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Niginho
Brazilian footballer (1912-1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Niginho (12 February, 1912 – 5 September, 1975) was a Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national team.
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![]() Niginho (center) in 1936 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Leonídio Fantoni | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1912-02-12)12 February 1912 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 September 1975(1975-09-05) (aged 63) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1929–1933 | Palestra Itália (MG) | 31 | (6) | |||||||||||
1934–1936 | Lazio | 50 | (42) | |||||||||||
1936 | Palestra Itália (SP) | 6 | (6) | |||||||||||
1937–1938 | Vasco da Gama | 18 | (25) | |||||||||||
1939–1947 | Cruzeiro | 257 | (207) | |||||||||||
Total | 362 | (296) | ||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
1937–1938 | Brazil | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Cruzeiro | |||||||||||||
1950–1951 | Santos | |||||||||||||
1953–1955 | Cruzeiro | |||||||||||||
1959–1961 | Cruzeiro | |||||||||||||
1962–1963 | Cruzeiro | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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