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Antônio Lima dos Santos

Brazilian footballer and manager

This article is about the Brazilian footballer born in 1942. For the footballer born in 1983, see Lima (footballer).
Lima
Lima in 1963
Personal information
Full name Antônio Lima dos Santos
Date of birth (1942-01-18) 18 January 1942 (age 78)
Place of birth São Sebastião do Paraíso, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
Juventus-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Juventus-SP
1961–1971 Santos 696 (65)
1971–1975 Jalisco
1974 → Fluminense (loan)
1975 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor loan) 2 (0)
1976 Portuguesa Santista
National team
Brazil 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Antônio Lima dos Santos, known as Lima (born 18 January 1942) is a Brazilian retired footballer. Widely known for his versatility, he played mainly as a defensive midfielder, but also acted as a full back at either sides and as a central defender.

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Association football
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Club career

Born in São Sebastião do Paraíso, Minas Gerais, Lima joined Juventus-SP's youth setup at early age and was promoted to the first team in 1959. In 1961, already a first-choice, he moved to Santos, becoming a starter at the right back as the club's midfielder was captain Zito.[1]

Lima only moved to his original position in 1965, after the arrival of Carlos Alberto Torres. He left the club in 1971 after accepting an offer from Jalisco, ending his time at Santos by playing nearly 700 matches and winning every title that a Brazilian club team could win at that time, most notably the Intercontinental Cup of 1962 and 1963; at the latter's final, he trademarked his versatility after playing as a striker.[2]

In 1974, Lima returned to Brazil and joined Fluminense. In the following year, he represented Tampa Bay Rowdies for the final two matches of the 1975 NASL Indoor tournament,[3][4][5] and ended his career with Portuguesa Santista.

Antônio Lima dos Santos Club career articles: 14
1 São Sebastião do Paraíso
São Sebastião do Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2010 was 64,980 people living in a total area of 822 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do Paraíso. It became a municipality in 1870. The city and surrounding area are famous for the growing of high-quality coffee. It also ranks high in the country for its quality of life.More
2 Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Latin America, and the sixth largest municipality in Brazil, after the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasilia and Fortaleza, but its metropolitan area is the third largest in Brazil with just over 5,800,000 inhabitants, after those of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Nine Brazilian presidents were born in Minas Gerais, the most of any state.More
3 Clube Atlético Juventus
Clube Atlético Juventus, commonly referred to as Juventus da Mooca or simply Juventus, is a Brazilian professional football club in the district of Mooca, São Paulo, that competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.More
4 Santos FC
Santos Futebol Clube, commonly known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos. It plays in the Paulistão, the State of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system.More
5 Zito (footballer)
José Ely de Miranda, commonly known as Zito, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder.More
6 Carlos Alberto Torres
Carlos Alberto "Capita" Torres, also known as "O Capitão do Tri", was a Brazilian footballer and football manager who played as an attacking right-sided full-back or wing-back. A technically gifted defender with good ball skills and defensive capabilities, he is widely regarded as one of the best defenders of all time. He also stood out for his leadership, and was an excellent penalty taker. Nicknamed O Capitão, he captained the Brazil national team to victory in the 1970 World Cup, scoring the fourth goal in the final, considered one of the greatest goals in the history of the tournament.More
7 Club Jalisco
Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco, A.C. is a Mexican football team. The team was founded on 1970 and returned on 2015.More
8 Intercontinental Cup (football)
The Intercontinental Cup, also known as European/South American Cup, and also Toyota Cup from 1980 to 2004 for commercial reasons by agreement with the automaker, was an international football competition endorsed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), contested between representative clubs from these confederations, usually the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores. It ran from 1960 to 2004, when it was succeeded by the FIFA Club World Cup, with which it ran concurrently from 2000 to 2004.More
9 1962 Intercontinental Cup
The 1962 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs between Brazilian club Santos, winners of the 1962 Copa Libertadores, and Portuguese club Benfica, winners of the 1961–62 European Cup. Santos won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time.More
10 1963 Intercontinental Cup
The 1963 Intercontinental Cup was a two-legged football match contested between 1962–63 European Cup champions A.C. Milan and 1963 Copa Libertadores winners Santos. It was the fourth edition of the competition.More
11 Fluminense FC
Fluminense Football Club, known simply as Fluminense or Tricolor, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the Laranjeiras neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Fluminense plays their home games at the Maracanã Stadium, which currently holds up to 78,839 spectators.More
12 Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993)
The Tampa Bay Rowdies were an American professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida, that competed in the original North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1975 to 1984. They enjoyed broad popular support in the Tampa Bay area until the NASL folded in 1984, after which the team played in various minor indoor and outdoor leagues before finally folding on January 31, 1994. The Rowdies played nearly all of their outdoor home games at Tampa Stadium and nearly all of their indoor games at the Bayfront Center Arena in nearby St. Petersburg, Florida. Although San Diego played indoors until 1996, the Rowdies were the last surviving NASL franchise that played outdoor soccer on a regular basis.More
13 1975 NASL Indoor tournament
In early 1975, the North American Soccer League hosted its first league-wide indoor soccer tournament over the course of seven weeks. All but four NASL teams participated.More
14 Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos)
Associação Atlética Portuguesa, commonly referred to as Portuguesa Santista, is a professional association football club based in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.More

International career

He earned 6 caps (2 non-official) for the Brazil national football team, and was part of the team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Antônio Lima dos Santos International career articles: 2
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and a member of CONMEBOL since 1916.More
1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was an international association football tournament played in England between 11 and 30 July 1966. It was the eighth FIFA World Cup, the first having been played in 1930. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first World Cup; the match had finished at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, when Geoff Hurst scored two goals to complete his hat-trick, the first and as of 2018 only to be scored in a World Cup final, with spectators storming the pitch during the fourth goal. England were the fifth nation to win the event, and the third host nation to win after Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934. Brazil were the defending champions, but they failed to progress from the group stage.More

References

  1. ^ "Lima... o "Curinga" da Vila Famosa" [Lima... the "Wildcard" of the Vila Famosa] (in Portuguese). Tardes de Pacaembu. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Lima, o eterno curinga da Vila, comemora aniversário" [Lima, the eternal wildcard of the Vila, celebrates birthday] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EUFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2684,3592978&dq=firmani+ready+just+in+case&hl=en
  4. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19750311&id=YloQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2817,2475518
  5. ^ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iFgNnJBUS14/TYpd_DtAe3I/AAAAAAAAK0k/g8u1Ko3memk/s1600/1975-3-14%2BRowdies%2Bvs%2BCosmos%2Bindoor%2BReport%2B1.jpg

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