Toninho (footballer, born 1948)

Toninho
Personal information
Full name	Antônio Dias dos Santos
Date of birth	June 7, 1948
Place of birth	Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil
Date of death	December 8, 1999 (aged 51)
Height	1.8 0m
Position(s)	Fullback
National team
Years	Team
1976–1979	Brazil

Antônio Dias dos Santos (June 7, 1948 in Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil – December 8, 1999), best known as Toninho, was an association footballer in defender role.^[1]

In career (1968–1982) played for clubs , Galícia, Fluminense, Flamengo, Bangu and in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr. He won five Campeonato Carioca (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979) and one Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1980 and one Saudi League and King Cup in 1981.

For the Brazil national football team he played 26 international matches and scored 3 goals from April 1976 to October 1979, and participated at 1978 FIFA World Cup, without scoring goals. He died at only 51 years old.

References[]

^ "Antônio Dias dos Santos". worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

External links[]

Toninho – FIFA competition record (archived)
Toninho Baiano at National-Football-Teams.com
Toninho at Soccerway

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[1] "Antônio Dias dos Santos". worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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