Dequinha
Personal information
Full name José Mendonça dos Santos
Date of birth (1928-03-19)March 19, 1928
Place of birth Mossoró (RN) - Brazil
Date of death July 23, 1997(1997-07-23) (aged 69)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946 Potiguar de Mossoró
1947–1949 ABC
1950 América-PE[1] 2 (0)
1950–1961 Flamengo[2] 203 (6)
1961 Botafogo 0 (0)
1962 Campo Grande[3] 13 (0)
1963 América-PE
International career
1954–1956 Brazil 7 (0)
Managerial career
1970–1972 Sergipe
1973 Desportiva Ferroviária
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Mendonça dos Santos, simply known as Dequinha (March 19, 1928 – July 23, 1997), was a Brazilian footballer.[4]

The midfielder started his career in played yet for Potiguar de Mossoró, ABC (where he won the 1947 Rio Grande do Norte State Championship), and América-PE until 1950 when he signed with Flamengo. Dequinha was a key player during Flamengo's 1953-54-55 Rio State Championships campaigns.

He played the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Brazil and remained in the national team for another two years.

In 1960, he transferred to Campo Grande-RJ where he retired two years later.

Dequinha died on September 29, 1997, in Aracaju, Brazil.

Honours

Player

ABC
Flamengo

Manager

Sergipe

References

  1. ↑ História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
  4. ↑ "Dequinha". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 April 2022.


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