3 3 3
1995 11 6
Total 33 15
Shimizu S-Pulse 1994 (loan) J1 League 11 4 0 0 11 4
Palmeiras 1996 Série A 22 12 7 5
1997 0 0 5 1 5 1
Total 22 12 12 6
Deportivo 1997–98 La Liga 26 8 3 1 2 1 31 10
1998–99 30 8 5 1 35 9
1999–00 31 10 1 0 7 3 39 13
2000–01 21 9 3 1 9 3 33 13
2001–02 18 1 6 0 8 2 32 3
2003–04 11 2 3 0 1 0 15 2
Total 137 38 21 3 26 9 185 50
Austria Wien (loan) 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 10 2 0 0 2 1 12 3
Club América Apertura 2004 Liga MX 5 1 5 1
Career total 241 74

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 1996 3 1
1997 7 3
1998 0 0
1999 0 0
2000 2 0
2001 0 0
2002 2 1
Total 14 5

Honours[]

Football[]

Flamengo

Palmeiras

Deportivo

Austria Wien

Brazil

Individual

Indoor football[]

Deportivo

  • Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009–10
  • Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10

Flamengo

  • Brazilian Championship: 2009[15]

Brazil

  • Indoor Football World Cup: 2006

Individual

  • Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006
  • Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Qué fue de… Djalminha" [What happened to… Djalminha]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Una leyenda en cinco instantes: Djalminha" [Five snapshots of a legend: Djalminha]. Riazor (in Spanish). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Djalma Dias… o craque sem copa" [Djalma Dias… the star without a cup]. Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Djalminha exige la titularidad" [Djalminha demands to start]. El País (in Spanish). 26 October 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Djalminha volvió para demostrar que Valerón tiene sustituto" [Djalminha returned to show Valerón is replaceable]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. ^ Djalminha da un cabezazo a Irureta y se gana el despido (Djalminha headbutts Irureta and earns dismissal); El Mundo, 2 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Wien capture Brazilian duo". UEFA. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  8. ^ Deportivo 11 Valencia 11; Diario AS, 13 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Djalminha y Fran destrozan al Madrid (Djalminha and Fran destroy Madrid); Defensa Central, 29 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Copa América 1997; at RSSSF
  11. ^ "Após briga na Espanha, Djalminha tentou se explicar para Felipão" [After fight in Spain, Djalminha tried to explain himself to Felipão] (in Portuguese). SporTV. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Djalminha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  13. ^ Spain statistics according to LFP
  14. ^ Brazil statistics according to Futpédia
  15. ^ a b Djalma y Emerson, campeones de Brasil de fútbol indoor (Djalma and Emerson, Brazilian Indoor soccer champions); La Voz de Galicia, 11 July 2009 (in Spanish)

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