Dequinha (footballer, born 1928)

Not to be confused with Dequinha (footballer, born 1955).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendonça and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
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
1975 Itabaiana
1986–1987 Itabaiana
1989 Itabaiana
*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. ^ [1] Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ [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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