Amaral (footballer, born 1954)
(Redirected from João Justino Amaral dos Santos)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | João Justino Amaral dos Santos | ||
Date of birth | 25 December 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1978 | Guarani | 176 | (1) |
1979–1981 | Corinthians | 133 | (1) |
1981–1982 | Santos | 35 | (0) |
1981–1985 | Universidad de Guadalajara | 186 | (3) |
1987 | Blumenau | 0 | (0) |
Total | 530 | (5) | |
International career | |||
1975–1980 | Brazil | 40 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
João Justino Amaral dos Santos (born 25 December 1954), best known as Amaral or Amaral II, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender.[1]
At club level he played for Guarani (1971–1978), Corinthians (1978–1981), Santos (1981–1982), in Mexico with Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara (1981–1985),[2] and close his career in 1987 with Blumenau.
He won one Campeonato Paulista (1979) with Corinthians and one Mexican First Division (1983–84) with Club América.
At international level, he was capped 41 times by the Brazil national football team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in 7 games at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where the team finished third.[3]
Honours[edit]
- Corinthans
- Club América
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Amaral – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Amaral at National-Football-Teams.com
- Amaral at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Brazil men's international footballers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Liga MX players
- Club América footballers
- Leones Negros UdeG footballers
- 1975 Copa América players
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1979 Copa América players
- Guarani FC players
- Santos FC players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from Campinas
- Brazilian football defender stubs