Kita (footballer)
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Full name | João Leithardt Neto | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 January 1958 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Passo Fundo, Brazil | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 October 2015 | (aged 57)||||||||||||
Place of death | Passo Fundo, Brazil | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||
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National team | |||||||||||||
Brazil national football team | |||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
João Leithardt Neto (6 January 1958 – 3 October 2015), nicknamed Kita, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics with the Brazil national football team.[1]
Kita died on 3 October 2015 at the age of 57 due to a generalized infection aggravated by liver cancer.[2]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Kita, algoz do Palmeiras no Paulista de 1986, morre aos 57 anos". UOL (in Portuguese). 3 October 2015.
Categories:
- 1958 births
- 2015 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Rio Grande do Sul
- Association football forwards
- Brazilian footballers
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in football
- Sport Club Internacional players
- Clube de Regatas do Flamengo footballers
- Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- Deaths from liver cancer
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian football forward stubs